Yes with a perfectly placed shot, but it would not be a round that I would use to shoot feral hogs with. There are alot better rounds available on the market to use the 9MM round. Examples: 357 Mag, 41 Mag., 44 Mag. if you have to use a handgun.

Sure, it WILL kill a pig under the right circumstances, but it wouldn't be my choice.

If you consider that a feral hog can weigh upwards of 500 pounds, with armor plating on its forequarters, I think the most charitable description of the 9mm cartridge would be "inadequate."

It will but I wouldn't recommend it on anything bigger than a shoate. Use enough gun!

Nopr would not truct .45ACP slow MV. 44 mag at least.

No. There's stories out there like; "I killed a charging elephant with a .22.", but those stories don't hold up to the light of day.

Even well documented cases have a long line of "ifs", making a very tiny set of circumstances under which anything can conceivably work.

You might be able to kill a feral hog with these cartridges if it is sleeping and weighs under 40 pounds so you can hit it in the brain from less than 10 feet. However, feral boars often weigh over 300 pounds and attack like a lion. They accelerate faster than a lion in their attack and their tusks will cut two inches deep with each slash. They have a leather shield over their chest that will stop both of these bullets with zero penetration. The risk of getting killed is pretty high if you are hunting on the ground with these cartridges. A big boar hyped up on adrenalin will likely kill you after you empty your magazine in him. Some people will have a hard time maintaining accuracy when their legs and arms have been cut off. My recommendation would be to bring enough gun or hunt from a tree. FYI, I no longer hunt them with a .44 Mag. I saw the light! I've been attacked too many times.

PigHunter

With all the modern innovations an innoculations for farm raised pork, "rare" pork is now the "in" thing.
For me?
If it ain't "WELL" done, don't be puttin' no undercooked pig on MY plate!!!

DakotaMan
Curiosity leads me to ask this question.
Just how many feral hog attacks have you suffered?

Bubba
Bubba

Oh yeah!
Just remembered PigHunter.
Had a "relatively" reliable source tell me there was one fatality due to a "feral" hog encounter on the "Matador WMA" near Paducah, Texas about 6 or 8 years ago. Like you, I was able to substantiate the story.
Seems a quail hunters dog "found" a small group of pigs and gave chase, the "pigs" chased back and the hunter was attempting to "rescue" his dog. According to companions, he dropped his shotgun and grabbed the young dog. The pig supposedly attacked the hunter, severing a femoral artery leading to blood loss and death.
Will a feral hog "attack" a human?
I have NO doubt! You corner a cripple or get between a sow and her litter, I figger you best "batten down the hatches" 'cause the weather's fixin' ta git tuff!!!
I've seen 'em hit the end of a trap hard enough to be concerned!!

Bubba

Say no to the 9. Get something with some horsepower and moving mass. Like Pig Hunter, I have used hot 45LC+P handloads with my Contender, and wouldn't mind having more. I also have a Puma 92 carbine in 454 Casull that does a fine job the few times I have taken and connected using it. Haven't done it yet, but am looking forward to taking my 375 Ruger next time with the somewhat-tamed-from-stock handloads I have been tinkering with.

I hunted one time in Dodge Co. with one fellow who liked using a 17HMR. He made it work with an ear shot at some distance, but I'd want something that has the capability of crunching through with brute force if it's needed. A 17's fine for varmints, but I'm not of the "golden bb at high velocity" school of thought with hogs. No love here for p!$$an+ guns for hogs. I would rather someone give me grief with "dang that's overkill", than having to admit "I shoulda had more gun" after the fact.

Dakota,
I haven't heard of anyone in GA dying from a charging hog. I will readily admit they are, and can be dangerous though. Have seen them give catch dogs a very hard time before. I remember Granddaddy came home gashed up a little by one after a hunt, but the culprit was on the smoker the next day. I think Grandma being mad at him for getting cut and bruised up was more dangerous than the hog ever thought about being.

Beekeeper, are you refering to the following? The hog in question was just under 200lbs.

Hog Attack!
This Jefferson County hog hunter lost 3 pints of blood after a boar repeatedly gored him with 4-inch tusks.
http://www.gon.com/article.php?id=2081

For those of you unfamiliar with feral hogs.

Farm raised pigs have their tushes or tusks removed soon after birth.
This is NOT true of ferals!
The lower tushes are know as "cutters".
The upper tushes are know as "whetters".
The uppers rub against the lowers, in essence, "sharpening" them, or "whetting" them.
This keeps the lower tushes, or "cutters" near razor sharpness.
When a hog attacks, he throws his head up, bringing the "cutters" into play. The strength, even in a small (20 to 30 pounds!) hog, in the head, neck and shoulders is absolutely amazing and the damage they can inflict on dogs or humans is mind boggling!!
Only once have I had an untrapped hog threaten me.
Fortunately, I was carrying a 20 ga Win M12 with a full choke barrel. I was able to get a downed tree between her and I, hoping, if she came, I could bust her at point blank range. Thank you, God. She decided to take her piglets elsewhere and I resumed my squirrel hunting.

Bubba

A pellet rifle will kill it but I suggest a minimum of 357 magnum, or 45 ACP for handguns; and as for rifles a minimum of 223 Remington or 22/250 Remington. I recommend a 44 magnum and above for handgun and 30-30 winchester and above for rifle. 28 gauge minimum for shotgun slug.