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Driven boar in Europe

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20 January 2019, 20:03
crshelton
Driven boar in Europe
At the DSC Show in Dallas, there are some European outfitters marketing driven boar hunts. One booth had 3-4 mounted boar that were presented as weighing 500 pounds or more. Having taken feral hogs weighing 300 to 600 pounds, it is easy to believe those 500 pound weights. What a blast it would be to go there and blast some! All you can shoot in a day at a fixed price. mmmm ? Plus good food and beer!


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23 January 2019, 20:48
bigluke
Those mounted hogs were monsters indeed. Wish I had taken a picture. They were almost frightening to look at even being dead. It would certainly be a fun hunt.
24 January 2019, 18:24
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25 January 2019, 00:18
Beretta682E
quote:
Originally posted by crshelton:
At the DSC Show in Dallas, there are some European outfitters marketing driven boar hunts. One booth had 3-4 mounted boar that were presented as weighing 500 pounds or more. Having taken feral hogs weighing 300 to 600 pounds, it is easy to believe those 500 pound weights. What a blast it would be to go there and blast some! All you can shoot in a day at a fixed price. mmmm ? Plus good food and beer!


Most likely you would have to shoot the monsters at night. They don’t get thatbig not being able to evade the drive/beat/dogs.

I shot a 400 plus pounder in romania in daylight on beat/single shooter drive.

One of the best hunts in my life.

Mike
28 January 2019, 09:48
eny
Ditto what Beretta says. Small drives in the snow where they track the boar to its bed are quite fun but unpredictable. You may shoot on the run or have to go in and shoot bayed up by the dog. Night time over bait is best for the big males. Use tough bullets.