My first handgun animal was a 125 pound wild boar. This happened in 1970. I was living in NC and living off base while working for uncle sam in the 82nd Airborne. I saw a group of 8-10 pigs run across the dirt road ind into a corn field where I knew there was a bramble. I handed my old 1897 12 ga. shotgun to my partner, loaded with 00 buck and I grabbed my High Standard 9 shot 3"bbl 22LR revolver and gave chase. I creeped within 10 yards, my buddie was on the other side of the bramble, maybe 25 yards away. The first pig I saw was a big old sow, maybe 300 pounds, ah, no way! She moved off and a little boar took her place. At about 5 yards I put the first round behind his ear, he stiffened and rolled over then started squealing and thrashing. I shot 8 more shots at the moving grass where he was and got the hell outta there. We came back and there he laid. I hit him with 5 outof the nine shots and we ate like kings!!

Bill in OR