Juan, can you post pics of the different hogs/peccarries that you can hunt in Argentina? For instance, whats a Chaco peccary? Coastal hog? etc. Thanks!

Mad Dog

Well I am not argentinian (thanks God ) and I am not Juan, but here it goes..

Wild boars (uruguayan and argentinian) are european blood. They look like this:



White lipped peccary


collared peccary


There is also a bigger peccay (quilimero) but I don't have any picture of it.

Coastal pigs live in a very big swampy area south of Buenos Aires province and as they don't have any rocks or nothing to rub their tusks against, their tusks grow very long. Also they are very hairy, but we here are talking about a feral hog.

Hope it helps
L

Thanks my friend ,yes the peccary giant of chaco is called quimilero too ,the coastal hogs are hogs realeased by the spanish ,and some by the english in a swampy area ,due the special diet crabs and fish ,they grew very big with incredible tusks ,and long black hair.On some parts of Santa Fe and Cordoba near Mar Chiquita laggon there are giant hogs too ,but of course feral ,in the jungles of the north the feral hogs are small and mostly red -SALTA-province.Juan

Hi Juan,

Tell me more about those Salta pigs ? they are reddish ???

Do you have many feral pigs in the northern provinces ??

Thanks
L

Lorenzo ,yes in northen provinces there are areas with many ,many pigs for example in Corrientes in some areas are a pest,near my home in Santa Fe in the verdecita lagoon there are thousands of pigs ,locals call them caracoleros because they eat crabs ,i use to hunt buffalos there in an abandoned estancia and killed many with my 357 and my dogo paimun,a long time ago ,when you can hunt totally free,i hunt too in Malbran and Argentina area in Santiago del Estero ,i killed many,many hogs therein the national park of LOS PALMARES in Entre Rios they are considered a pest and you can hunt year round ,ITS VERY NEAR URUGUAY but you must contac a game ranger ,i have phones sso if you are intersted send me aPM,now thanks to some friends in Mar Chiquita lagoon there are many boars.If you are intersted i can put in contact with a great guide and IPSC champion that guides coastal hogs in Rio de la Plata river.But remeber that this summer ill drink some beers with you .Juan

collared peccary

CHOELE-CHOEL BOAR

RUSSIAN BOAR

Santa Fe caracolero

Malbran santiago del estero

a nice figth

Guillermo Amestoy and PAIMUN and myself at Malbran.

Veru good pictures Juan !
I love those action pictures hunting with knives.
Martin

Great pictures, love to see your dogs, hogs and knives. Please continue to give us more when you can. Been wanting to take my dogo out, he is ready.

regards,
Larry

Off topic just to show my 458 made by guillermoamestoy.

Same rifle short and handy ,very easy to point .

Juan those are great photos, love those dogos. We hunt hogs in the swamps in Georgia too, very fun.

Some feral pigs from last month in Chaco province:

chacoan peccary

feral pig taken with Juan's dogos and a knife

Collared peccary, Argentina