Gil: Not wanting to pick nits, but wasn't your story about a fellow in South Carolina?
You asked Gil I know, Lloyd, but since I know Doc Jackson personally I'll clarify it. This took place well into GA, near Louisville, at the old plantation called Old Town. Doc J. is partners with my personal primary care physician. We all shoot doves together from time to time at the place the attack occurred.
People just under-estimate the speed and aggressiveness of a hog as small as that. It's the ones you least expect that hurt you. They are just so darn quick.
SRH
P.S. I know it is easy to armchair quarterback, but Doc used too small a gun, IMO, which
COULD have contributed to the non-fatal shot that led to the attack. He shot the hog with a .243, and eventually killed him with it, as the story indicates. Our mutual friend told him he was using too little a gun for them. Doc replied that he tried to match the caliber to the size of the game, to which our friend replied, "Doc, you can't get a hog too dead". Doc now uses a bigger gun on them. I like my .45-70 with 350 grain hollow point flat noses at about 2100 fps, and am waiting on a build price on a .458 SOCOM, which can use up to 600 grain bullets, on an AR platform.
