Over my way,we hunt hogs at night with a thermal sight mounted AR. My carry/back up gun is a Glock 32 chambered in 357Sig. My load is a 147gr XTP. This combo has dispatched some of the bigger hogs that just did not seem dead "enough".
I have also had to set my primary gun up against a tree and go into the thick stuff armed with only my pistol,after a wounded boar hog. Some quite large.14 shots of the 147's makes it a little easier. --- SAWMAN