dogs-n-natives 1,181 Posted May 30, 2014 Report Share Posted May 30, 2014 (edited) ... Edited July 27, 2014 by dogs-n-natives 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,622 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 (edited) Edit, wrong thread, lol. Edited June 2, 2014 by Born Hunter Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WhiteRabbit 112 Posted June 2, 2014 Report Share Posted June 2, 2014 Edit, wrong thread, lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElectronJockey 4 Posted July 26, 2014 Report Share Posted July 26, 2014 I've hunted wild boar in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia, but I'm not sure of the rules and regs in Europe. Basically, the boars have bred and domesticated with farm pigs and have become known as ferrell pigs here and are a big problem. They ruin farmland overnight. Using dogs, they use American pits here, and doggers loose about two per year. What has been ruled legal here is to bait them and shoot them at night with nghtvision. I havn't been on a night vision hunt, but I hear it is really cool. All done ith AR15's. The pigs here in GA are such a problem that farmers pour shelled corn into a buckets and fill with water and leave in the sun for a few day then pour to the edge of the woods and blast them at night. The word on the farms are that a group of pigs can ruin 1 acre of crops in one nght. Since a sal can have up to 3 litters per year @ upward of 20 pigglets a litter= huge problem. Kill them! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevemac 415 Posted August 24, 2014 Report Share Posted August 24, 2014 having hunted many feral pig in Australia and having seen wild boar in the states being bailed up by mountain curs hunting with dogs is a very do able thing. in Aus every thing from sheep dogs and whippets to great Danes and wolfhounds are used. Two dogs are best as a pig has two ears one each as it were. a good hunter will protect his dogs with breast plates and neck collars. The Americans like Kevlar but its far to heavy if it gets wet as it holds water. the material that seat belts are made of is far more suitable, stick and tear resistant light and wont hold water, For Those keen to shoot pigs it is advisable to remember that the older boars have a fighting pads made of gristle on each side that protect there vital organs and are usually also often covered with a layer of mud the pads and the mud are quite effective at absorbing the impact of a light calibre like a 243. 30 cal being a lot more effective. a feral pig can be killed by a .22 between the eyes but whose going to stand there and get close enough to do that. hope that all helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 As stevemac said, the right dogs can handle big boars. They don't need to be meatheads either. The key is the dog having the will to hang on and the hunter having the will to go in on a boar and grab its back legs to get conrol of it. There are all sorts of dogs used in Oz for the purpose and it is more about the will in the dog then pure size. This boars was a rough animal but caught by one crossbred dog with no injuries. Plenty can do it but you have to get there quickly and go in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stevemac 415 Posted August 25, 2014 Report Share Posted August 25, 2014 that's the secret Ned alright work with your dogs as a team and having the balls to back them up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dogs-n-natives 1,181 Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 SS makes good 3 or 5 ply webbing collars, made to measure, as wide as you want. No tusk will go through them, though he wont endorse them as cut collars. I had one for the old bull cross and it lasted his lifetime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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