Hog shot placement question.

[bigmatt803]

i have shot alot of hogs in my life. believe it or not many of them have fallen to a 22lr and 22mag all head shots of corse right where the ear meets the head pretty much in the ear hole any size hog cannot handle this shot, so you should have no proplem with 123gr amax. as far as the shoulder shot goes depends if it is a sow or boar remember a boar has a shield which on a large boar can be upwards of 2.5 inches thick and can stop very large bullets on the other hand sows do not have shields and can be easily killed with a shoulder shot from a 223 caliber and up. for a shoulder shot on a big boar i alway shoot and tell people to shoot 4 inches behing the shoulder half way up the body, because the shield is thinner and can be shot thru easier.