English Boar vs European

[jb1]

I have shot wild Boar in Croatia in the past including a couple of medal (bronze and Silver) ive often wondered, looking at the images captured on trial cams on the Scottish borders if they are full breed Wild boar as ive seen before.
Im often left thinking, due to the lack of the mound on the shoulder if they are a cross breed with our domestic pigs.
The image is of a male seen regularly in the same area.

 

[Freeforester]

Most in Scotland aren’t, but there’s many a boar ‘twixt mountain and shore, and Wick and Hawick are distant cousins…

 

[NullMac]

They are feral pigs aren’t they? Some of the ones up north even look like domestic pigs

 

[patrol01]

English Boar vs European​

you mean like our current PM vs ursula von der leyen,

 

[Jagare]

The boar in the photo does not look like a mature male boar so it's hard to make a comparison with a European mature boar.

 

[jb1]

The boar in the photo does not look like a mature male boar so it's hard to make a comparison with a European mature boar.

I recon he's about 18 months old.

 

[Jagare]

I recon he's about 18 months old.

So it got fair bit of growing to do. Two photos of male boar. One a 80+ kg Swedish boar and one a 140kg Croatian boar and at a guess both about the same age. What one has the male wild boar hump?

 

[Tim.243]

So it got fair bit of growing to do. Two photos of male boar. One a 80+ kg Swedish boar and one a 140kg Croatian boar and at a guess both about the same age. What one has the male wild boar hump?

The all have the hump when you start shooting at them

 

[Jagare]

The all have the hump when you start shooting at them

I had a hunch you would say that. They don't like it up em.

 

[Tim.243]

I had a hunch you would say that. They don't like it up em.

The best line from that series is this...

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

Happy memories from Germany

 

[Penyard]

I have no experience of the other UK boar populations but do have plenty with the FoD ones. The farm they originated from had European boar stock but had used an Eurasian boar to seek larger carcass size. This possibly explains the large size of mature animals from this population although I think this has declined over time.

There has been some impure blood get in to the population in recent times based upon my own observations.

 

[Sanglier 857]

I have shot wild Boar in Croatia in the past including a couple of medal (bronze and Silver) ive often wondered, looking at the images captured on trial cams on the Scottish borders if they are full breed Wild boar as ive seen before.
Im often left thinking, due to the lack of the mound on the shoulder if they are a cross breed with our domestic pigs.
The image is of a male seen regularly in the same area.

All domestic pigs come from Wild boar.
Many Wild Boar in Croatia, and for that matter most of Europe have domestic pig blood in them, Croatia has a higher infusion due to war in the 1990’s, many pigs were released to the forest.
No wild boar has the mound on the shoulder or the hind quarters in Summer coat.
Feral just means a Wild animal that’s been domesticated and then returns to the Wild, so not a lot of difference really.

 

[Dunwaters]

The DNA of virtually every single European game animal is a mess due to centuries of interference and deliberate introductions.
I very much doubt that there is any such thing as an English boar, or a European one for that matter.

 

[jb1]

Thanks for the explanation all.
I remember being asked in Croatia to shoot any odd coloured Boar and received a bit of praise shooting what resembled an old spot crossed with a Tamworth.
I don't think k I'll bother with the one in the posted image, would be a shame to take him if he's one of very few males. I'd be better of with younger eating wise.

 

[Jagare]

Thanks for the explanation all.
I remember being asked in Croatia to shoot any odd coloured Boar and received a bit of praise shooting what resembled an old spot crossed with a Tamworth.
I don't think k I'll bother with the one in the posted image, would be a shame to take him if he's one of very few males. I'd be better of with younger eating wise.

Yearling boar are the best for eating. The old domestic pigs, boar or sow go for processing they don't end up as pork chops or Sunday roast.

 

[jb1]

Yearling boar are the best for eating. The old domestic pigs, boar or sow go for processing they don't end up as pork chops or Sunday roast.

I butched an old sow years back ( was a butcher for 30+year's) I've never seen so much fat 4 to 6 inches, most of it was unfortunately unusable She'd served her purpose over time and became an expense.