Baiting wild boar

[John Gryphon]

Said it was a strange site to see the pigs inside the dead horse and its skin moving about.

Yes they will even eat their fill from inside a cow or horse and then sleep in it.

Are they Ferrell pigs or the Eurasian wild boar that we have here in Europe?

The wild boar in Australia originated with the introduction by the first settlers. The animals have had the original blood diluted with escapes from farms by domesticated pigs.
I have seen striped piglets that I found in a nest in a large swamp in NSW 41 years ago.
That is the definite Euro Boar Heritage showing.

 

[Olaf]

The wild boar in Australia originated with the introduction by the first settlers. The animals have had the original blood diluted with escapes from farms by domesticated pigs.
I have seen striped piglets that I found in a nest in a large swamp in NSW 41 years ago.
That is the definite Euro Boar Heritage showing.

i see, so they are sort of strange halfling hybrid pigs. A mate shot one like that when we were hunting together a few years ago, a sort of fat round thing with some white and black spots on it. It looked like a feral pig but had slightly coarser hair on it , but no neck feathers , nobody- including myself , had ever seen one like it and we’ve not seen one since. It was probably just an escaped rare breed pig that had become feral. It was on its Tod too.
i will have a Look Through my phone later and see if I can find a picture of it. Have you got any pictures of the pigs you have taken in your area ?
kindest regards, Olaf

 

[John Gryphon]

No pigs in my area Olaf.
Recently I posted this pic of one I knifed many many years ago when I concentrated on catching boar with my dogs.
Any photos from 40 years ago were taken with a primitive camera and my pics are so small and degraded.
Most are solid black in colour,but never mind the colour,they are still angry bastards ha ha.




And around 20 years later,3000 kilometres north of the first pig`s location I rolled over this solid boar one morning with my old .12 gauge.
He was a big solid boar.

 

[Olaf]

No pigs in my area Olaf.
Recently I posted this pic of one I knifed many many years ago when I concentrated on catching boar with my dogs.
Any photos from 40 years ago were taken with a primitive camera and my pics are so small and degraded.
Most are solid black in colour,but never mind the colour,they are still angry bastards ha ha.

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And around 20 years later,3000 kilometres north of the first pig`s location I rolled over this solid boar one morning with my old .12 gauge.
He was a big solid boar.


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Interesting pictures,they look like slightly trim Gloucestershire old spots. Are they good to eat ?
kindest regards, Olaf

 

[John Gryphon]

I would only eat those if I hadn't eaten for three months.

 

[Olaf]

I ate one of the shanks off this Überläufer keiler yesterday evening,in honour of this Thread. It was absolutely delicious.

There was no bait needed for this one.I shot it sat out in the forrest under a full moon , overlooking a field that they cross every time they want to get to their suhle to take a mud bath. You have to be fast though and shoot them running, because they cross the Field with urgency and certainly don’t stop.
kindest regards, Olaf

 

[John Gryphon]

I ate one of the shanks off this Überläufer keiler yesterday evening,in honour of this Thread. It was absolutely delicious.

I have eaten young pigs,max 40 pounds taken in the wild unless bigger ones were taken home live and fed grain for a month to fatten and get a good flavour.
The pigs up on the Cape in Far north Australia tend to be a smaller but they are a vicious strain.
We did all of our hunting on foot,we never had the luxury of bikes.

 

[Olaf]

I have eaten young pigs,max 40 pounds taken in the wild unless bigger ones were taken home live and fed grain for a month to fatten and get a good flavour.
The pigs up on the Cape in Far north Australia tend to be a smaller but they are a vicious strain.
We did all of our hunting on foot,we never had the luxury of bikes.

I see what you mean about their size. what breeds Of dogs are they using ? They seem to have some nimble little heat seekers to bay them and then a couple of sledgehammers to anchor them before they dare go in with their little shorts on .
you Must have got quite hot running about after the pigs on foot eh !
Kindest regards, Olaf

 

[John Gryphon]

The big boars are on the better country further down south generally.

Must have got quite hot running about after the pigs on foot eh !

We mainly hunted in winter and either side of it in cooler months..we did have some horror hot trips though. We hunted river and swamp country and the dogs at least cooled off with NO crocs.

 

[Penyard]

An interesting thread, thanks Jagare. I also have a tripod with the 12v spreader but use a battery. I will look in to solar power as it sounds yours works really well. I find this method works really well.

On the subject of wild boar eating carrion. I lost a fallow pricket on dusk a few years back. Went back at first light and found what was left of it 50 yards away with most of it having been devoured by boar over night. They are not fussy!