Solo Texas hog stalking with 6mm arc

[AZsniper]

Would like some input from people who night hunt Texas hogs. I have access to 1000 acre ranch and plan to start stalking hogs from dusk to midnight. I will do this alone a lot. Thinking about getting a 6mm arc upper and using 103gr ELDX suppressed. Hogs can be aggressive sometimes and large, and I will be alone. Just want to confirm I am ok with that round. I know 6.5 creed and 308 are more power but they are heavier and so loud. I really don’t want to go AR10 platform if I can avoid it. I have looked at the 350 legend uppers too, but there are so many reports of jamming mags and upper issues. Just wondering if there are any other suggestions. I have called coyotes and mountain lions in AZ for years so I am used to hunting solo. Just want input on 6mm/243 with hogs at less than 75 yards.

 

[ACHILLES]

What barrel length you thinking, and do you care about finding them after their hit?

 

[TxxAgg]

Pigs aren’t dangerous. You’ll be good with anything.

 

[AZsniper]

What barrel length you thinking, and do you care about finding them after their hit?

Thinking 16in, with a green light and illuminated scope. We can’t use thermal in AZ so I don’t want to get used to it in TX. The big ones I will drag to a pit on my hitch, I will harvest some small ones.

 

[AZsniper]

What barrel length you thinking, and do you care about finding them after their hit?

I have looked at a 12in 6.5 Grendel pistol carbine but lots of hunting ammo is no longer made. Seems to be going obsolete.

 

[JRMiller]

Is this east or west texas, terrain and shooting distances are quite different

 

[AZsniper]

Is this east or west texas, terrain and shooting distances are quite different

Pan handle. I have been told 75 yards is about the longest shot there.

 

[RWT]

Most danger you will get from a pig is fleas and ticks getting on you when you drag them off. I use a 16” 6.5 Grendel on my thermal You will be fine.

I moved from the 223 as it doesn’t incapacitate as quickly as the 6.5. I hate dragging them out of the brush at night. I prefer the DRT and the 6.5G does that better than a 223.