Latest wild boar

Pkiernan

Took another at a friends ranch in California this last weekend.

We were after a true 450 lb monster spotted there 3 weeks ago, but got this fella instead. He came in at 275 lbs.

Shot on the run with a .270. Shot entered behind the ribs, and destroyed the liver, lungs and heart. The pig dropped on the spot and did the chicken dance for about 5 seconds. The only one I've seen die quicker was one I shot in the neck with a 660 grain shotgun slug from 10 feet away.

The bullet was recovered (did not exit) and had mushroomed well. A fragment also appeared to have veered off at an angle doing more damage.

Will be made into mostly sausage - the boars tend to be a bit gamier tasting.

What will I hunt when I go back to Ireland???!!! I am already worried.

kildare.17hmr

nice one lad Thats the job!

7.62 rule

I'd love to go hunting boar some day, excellent photographs thanks.:)

welsummer

Well done.. i shot boar in northern calofornia(near Modesto )in the middle of their summer and it was hot work. Way to hot for us irish.

Buataisi

Wow, he looks tasty!

fish slapped

Sweet!!!

would love to try one!!

well done and thanks for making me jealous sharing.

fish

Ellis Dee

7.62 rule wrote: »

I'd love to go hunting boar some day, excellent photographs thanks.:)

You needn't go all the way to California to do it, either. I read recently that they can't get enough hunters to keep the population in check in France. I don't hunt, but buy wild boar meat in Estonia, which I visit often. You can go there and shoot them, too. The meat is delicious, like a cross between pork and turkey. I just brown it in a pan and then 15 minutes or so in a hot oven and the result is mouth-watering.