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I own a 444 and a 35 Whelen, no doubt in my mind which I would carry with me in the woods for hogs or black bear. It would be the 444. The gun and the cartridge were designed for the NE, SE and Midwest woods and short ranges. It is a pull the trigger and flop, kinda gun. The 44 mag is notorious for one thing, penetration, and the 444 just runs a bit faster through the critter. In my experience if you shoot a thin skinned critter at the side, behind the shoulder, with the 240 you will not need to empty the chest cavity, the contents will be sprayed out the back like a large red fan laid out on the ground.
Russ, I am with you, I have never seen or heard of anything walking away from a 444 in the boiler room.
Ed
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