I have nice friends. They send me these nice pics. I have no idea where this is. What a brute!

Boar was shot in Turkey in July 2005 - it is a national record weigh 355kg, tusks 26cm - it was shot with .300 cal...:

http://www.chassons.com/news/chassons/mag/archives/1205/chass_et.htm

...what is unusual (beside the size) its the length of the upper tusks - usualy they are much shorter.

My son 9 shot a hog just like that, only way smaller but it was nice to see his face when he dropped his first animal. I love taking kids shooting!!

Holy HAM! That thing is a monster!

New form of DG hunting???
That thing is huge

I would NOT want to be out on an evening stroll in the forest and find that critter on the path in front of me, outside of the hunting season.

Two points . . .

1. That obviously appears to be two separate hogs. . .

2. I agree that they are big, but the gentleman is sitting a ways behind the hogs, making them look even bigger than they really are.

Just my $ .02.

JDS

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Originally posted by Bahati:
I have nice friends. They send me these nice pics. I have no idea where this is. What a brute!

Both pictures are photo shoped! Look at the difference in the vegitation beneath the pig, and the surrounding area. If you look at the size of the ELM leaves in the top picture you will see the pig is most likely about a 300 lb boar, taken in the USA! All the vegitation sorounding the pig are species indiginous to the USA. The truck is also a left hand drive pickup, mostt likely in the USA, or Canada.

The hog would have been a good trophy without the rediculous photo-shoping!

Here's another pic - just to enjoy the pictures of a huge animal or animals. Don't lose sleep guys - it really makes no difference whether there are one, two or three different animals - or whether the pictures have been manipulated a little or whether it is in the USA or Turkey! (These dudes look very Turkish to me, by the way.) Just enjoy it for what it is nics pics of large animals ...

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Originally posted by MacD37:
Both pictures are photo shoped! Look at the difference in the vegitation beneath the pig, and the surrounding area. If you look at the size of the ELM leaves in the top picture you will see the pig is most likely about a 300 lb boar, taken in the USA! All the vegitation sorounding the pig are species indiginous to the USA. The truck is also a left hand drive pickup, mostt likely in the USA, or Canada.

The hog would have been a good trophy without the rediculous photo-shoping!

Mac,
You are dead wrong! The photos are not photoshoped. That I can assure you!The hunter on the photos happens to be a good friend of mine and I have seen those photos and the pig's tusks before. He also had them in display at "Expocaça", an annual Game Fair that takes place in Santarém (Portugal) beginning of May. He is a hunting agent and books quite a lot of hunts in Turkey.

B.Martins

P.S. - Just edited the post in order to add that those two photos are indeed of two different boars.

I must be missing something as I see only one hog and what a beast he is!!

John

Fake. Fake. Fake.

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Originally posted by b.martins:
Mac,
You are dead wrong! The photos are not photoshoped. That I can assure you!The hunter on the photos happens to be a good friend of mine and I have seen those photos and the pig's tusks before. He also had them in display at "Expocaça", an annual Game Fair that takes place in Santarém (Portugal) beginning of May. He is a hunting agent and books quite a lot of hunts in Turkey.

B.Martins

Mr. Martins, rather than argue with you, and with your trust in your friend's truthfulness, I'll simply say I disagree, and I believe your friend is pulling your leg! If indeed, I am wrong I appologise!

Aside from the fact that the people in the pics are staying a bit too far behind to give us a real idea of how big they are, what's the problem? I can tell with some certainty that those are a couple of really big hogs. They are heavy bodied for sure. How big? I couldn't tell you as the people are too far from the hogs........

Whether or not the pig is from the US or Turkey why is it in the Africa Hunting Forum??

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Originally posted by TJR:
Whether or not the pig is from the US or Turkey why is it in the Africa Hunting Forum??

Damn good question!

If is here for the same reason that these topics are on the "Africa Big Game Hunting" board":

Getting your ammo through customs
Union Bank of California Anti Hunting-Firearms?
Anyone heard of her?
Got my new neck
What African Country Would You Retire To If You Could
Do your kids/grandkids like hunting?
Losing my hunting partner

The elusive answer is out there in cyberspace ...

Johan, we do have a hog hnting forum below...... I personally think they are impressive trophies wherever they get posted!

No photoshopping, Mr Martins is right.
The first picture was all over the hunting magazines in France. The pictures seem to be of different boars, but it’s not possible to seat aside 2 different so big pigs during the same hunt. One can see that the right side of the pig had be worn off when it was winched.

magazine

355 kg (740 lbs), tusks 26cm (>10 inches)
shot by a Portuguese hunter in Kalkim Turkey.
Onder Arslan
Onder Arslan PH and Outfitter.
I met him last year, a truly neat guy and a reknown professional. The best organisation and by far in Turkey.

Reguardless of any BS, thats a big hog. It takes alot of head snd body mass on a hog to make the ears appear that small in comparison to the rest of the animal. I would be a proud hunter to take such a specimen. Rodney.