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I want to hunt a big boar, especially after seeing Pig Bomb on the discovery channel last night. I've been to northern california this past christmas, and never saw a hog(but sign everywhere, it was record cold), and was suppoosed to go witht he same guide last month, but he decided to move away and not return my deposit.  .So, that still leaves me with no hog. I am open to going anywhere, exept I probably cant go to cali again. I dont care if it dogs, stand over feeders, or spot and stalk, they all sound fun to me. I just want a big tusker. If they had russian characteristics, that would be awesome, but it has to be free range and guided. I think on the show last night they were in georgia, which definatly had russian characteristics. Any help in getting me a big husker is very much appreciated.  Thanks, W. | ||
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I've got a great place in North Carolina if you are interested (www.hogheavenoutfitters.com). I have hunted there three times this year already and plan on heading back there agin next month. "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Thanks whitworth, I apopreciate your help. Any other information on where to go and guides for a big boar is very much appreciated. Thanks, W. | |||
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Sorry guys i thought this one would have gotten some good info from you hog hunters. Just looking for what parts of the country to go to and what guides to go with. Thanks again, W. | |||
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Try hitting up the guys on G.O.N. forum. Those Georga boys are thick with hogs. | |||
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Killing a big boar with big tusks has a helluva lot more to do with luck than planning if you're hunting free range hogs. xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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If you are talking truly wild and not lured with a feeder...anything over 275 lbs is unusually large. And as the Gato said...it is more luck than anything else when it comes to tusks. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Not me I want to shoot a fat 125 pound sow! The lease I hunt is crawling with 200 to 350 pound hogs but you might get a shot 1 out of every three trips out there. Best time is a month before deer season and the two months after. Feeders don't necessarily mean you will get a shot either. Leftists are intellectually vacant, but there is no greater pleasure than tormenting the irrational. | |||
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Do you want to stay in the states? Or can you leave the country? If you have to have a trophy size boar in one hunt, it is most likley going to be inside a fence. | |||
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Woodsie, I tend to agree with the folks that have posted before me. The odds of finding a free range guided hunt for a big boar and killing one with big tushes might be somewhat against you. I've been on exactly two paid hog hunts here in Texas. On neither hunt did I kill a hog, nor did any of the 7 other hunters kill a truly big boar with big tushes. I've made a trip to one of my leases in the Texas Hill country almost once a month since 1999. During deer season, I may spend as many as thirty days in the field. I figure that's about 200 trips. I usually get in at least three hunts. That is to say I'm either in a stand or still hunting at sunrise and sun set. So that would be at least 600 hunts. All these hunts have been made on low fenced ranches where all game is free range and there are hogs aplenty. We do employ corn feeders and "hog pipes". My last two trips I killed 5 hogs. Four I shot, one I snared. One particular trip I shot 15 in three days. Having said that, out of all those hunts, I probably have not killed more than a dozen over 250 lbs and only 3 or 4 over 300 lbs. Not trying to be discouraging, but realize what your up against. Its kinda like me, a flat land Texan going elk hunting. I've been to Colorado on a public lands hunt for a week and on a guided hunt in Montana for a week. Neither trip did I encounter a bull in 10 days of hard hunting. Perhaps if I lived there, knew the land, hunted often, things might be different. Best GWB | |||
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I stayed out of this, til some of the other boys brought it up. If you are extremely lucky, it may take multiple trips to accomplish what you want, free range. Here is one outfit, that I've heard about, but have never hunted with, nor do I endorse, but you may want to contact them. http://www.appalachia-adventures.com/wildboar.htm Good luck on your hunt. Mad Dog | |||
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Agree with majority, free ranging is not a gimmee. You want to shoot a big boar, plan a 5 day hunt to Turkey, which is known for some big Boars, your chances will be very good, Waidmannsheil, Dom. -------- There are those who only reload so they can shoot, and then there are those who only shoot so they can reload. I belong to the first group. Dom --------- | |||
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Well said! "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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Does hunting with dogs increase your chances at a big old tusker? Just wondering. Thanks, W. | |||
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Yes, but not as much as you'd think, the main reason is, assuming the conditions are right and they are good dogs (which is not by any means guaranteed), you wind up with more chances at more pigs. I'm telling you, big boars are solitary unless they're breeding, and are damn smart. I've shot well over a 100 hogs, probably more like 200 plus, and only 3 made 300 pounds (largest was just at 350 weighed), none of which had giant tusks. Tusk size also depends on soil type, the clay in my local area seems to wear them down pretty fast. Big Boars, free range, are at least as rare as damn nice 10 point whitetails IMO. Also, unlike what some people in here seem to think, feeders don't help much, or at all on big hogs in daylight. I personally have NEVER seen a big boar on a feeder in daylight, if they come at all, they usually come after midnight. If you're set up for it and can stay awake, you might get one that way, but you also will spend a lot of time looking at smaller hogs or nothing. Now, further out in W Tx, where the groceries for all critters are scarcer, bigger boars may come in to a feeder in daylight, I dunno, but I personally haven't heard of many really big ones being shot under feeders anywhere. If you REALLY want a big boar, as mentioned above, go to some of the European/asian hunts, they have bigger boars and they charge by the CM on tusk size usually. Finally, you may or may not know this, but mounted pigs don't normally have natural tusks because they loosen up over time, you can have the taxidermist make the "tusk" any size you want to, and that's why you see so many big tusked mounted pigs. xxxxxxxxxx When considering US based operations of guides/outfitters, check and see if they are NRA members. If not, why support someone who doesn't support us? Consider spending your money elsewhere. NEVER, EVER book a hunt with BLAIR WORLDWIDE HUNTING or JEFF BLAIR. I have come to understand that in hunting, the goal is not the goal but the process. | |||
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Thanks, A Boar in Europe is certainly on the list, just not in the near future. My wife knows that when "WE" take a trip to Europe, there will certainly be some hunting along. Thanks again for yours and everyones help. W | |||
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As a coda to what Gato says, I see very few large boars during the daylight hours. I will see them just before it is light enough to see distinctly through a pair of binoculars in both the AM and just before dead dark in the evening. GWB         | |||
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AWESOME!!! W. | |||
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woodsie, there are fenced outfits in the US that feature European boar. They are expensive, but you would be able to get a large specimen. One of our members here has hunted at the Bear Mountain Lodge (www.ragingrussians.com) in Michigan where he took a 480-lb boar. Do a search here and it will come up and you can see the photos for yourself. But, the downside is that they are quite costly. "Ignorance you can correct, you can't fix stupid." JWP If stupidity hurt, a lot of people would be walking around screaming. Semper Fidelis "Building Carpal Tunnel one round at a time" | |||
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I shot a large free ranging boar in SE MO in early Dec last year. Est weight was 350 lbs. But it only had about 2 2/12 inch tuska. I shot a 200 lb boar in Texs several years off a game ranch but he had 3 1/2 in tusks. | |||
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You should be able to find a fenced "Hunting Preserve" somewhere close enough for a weekend hunt. If they've got trapped wild boars and not released farm-yard hogs, you can still have a load of fun. Old wild boars will usually stay smart unless they are being fed from a truck. Summertime killed boars don't have nearly the nice hair as winter-time. Steve "He wins the most, who honour saves. Success is not the test." Ryan "Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything." Stalin Tanzania 06 Argentina08 Argentina Australia06 Argentina 07 Namibia Arnhemland10 Belize2011 Moz04 Moz 09 | |||
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Woodsie, for the wild boar hunt of your life you must go to east european country: Hungary, Bulgary, Romania or Poland. Turkey is also a very good destination but it is a little bit more expensive. Most exciting hunt is, without doubt,wild boar drive hunts. I can send you some very nice picture with european wild boar but you can find yourself this picture in european big game section. | |||
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I was going to suggest Washington D.C., but then I realized it was 'boar', not 'bore'.  | |||
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Take a look at www.shikarsafaris.com they offer hunts in Turkey that might suit you. As an aside I have just finished a 3 day hunt in Hungary,a combination of sitting in a high seat in the evening on the edge of wheatfields and stalking in the predawn in the field.Some very exciting moments in the dark before dawn. Unfortunately all we came across were sows wth young. Still creeping around in 25C,with every mosquito in Europe and my guide for company was a blast. | |||
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