Holiday in FOD

[Ratmanwan3]

My wife has booked a short break for the family in Coleford and I was wondering what are the chances of seeing wild boar.
We are coming down in August so I can appreciate the undergrowth will be up but are there any hot spots we are likely to find any.

 

[liongeorge]

We saw Boar at Cannop ponds , there are nice parking and BBQ areas there. We stayed till dark and saw some but beware they lock the gate at 10 and we got locked in! Luckily I was driving a Land Cruiser and it required a sh*t or bust bit of off roading to get out or we would have had to stay the night there.

 

[James0586]

Take a drive over to cinderford you will see them in the car park most days

 

[Ratmanwan3]

Thanks chaps, the missus booked this specifically for me to see them so fingers crossed.

 

[liongeorge]

Take thermal with you, if you don't have some borrow it . It will improve your chances a hell of a lot. You can then just cruise around of an evening and spot them.

 

[Gunner223]

Go to the Speech house hotel, not far from Coleford/Cinderford area, late evening there all along the road,
you will be amazed how many there are if you have a Thermal spotter

 

[Gunner223]

Forgot to say if you fancy a breakfast on the way down, try the Seven & wye Smokery at Chaxhill, near Westbury-on -seven,
Absolutely fantastic place.

 

[Ratmanwan3]

Many thanks chaps, looking forward to it now.

 

[bullet chucker]

Up date on your return!

BC.

 

[Ratmanwan3]

Yes will do, thanks again for the info.

 

[Ratmanwan3]

Four days in and not a sighting yet. Quite abit of rooting on walks and seen a lot of fallow but no boar.
I've been out with the thermal around Coleford and speech house and going to try callop lakes this evening.
Talking to a couple of locals and they said they haven't seen many at all recently, maybe the fc have culled hard in this area.
Fingers crossed for tonight!.

 

[Ratmanwan3]

Success! Went to callop ponds, plenty of ground turned over in the car park so was hopeful. At last light spotted a sow with four piglets with the thermal which I could just about see with the bins. Then a minute later a much bigger boar followed the same line as the sow. Big smile on my face now, over the moon.

 

[bullet chucker]

Just like a proper stalking trip ,lots of disappointment then bingo! it all falls into place. You now have the good memories. Thanks for sharing.

BC.