boar hunting in Europe

xchrisshana

hi there lads my self and a few lads from work are thinking of heading off on a trip next year for some boar hunting has anyone done this before some tips and some info on price ,s and were to go would be great thanks lads

dodderangler

Would love to do it myself
Have a look at this video and ya can prob get in touch with the fella who does it
It in Russia I think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZkMadOjU-Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Atb mate enjoy

daithi55

one thing its fookin very expensive make sure ya find out all the charges
i priced it in poland 3 days was 200 euro without firing a shot then add your flights and fees for rifle transportation
then accomadation
then every animal ya shoot ya have to pay for a good boar could set ya back a grand depending on the size of tusks

some shoots can be all inclusive but there still big money

Chesapeake

Check out,
http://www.helia-hunting.com/top_offer.php?lang=en
Always found them good (Alexander).

And FYI boar tastes like sh1te no matter how you cook em!

It's great fun, but opt for the the 9.3

Grizzly 45

Well if you consider normal pork tasting like ****e...
Depends on age,who and what recipe was massacred..Give me wild boar over domestic pork anyday.:D

Monty Burnz

dodderangler wrote: »

Would love to do it myself
Have a look at this video and ya can prob get in touch with the fella who does it
It in Russia I think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZkMadOjU-Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Atb mate enjoy

To my uneducated eye, that looks a bit cruel - the guy is pumping shots at fast-moving targets who are running for their lives. The chances of getting a clean kill must be tiny. This is in marked contrast to the hunting of deer where they are brought down cleanly with a single shot and presumably suffer very little. And check out 2:30 or so in the video where a moving boar is shot with a dog more or less touching it - concern for the dog obviously not a high priority either.

Anyway.

Hibrion

Here are some pics from a trip I ent on last year:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76731703

Expect to want to go again!

BTW: Boar is delicious

Chesapeake

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Well if you consider normal pork tasting like ****e...
Depends on age,who and what recipe was massacred..Give me wild boar over domestic pork anyday.:D

I love my sows, but hogs don't depend much on on age boar, boar and hogs taste like cock after after 8 mths personal choice

Chesapeake

dodderangler wrote: »

Would love to do it myself
Have a look at this video and ya can prob get in touch with the fella who does it
It in Russia I think
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZkMadOjU-Y&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Atb mate enjoy

What was that arse trying to do?

Grizzly 45

Monty Burnz wrote: »

To my uneducated eye, that looks a bit cruel - the guy is pumping shots at fast-moving targets who are running for their lives. The chances of getting a clean kill must be tiny. This is in marked contrast to the hunting of deer where they are brought down cleanly with a single shot and presumably suffer very little. And check out 2:30 or so in the video where a moving boar is shot with a dog more or less touching it - concern for the dog obviously not a high priority either.

Anyway.

Its actually called a driven shoot.Or Treibjagd
No, actually the chances of getting a clean shot,is very good as the animals can come in various distances to you.Its up to you to shoot the distances that you are comfortable at.Be it 20 or 150 meters.

This is also where the semi auto rifle comes into its own as well.:D

Its a totally different game to stalking deer,which can be shot with this method on the continent too..BTW,it is also part of your hunting test over there to be able to shoot moving targets with your rifle as well.There is even a rifle disipline called "Running boar" that allows you to practise this kind of shooting in the off season.So running shots on big game animals isnt that much of a biggie to European hunters,unlike their UK and Irish counterparts.

The 2.30 ,not exactly a smart shot,but as it was with a rifle proably less of a risk.Would be more worrisome with a shotgun.However that does happen quite frequently that dogs will close on a boar,and its up to you wether you want the animal to suffer more or not.Maybe it was his own dog too??

It might look chaotic,but I can assure you these drives are planned with military precision,where everyone knows what they are doing and when and where they are supposed to be.

Hopefully your eye is abit better educated now.;):)

Grizzly 45

Chesapeake wrote: »

I love my sows, but hogs don't depend much on on age boar, boar and hogs taste like cock after after 8 mths personal choice

You hang and let them mature them for 8 months????:eek:
No wonder they taste horrible!!:D
Seriously,you need to taste a wild boar piglet of appx 6months.Done in a BBQ with chanterelle mushroom gravy and a paprika sauce.

Or the trad German way,with dumplings, red cabbage gravy and apple and red berry sauce.Heavenly!

garv123

Chesapeake wrote: »

I love my sows, but hogs don't depend much on on age boar, boar and hogs taste like cock after after 8 mths personal choice

And you know what that tastes like?





that shot with the dog was a bit mental alright and I reckon if the lads organising the dogs for the drive saw it they would be far from impressed.

xchrisshana

cheers thanks for the info can i give you a pm later on in the week for some more

Longranger

I may be kicking a hornets nest but oh well, ye should be used to my drivel by now:-D,would it be worth buying a slug barreled shotgun for? I reckon a couple of 12 guage saboted slugs should stop and boar inside 100 fairly sharpish. What do the people in the know think?

Grizzly 45

No need..
If you are going to use sabots[use the French Sauvestre sabot slugs,if you can get;)] the rifle barrel is a waste of time.Then you have the problems [maybe] of importing it here,as it will be calassified as a big calibre restricted rifle.
FWIW you can do just as well with a 24in rifle sighted smoothbore,with a decent red dot sight if you want,and you are VERY good to go for boar over in Europe.:)
Even that isnt necessary,plenty of hunters over shoot boar with slugs from bog standard doubles ,pumps or semis with various different chokes.