Down South, we like a varied diet. And if you have a cane pole and a hook or enough power to bring down a wild hog...you can eat, well, high on the hog!
A .22 LR isn't enough to kill a wild hog unless you hit him just right.
Born and raised in the south.
The reply was to, a .22 rf is only good for birds and squirrels and would get tired of eating them.
I am 73 years old, I can well remember shooting hogs for slaughter in the fall with a .22, and it killed them DRT.
I also know from personal experience that a .22 LR solid will penetrate 16 inches of solid live muscle tissue.