Iqbal,

I have shot boar with ball - not buckshot - and recently India banned buckshot altogether because of wounding problems on pigs. My hunting was much like yours, close but with a maximum 30 yds range, though hunting from jeeps is impossible in the Shola in South India. Those who taught me to hunt use ball, too, so this is very interesting. The buckshot manufactured in India gets used only for crowd dispersal by police and by shotgun carrying bank security guards these days.

I will be hunting feral pigs after deer season ends in early 2008 though this would be with my muzzleloader.

Good hunting!