Knock on wood I've been lucky everything I've shot has dropped within a couple feet of where I shot it a couple times it's still kicked a little bit sometimes it was dead right there but always basically right where shot. Then again I tend to bring more gun than is needed for my intended game animals too. In the old days I would hunt hog with 30-30 and then move to 35 Remington but now that I've gotten older I've moved up the 30 ought 6 is my minimum Hog Gun, have carried a 45-70 hog hunting as well, the areas I hunt in there just aren't any long shots anyway. I tend to bring big guns because you just never know when you're going to see a monster animal walk around a Thicket and I'd hate to be shooting a 6 or 700 lb hog with a 30-30, and here in Florida we have even larger Hogs as well as bear. I wouldn't feel bad at all taking a 458 Magnum or larger