Stalking on foot

[User00053]

Ah pig sticking and pith helmets, what adventures those Poms had in the colony.

Embracing the local traditions and cultures among other things and getting their “freak-on” before returning home to their mundane existence maybe what happened in India stayed in India

 

[John Gryphon]

mundane existence

Elephants, tigers, leopards, boar, dancing cobras and cricket in the noon day sun, such amazing adventures for a boy from Bristol or a lad from Lancashire.

 

[User00053]

Elephants, tigers, leopards, boar, dancing cobras and cricket in the noon day sun, such amazing adventures for a boy from Bristol or a lad from Lancashire.

And the dusky skinned beauties versed in the art of the Kama sutra, life must have been hell

 

[John Gryphon]

beauties versed in the art of the Kama sutra,

That goes without saying ha ha.
The Romans left a lot of genetics in the UK too ha ha.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Hi does anyone know of any outfitters who offer stalking for boar on foot, it's something a friend and myself would like to try. I appreciate it is probably not the best way to hunt boar and the success rate is likely poor. I've enquired with a company in France but the prices they quoted would make your eyes water.
Any help appreciated, thanks

Be careful Scudd - them boyos are dangerous!

 

[the scudd]

Going by the price I was quoted from one outfit I'll not be anywhere near a boar

 

[Bavarianbrit]

I get to do them for free around my village, the price is sitting out night after night burning the eyes away until they turn up, then it is a mad 5 minutes of adrenaline.

 

[User00053]

Appreciate not on foot but interesting, out there there maybe still a very fine cup and wonder if raf still have it or it’s history?
Anyways it involved some steel

Apparently the event was the Kadir cup the pinnacle of piggy sticking in India and won by the honourable lord baden-powell ( honours to numerous to mention) one year, bet it was fun.

 

[John Gryphon]

Be careful Scudd - them boyos are dangerous!

That is as dumb as it gets...going into a wounded boar with rifle slung over shoulder......Dar wins.
Straddling front on is as bad as when the boars rip up your femoral artery is on the line....sheeeiit!

 

[Foxyboy43]

That is as dumb as it gets...going into a wounded boar with rifle slung over shoulder......Dar wins.
Straddling front on is as bad as when the boars rip up your femoral artery is on the line....sheeeiit!

Yep - if in doubt see below - nervous viewers should look away now…

 

[Polar Lynx]

Many of us, in boar country, use special trousers protecting thights.
Also, severe incidents occur in spring time i.e. when sows protect their newly born. Never walk with loose dog in deep forest in the month of May.

 

[Foxyboy43]

As per #30 above - this is how it all happened!

 

[Polar Lynx]

Yes, it is a question of seconds. Semi auto shotguns are better than rifle with scope when going after a wounded animal.

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Yes, it is a question of seconds. Semi auto shotguns are better than rifle with scope when going after a wounded animal.

I have an as built Sabbati 12 o/u smoothbore with rifle sights and a barrel length of 18 inches for this purpose.

 

[Foxyboy43]

I have an as built Sabbati 12 o/u smoothbore with rifle sights and a barrel length of 18 inches for this purpose.

Hmm. If it’s a male boar I take it you save one round to escape from a horrible fate?

 

[Bavarianbrit]

My pal is a Berufsjaeger in Saarland, the long scar down one leg when he was younger and dumber makes you think hard about the realities.

 

[old 30-06]

Wild Boar are not the same beast as the feral hogs you see in U-tube clips from America or Australia. Stalking them on foot in their native territory would be a very big challenge indeed. Looking at the photo's in the post from Foxyboy43 my preference would be high seat every time.

 

[Dunwaters]

We did it a couple of times in Hungary.
Toddled around for an hour or two in the morning before the drive started, spotting and stalking in mature beech woodland.
We got a couple, no different to stalking any other species really.

 

[John Gryphon]

We got a couple, no different to stalking any other species really.

Actually with their poor eyesight in comparison to the deer species they are, once spotted a very easy animal to sneak up to. With wind in face and stealth of foot it will get you very close to them.

 

[User00053]

German father and son who I took out stalking were mad keen on killing pigs with son having “terriers” and scars below his knees as badges of office and loved the knife, father either a smith and Wesson or Luger but preferred the latter for some reason.