Avoid the rage
The real problem associated with hunting feral pigs is that you never quite know just what you might be confronted with around the other side of the next bush. Of course, it’s a bit different on the plains where visibility is much better.
The other difficulty is that a rifle ideal for a set shot over a known distance becomes totally inappropriate when the animal is fleeing. Just which are suitable or unsuitable depends a great deal on the circumstances, what is available and, in this day and age, cost. There is also the small matter of the ability of the person pulling the trigger.
A further catch with feral animals is when you might actually come across them. Consider the case of a professional kangaroo shooter chasing his quarry on a remote inland property; sweeping the light along a
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