by Brian McCombie | Brian McCombie on Tactical Hunting
When it comes to firearms, there’s never been a better time to be a tactical hog hunter. Gun makers keep producing new rifles, in new calibers and various tactical configurations. Some of the new rifles on the market today are designed with rather specific hog...
by Brian McCombie | Brian McCombie on Tactical Hunting
Regular visitors to SHWAT™ will know that I am a big fan of the ammunition made by Dynamic Research Technologies or DRT. My first experience with this fine ammo came last November in Oklahoma, when I used DRT’s 79 grain Terminal Shock in .223 to take down a 210...
by Brian McCombie | Brian McCombie on Tactical Hunting
CENTER, East Texas, April 16, 2012: This is Day Six of the Wild Hog Roundup, in Shelby County and throughout much of East Texas, and hunters, trappers, and dog hunters have brought in 364 feral hogs as of 9:30 this morning. Sponsored by Wulf Outdoor Sports, the top...
by Brian McCombie | Brian McCombie on Tactical Hunting
If you’re a shooter and hunter who pays attention to new tactical rifles coming onto the market—and we know you are!—you’ve no doubt noticed the many, many new black rifles offered in 300 AAC Blackout. And while industry insider Brian Stuntebeck heralded 2012 as the...
by Brian McCombie | Brian McCombie on Tactical Hunting
Crimson Trace and Camp Patriot recently teamed up to provide two Special Forces veterans, who had been wounded while on active duty, with a Texas hog hunt—and not just any kind hog hunt but a tactical one complete with night vision equipment, tactical rifles and all...
by Brian McCombie | Brian McCombie on Tactical Hunting
There’s a lot of talk about the destructiveness of wild hogs. But in East Texas, Wulf Outdoor Sports has been doing something about the problem for a few years now, and for 2012 has upped the ante considerably—to the tune of $28,000 in cash prizes for hog hunters...
by Brian McCombie | Brian McCombie on Tactical Hunting
A military tactic as old as warfare itself, the ambush combines concealment and surprise to overwhelm an unsuspecting enemy. Applying the ambush to hog hunting can give you a big tactical advantage. But how to set up such an ambush? In the battlefield, you create the...
by Brian McCombie | Brian McCombie on Tactical Hunting
In many ways, helicopter hunting for wild hogs is the apex of the tactical hog hunting world. It has all the elements of hog control, high speed chase, and aerial assault combined. But Barnett Crossbows and Matt Busbice of Synergy Outdoors recently took that...
by Brian McCombie | Brian McCombie on Tactical Hunting
If you’re wild hog in eastern Alabama, you should most definitely fear the night, especially any night that AJ Niette is out hunting. Niette prowls the agricultural fields near his home in Smiths Station, Alabama, night vision equipment at the ready, looking for the...
by Brian McCombie | Brian McCombie on Tactical Hunting
Firearms suppressors, often more commonly referred to as “silencers,” are in the news—and that’s great news for tactical hog hunters. In Georgia, for example, the State Senate recently approved a bill to legalize the use of suppressors for hunters. While the bill...
