I think it's going to be a good year for boar hunting

[Jagare]

For the last few years the number of boar shot on our driven days has declined. Last year was a very wet year with many boar laying up places flooded but it was a massive acorn year.
This year we are seeing brungris, brown pigs, everywhere in groups of 10s+. A group of about 30 adult boar were filmed in a field just a couple of klm from our hunting ground.
Going back a decade plus hunter were over feeding boar and using a lot of unsuitable food, bakery waste being one example that led to a large boar population and sows breeding out of season. There were rumblings from the government that the feeding of boar would be band so in the main the bad feeding practices have stopped.
I have a theory that with a reduced boar population, last years massive acorn year has stimulated every female boar of breeding age to produce a litter, instead of just the matriarch sows.
Hopefully we are in for a few years of very productive boar hunts.

 

[Rhodesianjess]

Talking to a chap who regularly travels to the continent from UK to hunt boar. He says with the prevalence of Swine Fever some people may be priced out of the market. Hopefully not your end, wishing you a successful season.

 

[Jagare]

Talking to a chap who regularly travels to the continent from UK to hunt boar. He says with the prevalence of Swine Fever some people may be priced out of the market. Hopefully not your end, wishing you a successful season.

The outbreak of ASF here in Sweden was quite aways north of our hunting ground, about 6 hours drive.
The outbreak was well handled by the powers that be and the hunters in that area. Last I read about it part of the area has been reopened and will be open for hunting again in the not too distant future.
Partly because of age and partly because I'm not sure driven boar abroad is such good value these days I'm staying in Sweden for boar hunting. We have 4/5 driven days on our hunting ground and my mate and I have bought into a days driven boar an easy car drive away.

 

[Rhodesianjess]

Good news, enjoy your season and wishing you good luck with straight barrels.

 

[filzee]

Very jealous. Best of luck with the season. Keep the reports coming

 

[Polar Lynx]

Season started Two nights ago .... sort of

 

[Jagare]

Season started Two nights ago .... sort of

What are the boar numbers like in your part of the country?

 

[Polar Lynx]

Hi, north of Stockholm (1-2 hrs). Ample boar population all over this year. Groups are large, common with 1 + 5-6.
Suppose key to this is the oak or rather the masses of acron last year. Boar feed on acron wintertime.

 

[Jagare]

Last year was an amazing year for acorns. Under the oak trees were thick carpets of acorns that fed the boar all throughout the winter We have plenty of Oaks in this part of Skåne. This year is a fruit year with the Rowen trees loaded with berries the same as every apple tree loaded down with apples. The pheasant feeding rides are visited every night by the boar and its good they are on dry ground otherwise I think they would be a quagmire by now. Hopefully we will have dented the population by the end January.

 

[bullet chucker]

My last trip to Germany was a wash out ASF was a concern, most boar had been shot long before our group had arrived?

BC.

 

[Dhindes]

Four weeks to go until my first bash in France. Stalked them this summer and plenty of piglets so fingers crossed for the season

 

[Jamouk]

We are seeing good numbers in Romania this year as well ! The amount of Bears has increased dramatically as well !