Anyone Hunt Wild Boar?

[Brainchild]

"Just a word of wisdom. There is one type of wild boar you want to avoid at all cost. It's considered very unpredictable with tough bitter meat. So please be careful if you see the following ......."



OOOOOOWWWWW,MY EYES!

[KimberPB]

Originally Posted by Brainchild

"Just a word of wisdom. There is one type of wild boar you want to avoid at all cost. It's considered very unpredictable with tough bitter meat. So please be careful if you see the following ......."



OOOOOOWWWWW,MY EYES!

lol..... Sorry probably should have put a warning with that post!

[hpj3]

If you were here in southern SC, in the swamps, you'd have a couple of grenades handy... been treed by a couple of monsters

Howard

[Commander_Cob]

I've been thinking about going boar hunting for the first time. I've actually never hunted, and I hate those suckers. I have a Swiss K-31 (7.55x55) that is chambered in essentially a .308. Does the Swiss round have enough knockdown power to take a boar, or do I need to beef it up a bit?

[kwo51]

Shot placement. I hunt with 357 mag. Love it. Horse back is neat as getting on your knees and crawling through thickets to get to them. A young sow will taste the best.

[Glock Fan]

Originally Posted by Commander_Cob

I've been thinking about going boar hunting for the first time. I've actually never hunted, and I hate those suckers. I have a Swiss K-31 (7.55x55) that is chambered in essentially a .308. Does the Swiss round have enough knockdown power to take a boar, or do I need to beef it up a bit?

.308 is more than adequate. I've taken wild boar with .22 mag.



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[toreskha]

Originally Posted by johioss

I want to go Boar hunting but I'd like some tips first. Do you typically hunt from a tree stand? How do you find/track them? Just any information would be helpful as I don't know the first thing about hunting boar. Thanks!

The way I've always seen people do it is put a platform in the back of a truck, park it in the brush and wait. Kind of like a mobile "tree stand", and if it runs you can chase it.

BTW, in case you don't know, boars are pretty fierce fighters with those tusks, so watch out.