my koch seen some action last weekend

c-fbmi said:
I have seen with my own eyes the destruction in Texas, where they are a verminous plague, they run down and kill and eat fawns, they will sniff out and kill and eat fawning does, they will run down and kill and eat injured animals..........they make wolves look like saints.
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Amazing they haven't wiped out the Germans, Swedes, Turks, Russians, Romanians and most other Europeans along with their fauna and flora.
 
Maybe they evolved for thousands of years in that habitat and the local flora and fauna are suitably adapted to them or something

I`m sure wild boars are no more friendly to industrial agriculture operations in the areas where they are indigenous
 
hoytcanon said:
for me it is a principle that extends from mice to moose... that is just the way my father trained me... and the way I trained my kids...


JMO
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I appreciate your consistency in philosophy that extends from mice to moose, though I've never "hunted" mice :). Sometimes I have to laugh at the inconsistency in the way our local Maritime TV media lately puts so much emphasis on "humane" treatment of animals like cats and dogs, yet has seemingly no empathy at all for mice. For them killing mice is a good thing (last week's TV story on mice in college NB dormitories), but drowning unwanted kittens is a bad thing, and so a dog or cat abuse story is pretty well a part of every evening's news. (not that I condone pet abuse, I don't). Drowning a kitten can get you in trouble today, but drowning a mouse in a pail trap at the cottage is still acceptable as far as I know. Where is the consistency in that?

I grew up on a farm, so I'm sure my values are largely based on the way my father trained me as well. Cattle and livestock were valuable, cats not so much and extra ones had to be "taken care of" from time to time. Mice got no sympathy, and pretty much still don't from me. Last 2 I got as I remember, one was run over by the ride on mower, and one got stepped on. If you think I'm rough on mice, you should know what my wife thinks of them :). I guess I have to confess I'm not too consistent when it comes to treatment of various animal species.

When it comes to bears, we have plenty in NB, too many actually, as evidenced by the recent license increase to 2 bears per year. The way I see it, there are plenty of bears, but there is only one of me. I'm not going to risk my life unnecessarily for one.
 
Where i hunt, we are under the obligation to use 12 ga slugs, the outfitter says it is safer.

This year we shot a 150 boar, 4 shots were needed, they are tough critter.

My rifle of choice would be my 444 marlin loaded with a hard cast 330 grainer if i were permitted.
 
Shot 2 domestic pigs this summer using the butchers cross with a trusty .22lr. Dropped as expected, but I sectioned the head rather medically with an axe and noticed that the skull was around 3/4" inch or thicker, with the area as aimed for with the butchers cross about 1/2 an inch. There wasn't full penetration from the standard velocity .22 but it did good work allowing for the "sticking" to happen.

Impressive skull structure for a 250 pound, 6 month old pig. Brain was tangerine sized. Tuck 'er behind the shoulder as ardent and others stated.....
 
I have shot hundreds of hogs every day for 5 years with a 22 rim fire .always just between the eyes about one inch high .drops them every time .a few years ago we switched to a bolt gun after having a very bad time with the hydro option .the bolt gun does work but some hogs needed to he shot two times as the bolt was not long enough .some hogs brain is deeper in the scull then others .but a good 22 cal never had a problem and these are 220 lb market hogs .unless you are less then 5 feet from the hog best shot them behind the front leg .D
 
periculumnexnecis said:
Where i hunt, we are under the obligation to use 12 ga slugs, the outfitter says it is safer.

This year we shot a 150 boar, 4 shots were needed, they are tough critter.

My rifle of choice would be my 444 marlin loaded with a hard cast 330 grainer if i were permitted.
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You shot 150 boar with only 4 shots? That must be a record.

I've shot a few and I don't consider them particularly dangerous. I shot this one near Kopački rit, Croatia (mind you with an 8x68S):
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My game warden friend (the one in the picture with me) has shot piles of them with a .243 Win.
 
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