Boar?

[AUSSIE]

In Australia we have full on "Razorbacks" Feral Boars of huge proportions check out some of the photos on our bowhunting sites these animals are ferocious and irrespective it is all about shot placement with whatever you use! My 30 / 30 Winchester with 170gr RN Sierra's will put them down pretty swiftly, but you've got to get em in the boiler room! Bowhunting boars is very challenging, however it is also very common in Australia, just as many record Pigs have been taken with bows as well as with rifles down here.

 

[pierre girard]

Much of the discussion on here is about catching small stuff (rabbits, fish, vermin grey squirrels), but what about the big stuff?

Is there a way of trapping a boar?


Keith.

A deadfall would work.

PG

 

[Hawk Hawkins]

I have done searches before on live traps and Ive seen some built especially for hogs...
They were built out of empty 50 gallon barrels I do belive.
Hawk

 

[jerv]

in japan they used to dig a pit with a bamboo spear in the bottom of it, a bit like a tiger trap. i've seen definate boar sign around where i live, and my local butcher sells hunted boar meat. . is there a large enough population to sustain hunting?
hunting boar with a bow sounds really wild

 

[GreenManOfTheSouth]

we kept pigs not that long ago and had a boar that stood hip high at the shoulder, came the time when the old guy had to be knocked off so my da' called in a work mate with guns.
Pig was lying on his side asleep so this guy decided to try an organ shot i think (i was quite young) .303 bounced off his hide into the trees and woke the pig up perty rudely - 2nd .303 shot to the head just gave him one heck of a headache - stood there shaking his head.
Gave him a feed to bring him out again and Cookiebear (da's mate) had to use a shotgun slug between the eyes (at point blank range) to bring him down

 

[wiggles]

im sure you could use a spear but due to the fact they could easily maul you and have pretty dangerous tusks i would rather shoot one

either with a rifle from far away or a shotgun with buskshot or a solid slug fairly close

wiggles

 

[wiggles]

also i know some yanks just walk up to the relly fat ones and plug them one at almost point blank range,even with pistols.

wiggles

 

[WNZer]

I use a crossbow on pigs, you just need to get it in the lower part of its neck or just behind its forequarters, they drop pretty quick but sometimes they dont thats when you have to stick them which is dangerous when you are solo. Do not try and stick them with a bullet, bolt, knife, arrow in the shoulders, they have a calloused hairy kind of armour there.

Edit PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IN THE UK.
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 Section 5 (1)(c) specifically prohibits the use of any bow to hunt in the UK. As such, in the UK, it is highly illegal with extremely high penalties.

BcUK NEITHER CONDONES OR ENCOURAGES THIS ACTIVITY.

Toddy (mod)

 

[Spacemonkey]

When my dad had decided on moving to Catalunya, where pig hunting is a national pastime, he asked one of his shooting buddies where was the best place to shoot a pig. The reply was 'from up a tree...' Not quite what he had in mind though...
The locals use semi auto shotguns with SSG. The dogs flush the piggies towards them and then they let rip. Hmm....

 

[torjusg]

You should be aware that omnivores, as boars are, often carry a parasite that can give you a potentially lethal condition called thricinosis (correct spelling?). You should cook it really well, no pink color in the flesh.

Torjus Gaaren

 

[PJMCBear]

That tickled me.

The reply was 'from up a tree...'

 

[Ditch Monkey]

The wild pigs in Ecuador have, so I'm told, massive tusks and stroll about in packs. Their defence mechanism is to charge en mass at the preditor, the only thing to do shimmy up a tree and wait, often for a very long time before they get bored and walk off. I think I shall be looking for a claymore if I fancy pork for lunch.

 

[Spikey DaPikey]

The wild pigs in Ecuador have, so I'm told, massive tusks and stroll about in packs. Their defence mechanism is to charge en mass at the preditor, the only thing to do shimmy up a tree and wait, often for a very long time before they get bored and walk off. I think I shall be looking for a claymore if I fancy pork for lunch.

Brave man taking them all on with only a longsword

 

[george]

A few years ago my wife was working in the forest in Brazil where there were a load of white lipped Peccaries (wild pigs) around. They had a really bad reputation - going around in large herds and mauling any unfortunate botanists that came across them.

Local advice was to climb the nearest tree and wait until they had moved on before getting the h3ll out of the area before they came back!

Only problem was this was stunted secondary forest that was being studied for regeneration - few of the tree's could support the weight of a person and those that could tended to be tall pioneer species with no branches for the first 20 feet or so - impossible to climb.

The solution?

I have photo's of my wife walking through the rainforest with a folding aluminium ladder strapped to her back!

And she had to use it in anger a few times as well !!!

George

 

[British Red]

I think I shall be looking for a claymore if I fancy pork for lunch.

Don't forget to read the instructions too:

"face towards enemy"

No Sh** Sherlock

Red