When you say you take them with the .22 huben are you hunting them with the Huben or finishing them off with it. I've hunted with the M&P5.7 with 40grn hollow points and @ around 1500fps it puts them down with ease. If you are hunting with it what range are you shooting them at.
Agreed, the clear day usage was what sold me on it. I use an inexpensive hand held thermal to scan for hogs and plan to use the DNT to pick them off on this next PCP.
I picked up a DNT Zulus for this purpose. I never got into long distance shooting but was messing around consistently hitting a 12 inch steel plate at 300 yds with a 5.56 bolt rifle. At 100yds I'm 1moa and 50 yds I can hit the same hole using the DNT optic 20x digital zoom. my 22 cal marauder...
What's the general consensus on PCP for hog hunting. I was considering the Macavity Ma2 30 cal for fusebox shots up to 100yds but am questioning if I should go larger. I typically take them with 200 grn 300blkout subsonic or an M&P 5.7 40grn supersonic both supressed but wanted to move over to...
In my experience, Keep feeding them, use cracked corn from tractor supply, do 1 50lb bag a week. They will stick around as long as there's food. They will come out at sun set despending on the season. Heat of summer 8-8:30, winter 5ish.