Well I was fortunate once again to enjoy Wild Boar Hunting in Europe
Typically wild boar hunting is done at night, sitting in a stand, and waiting for the beasts to cross your path, or get within range, a few years back, I had great success in this type of hunt and was fortunate to get 4 of the animals, 3 in one night, and 1 on a separate night a few days latter.
This time around the night hunts did not prove to be very successful, it was around the same time frame, full moon but just no luck, and me not having night vision (scope or binos) does not help the matter. For the guys running this type of setup it's easier as they can see them farther out, I on the other hand have to wait until they are at least 70 yards in or closer, the ones from a few years back were all at about 60 yards.
So this time around, I was invited to a day hunt. It was an early Sunday morning, we were already at the files by 7 a.m. and ready to go. There were about 25 hunters on this day, and we had approximately 12 hunters with their dogs. This was going to be a push hunt not sure if this is the correct term (something I have not done before).
The guys and their dogs were spread out about 75 yards apart at one end of the field, forest, terrain, and the rest of us were taken about 700 yards down and away but also spread out about 75 yards apart I couldn't see anyone either to my right or left, so the shooing filed was quite a good one, with no fear of hurting my fellow hunters.
I stood in my spot, and waited patiently, wondering how this all goes. I was told to watch out for the dogs and not shoot them they can be ahead of the boars, or behind them, so really know what your target is before you pull that trigger, as well not to forget that the dogs handler will be in the area as well.
Standing there in the forest, all nice and quiet, not more than 15 minutes goes by, and I see the first of the boars, he was about 80 yards in front of me going left to right, but so many trees, that he never presented me with a good shot, so this one I just watched and let him go on his way, no sense in scaring anything else that might be on it's way.
No more than 2 minutes go buy and a whole lot of activity starts, first the noise, I could hear the dogs barking and yelping, I can hear the boars snorting and squealing, tree branches cracking, and what started to sound like a distant rumble of thunder.......
Here they come I thought to myself, lifted up the shotgun, and prepared my self for what ever it was that was about to come my way......
Here they come, a small pack of them, no dogs in sight, no hunters either, this is good, I have a clear shot at these guys, and no fear of hitting anything I shouldn't. At first they were running almost directly at me, I thought this is not a good thing, I have no cover and I really don't want to be in the path of these scared and running boar, but I stood my ground, for as they got to about 40 yards from me, they must have spotted me, and the lead boar adjusted his course and turned off to my left by a few degrees, this now was going to be perfect, as there was a clearing that they were going to run through and it would give me a good shot at them.
And so it started, I put the shotgun to my shoulder, got the cross hairs of the scope on the first boar and squeezed off a shot, I don't see anything going down, and they are still running, I don't let up, I find my next target and fire again.......
At this point, I put the shotgun down and watch as the pack keeps on running, and are now out of range, and it don't seem there are any less of them, then when they started, I wait for a few minutes, it all goes quiet again, no dogs, no boars, no sound.......
All in all I took four shots, and due to the speed, and the flurry of boar, I could not tell if I ever hit one, well now that all was quiet, I took a walk to where they were running through, to see if any of my shots hit their mark......
Well I was pleasantly surprised, and with a big grin on my face, I came up to where 2 of the beasts were lying down, not more than a foot apart, and with a perfect shot in each one, these 2 guys were not going anywhere but on the dinner plate.
I was happy, 4 shots, 2 down, and about 7 of them ran by me, it was a great experience.....and a good hunt
I have attached a few pictures, sorry only had a cell phone with me, I was hunting not taking pictures, but none the less, I at least have a few pics to remember and to show off my wild boar hunt.
Hope you enjoy the story and pics
Typically wild boar hunting is done at night, sitting in a stand, and waiting for the beasts to cross your path, or get within range, a few years back, I had great success in this type of hunt and was fortunate to get 4 of the animals, 3 in one night, and 1 on a separate night a few days latter.
This time around the night hunts did not prove to be very successful, it was around the same time frame, full moon but just no luck, and me not having night vision (scope or binos) does not help the matter. For the guys running this type of setup it's easier as they can see them farther out, I on the other hand have to wait until they are at least 70 yards in or closer, the ones from a few years back were all at about 60 yards.
So this time around, I was invited to a day hunt. It was an early Sunday morning, we were already at the files by 7 a.m. and ready to go. There were about 25 hunters on this day, and we had approximately 12 hunters with their dogs. This was going to be a push hunt not sure if this is the correct term (something I have not done before).
The guys and their dogs were spread out about 75 yards apart at one end of the field, forest, terrain, and the rest of us were taken about 700 yards down and away but also spread out about 75 yards apart I couldn't see anyone either to my right or left, so the shooing filed was quite a good one, with no fear of hurting my fellow hunters.
I stood in my spot, and waited patiently, wondering how this all goes. I was told to watch out for the dogs and not shoot them they can be ahead of the boars, or behind them, so really know what your target is before you pull that trigger, as well not to forget that the dogs handler will be in the area as well.
Standing there in the forest, all nice and quiet, not more than 15 minutes goes by, and I see the first of the boars, he was about 80 yards in front of me going left to right, but so many trees, that he never presented me with a good shot, so this one I just watched and let him go on his way, no sense in scaring anything else that might be on it's way.
No more than 2 minutes go buy and a whole lot of activity starts, first the noise, I could hear the dogs barking and yelping, I can hear the boars snorting and squealing, tree branches cracking, and what started to sound like a distant rumble of thunder.......
Here they come I thought to myself, lifted up the shotgun, and prepared my self for what ever it was that was about to come my way......
Here they come, a small pack of them, no dogs in sight, no hunters either, this is good, I have a clear shot at these guys, and no fear of hitting anything I shouldn't. At first they were running almost directly at me, I thought this is not a good thing, I have no cover and I really don't want to be in the path of these scared and running boar, but I stood my ground, for as they got to about 40 yards from me, they must have spotted me, and the lead boar adjusted his course and turned off to my left by a few degrees, this now was going to be perfect, as there was a clearing that they were going to run through and it would give me a good shot at them.
And so it started, I put the shotgun to my shoulder, got the cross hairs of the scope on the first boar and squeezed off a shot, I don't see anything going down, and they are still running, I don't let up, I find my next target and fire again.......
At this point, I put the shotgun down and watch as the pack keeps on running, and are now out of range, and it don't seem there are any less of them, then when they started, I wait for a few minutes, it all goes quiet again, no dogs, no boars, no sound.......
All in all I took four shots, and due to the speed, and the flurry of boar, I could not tell if I ever hit one, well now that all was quiet, I took a walk to where they were running through, to see if any of my shots hit their mark......
Well I was pleasantly surprised, and with a big grin on my face, I came up to where 2 of the beasts were lying down, not more than a foot apart, and with a perfect shot in each one, these 2 guys were not going anywhere but on the dinner plate.
I was happy, 4 shots, 2 down, and about 7 of them ran by me, it was a great experience.....and a good hunt
I have attached a few pictures, sorry only had a cell phone with me, I was hunting not taking pictures, but none the less, I at least have a few pics to remember and to show off my wild boar hunt.
Hope you enjoy the story and pics
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