Wild Boar Hunting...

[Brutus]

don't kid yourself ! The buggers are just one big muscle of adrenaline once they get going , it's like trying to stop a freight train with a slingshot ! I was forced into full time self employment, by a very #####y sow(in a hog barn) in 2004. Was almost killed by a sow that I had startled in her pen , she jumped up, and went berserk, and tried to put me thru the waist high 6 inch thick concrete pen wall, I went over, and woke up with being nosed by a big boar 2 pens over.... needless to say , That ended my parttime career, and launched me full time into my comp business. they are unpredictable and not easy to kill ..... try using a "boltgun" (fires a .22 blank that drives a spike into the hog's brain) and having to do it 6 times , before said hog dropped to the ground !

I don't doubt your words or experience friend and I'm glad he did not do worse to you!
I try when I hunt them, to catch them unawares, so I have a good standing shot and I aim for the heart. The one I did put down was at 75 yards and I used this combination of Ithaca shotgun & Brenneke slug to demise it.
He was in a foot and a half of snow, and he fell right there, feet pointing skyward & pinwheeeling the air for less than one minute until bled out, and I never even had the pleasure of a death squeal from it!
The slug centre-punched the heart, a clean through and through, and the slug went into the snow covered hillside. I wish I had the opportunity to find it, but this was early March in Saskatchewan. One archer insisted on a ground stalk & I accomplainied him on this little adventure. Words of advice, never let an archer hunt boar with only three arrows and a string release, made for target shooting. When you are 20 yards from a +300 pound male boar & he is 3 times f@cking up the draw & release, one tends to get a little tense over this matter. Fingers or a clip on mechanical release are the way to go for this activity.
And no thank you for the boltgun, I'll use what I got instead.

 

[greywolf]

i'd bet it was a combination of the slug , and a "relaxed pig" If he was all pumped up i'd bet he'd have kept on going , Just watched a show on wild tv about a guy that had been gored real bad by a boar , thing was shot a few times with arrow mind you , but thru the heart and it wouldn't stop till they finally put another 3 arrows into it, and buddy had his knee smashed and a 8" long by 2" deep gash on the back of his thigh , was gruesome to watch. You never know what will happen in a given hunt/situation , best to say , don't underestimate, and be prepared ......bring lotsa gun

 

[Brutus]

Well I don't doubt thier toughness however, in Alaska this shotgun slug is highly recommended for close range defence against coastal grizzlies and polar bears in 12 gauge form.
The Alaska State troopers & Wildeness Firefighters have this ammunition stashed away for emergency use.
I'll take any wild boar on, with my own shotgun & this slug friend

 

[bojan]

I have never hunted outside the country but I am planning a trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina where I own a lot of farm land and forest. My question is how can I arrange a hunt and what are some of the regulations that apply.

That was in Croatia, small place called Brezine, just outside of Pakrac

I was thinking of next year, but plans seem to be changing, and I might be going back this September......

Here is a few pics of the tusks, uppers and lowers, spent shells, and one of the bullets found lodged in the boar

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

I have never hunted outside the country but I am planning a trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina where I own a lot of farm land and forest. My question is how can I arrange a hunt and what are some of the regulations that apply.

When I was in Bosnia in '02-'03, there were guys who took their 96hr leaves to go hunting boars. They asked someone who asked someone who knew someone who was an outfitter. These guys must be interested in building a clientele with Germans and other guys who weren't able to break into the Jaegermeister formalities of some European hunting clubs. You'll have to start asking and writing. Being able to speak and write Bosnian/Croat/Serb will get you more choices than the few guys who will take Engish-only speaking clients.

 

[Ftaview]

I have never hunted outside the country but I am planning a trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina where I own a lot of farm land and forest. My question is how can I arrange a hunt and what are some of the regulations that apply.

It's not so easy, and not cheap either, but each circumstance is differant, Europe is regulated, about the same as we are here, if not more at times. I needed a letter from the Hunt Club inviting me to hunt with them, this made it easier to bring my firearms from here over there, I then had to get a hunting license in Zagreb (at that time, now the hunt club has these in their own office) Then there was the donation to the club, and a big party I made at the end of the week as well (lamb on the spit)

If you don't have family/friends that are in a hunting club, the best is to find one, talk to them directly, and they will be able to give you all the in's and out's of what will be required.

I am fortunate my dad is in the Hunt Club near his place of residence, and it made it a whole lot easier to get this done, and a wee bit cheaper.

You cannot just go and hunt even if it is your land, as mentioned it is regulated.

There is a bit more to all of this, and not very easy to put it all down in a post, shoot me a PM, with a contact email or phone number and I will be more than happy to talk to you about this, and tell you all I can.

Cheers

 

[savagelh]

to the OP, Before you get too excited, could the noise you heard have been a porcipine? I have cornered them in the thick stuff befor and they made noises very similar to what you described. Just something for you to ponder.

 

[350tracker]

Well, thanks guys for all the info. Lots of good advise. My choice of fire arm will be my 260 Rem. loaded with some TSX. I’m a little hesitant in going in the bush at this time with all the undercover. Makes for a challenging hunt. I’ll give it a go, take my time and see what happens.

As for the last post asking if it may have bean a porcupine. All I can say is that I didn’t see it but it scurried away pretty quick. Sounded allot faster then the speed of a porcupine...