.22 shorts have killed untold numbers of hogs, but that doesn't make that don't make a good choice for hog hunting.

there were times he had shots in the video that would have worked with something heavier but he waited for the shot that would work with the bullet he had


better bullets are better but it is very hard to make up for 3x the mass at nearly the same speed

I have been killing hogs since the early 90s. Like White Cliffs. I have killed 1000s of them as well. We used 223 300 BLK and 308 in AR 10 platform when I guided thermal hog hunts. The 308 was usually give to the poor shot. Or the inexperienced. 300 BLK was my go to for a while. We didn’t try to hunt pigs. We tried to eradicate them. So we used traps and thermals. Later I found the 6.5 Grendel. It worked well in A 12 inch AR 15 pistol platform. 100 gr bullets at 2600 fps did well. We were trying to kill EVER pig in the sounder when we walked up on them. So 223 took = Multiple rds per pig. 308 was to heavy AND hard to stay on target and kill fast while walking. BUT 6.5 Grendel was the ticket. Didn’t take you off target. Fast walking up in 12 inch AR 15 Hits well. Kills good. Can use 100gr FMJ Wolf cheap

Id sure like to eradicate some hogs. The chopper "hunt" looks fun.