wild boar

jwshooter

im hearing good reports of a few lads about a wild boar shot in the south to south east of the country .

not going to give away the location but there starting to turn up.

It wasn't me!

Interesting. It's almost certainly an ecological disaster, but I'd really love to hunt them in my area. .25-06 be enough poke for them?

kakashka

Good dog,good knife and a serious set of ba%$s can be enough!!!

jwshooter

could be no worse than townies moving into the counrty side and trying to call the shots

Grizzly 45

12 gauge slugs,
OO buck,a boar spear and a pack of dogs[prefably terrier class for survivability] .308 and up is good boar medicine.

Sure they are genuine wild boar and not feral pigs??

crowsnightmare

The Hogs are out there & some have been trapped ! "Apparently"
Wild Hog on the spit sounds good !!

Deerspotter

Can you still 12 guage slugs?
Would a 6.5 x 5.5 be too small for such a beast?

Reason I ask is that a person I know is thinking of heading off to Germany or Austria after boar and said his 6.5 is enough...?

kakashka

Deerspotter wrote: »

Can you still 12 guage slugs?
Would a 6.5 x 5.5 be too small for such a beast?

Reason I ask is that a person I know is thinking of heading off to Germany or Austria after boar and said his 6.5 is enough...?

Tough animals,good head and nerve is most important IMO,6.5 is ideal in right hands.

Deerspotter

I love this forum, my mates have NO clue where I get all my information from. I can baffle them with BS all day long using stuff I've read on this site.
Thanks to all

marlin vs

jwshooter wrote: »

im hearing good reports of a few lads about a wild boar shot in the south to south east of the country .

not going to give away the location but there starting to turn up.

Stale new's, and it's common knowlege around these part's who left them off, and where they are.

emcor

Deerspotter wrote: »

Can you still 12 guage slugs? - Think they moved onto 'restricted' list last year.

Would a 6.5 x 5.5 be too small for such a beast? - In Germany I belived this is considered too light - OK in Poland though

lordarpad

emcor wrote: »

Deerspotter wrote: »

Can you still 12 guage slugs? - Think they moved onto 'restricted' list last year.

Would a 6.5 x 5.5 be too small for such a beast? - In Germany I belived this is considered too light - OK in Poland though

Germany tends to like big calibres. Germany also has hunters that haven't seen the inside of s shooting range for 20 years ...

Grizzly 45

The Swedes have been dropping moose with the 6.5 for generations.
But it is all about shot placement.Yes it will drop a boar,but you would really want to know your busisness on shot placement on the target.
Hence the Germans favouring somthing heavier.So if you are not 100% dead on,the bigger calibre ooomph will compensate.

fathersymes

Few Europeans would choose a 6.5x55 for boar, they will go for 9.3x74 or similar, they tend to like heavy slow bullets.

Poland for one require a minimum of 2000joules of energy, 6.5x55 fits here.

For the Irish hunter looking for an all round deer/boar calibre I'd say 30-06.

ejg

A 6.5x55 is fine from a high seat where the aniaml can't get at you.
If you are on the ground and close to a boar what would you grab? a 9.3 or a 6.5? If you go after a runner in the forest what rifle would you take?
Shot placement is something one can not always control, especially with running game.
The swedes used the 6.5 for moose because they had nothing else and with a good dog you'll find the beast. Aren't they trying to make 30-06 minimum for moose? fed up with the runners?

edi

meathstevie

I'd second that judgement on the .30-06. Throw in the heavier .270's as well and for the sheer hell of it the .300 Win Mag. Having said that at close range a 3 inch OO 12g cartridge will bring in the bacon quite easily as well.

lordarpad

preferred cartridge in Germany is 8x57IS and 9.3x62. Another German classic for the purpose is 7x64.

Dusty87

Interesting programme there on Discovery few weeks back about pigs, boars etc. Did you know that if a domastcated pig escapes, its skull can become straight like a wild boar, and it can grow thick hair. There the only animal able to do this. Pretty cool.
Im not sayin that the boars in ireland are released pigs at all, i know they're there. Just thought id throw in some info

Grizzly 45

ejg wrote: »

A 6.5x55 is fine from a high seat where the aniaml can't get at you.

By and large Boar are non aggressive and will avoid humans.Only time the boars get dangerous is in mating time,and the sows if somhow you got close enough between them and their litter .

If you are on the ground and close to a boar what would you grab? a 9.3 or a 6.5? If you go after a runner in the forest what rifle would you take?

The good old German DRILLING please.12GA SXS with a 9.3 or big cal of your choice under slung rifle barrel.One tube with OO buck,left tube 12 GA slug,and rifle loaded with soft point .Now you are equipped for a tree stand shot,or if you have a runner you have a 12GA with slugs or Buckshot for up close and personal work.
Possibly take also a big cal handgun for the fangschuss or coup de grace shot,as waving a long gun around a dense pine thicket isnt easy.

If it was just a rifle anything heavy cal.BUT ,if I had a choice between a 6.5 or a pump shotgun with 12 GA slugs,I myself would be taking the shotgun.

Shot placement is something one can not always control, especially with running game.

Quite right,so should you be chanceing using the small calibre on running big game?

The swedes used the 6.5 for moose because they had nothing else and with a good dog you'll find the beast.

The 6.5 was a Swedish military round that the Swedes had brought in around the turn of the 19th century in the Swedish Mausers.There were plenty of other Black powder calibres that they had before that.The 6.5 was the first[?] Nitro round that Sweden adapted.So what it lost in cal it supposedly made up in accruacy.Considering that the Swede Mausers are considerd the best of the Mausers.I would tip that they proably still hunt up there.

Aren't they trying to make 30-06 minimum for moose? fed up with the runners?

No idea,but even a 30.06 might be abit puny.
My cousin shot his first Alaskan moose with a HK semi auto Mod?? in 30.06. It took four shots to drop the bull who was running and during the rut.Maybe Alaskan Moose are sturdier than their Swedish cousins??
Or if it is still hunting and you really know the gun and the anatomy and can place your shot,then the 6.5 will do.
But if the chance of running game occurs,then bigger calibre with fast multi shot capability is the order of the day.
Might explain now why semi auto rifles ,once really looked down on by the German hunter are becoming more pouplar on boar hunts,and gunmakers like Mauser,HK,Kreighoff,etc are now making them in big calibres.