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Re: Feral Hogs kill Texas woman

Posted: Mon Feb 10, 2020 2:48 pm
by TRG-22
I've eaten it, and yes. It's whether the young ones have any flavour that I was wondering. I'd never bother with suckling pig again, but as boar has more flavour...

Re: Feral Hogs kill Texas woman

Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2020 7:49 am
by Les
TRG-22 wrote:Feral is not the same as wild.
It is when they've had long enough in the 'wild'.

Re: Feral Hogs kill Texas woman

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 11:02 am
by GeeRam
Sim G wrote:Wild boar is the only indigenous animal to feature in the Dangerous Wild Animal Act 1976. The estimate of 1000 in the wild is a somewhat conservative estimate from 2012. There's close to double that in the Forest of Dean alone! In Kent and East Sussex we probably have another 1000 to 1500.

I am conditioned for boar and I'm fortunate enough to have ancient woodland on two areas where I shoot. A little bit of coppicing has opened up some longer shots now as well! Myself and my shooting partner have utilised .45-70s for some time now, but I've just gone to .30-06. I had considered .375!

Going through very dense wood looking for one that you know took a solid hit, is one for the Adrenalin rush!
I remember a good mate telling me that they are real problem in Berlin of all places, where they have moved into urban areas for the rich pickings there, a more dangerous version of the urban fox.
He said they cull about 2000 of them in Berlin every year?

Re: Feral Hogs kill Texas woman

Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 12:25 pm
by snayperskaya
GeeRam wrote:
Sim G wrote:Wild boar is the only indigenous animal to feature in the Dangerous Wild Animal Act 1976. The estimate of 1000 in the wild is a somewhat conservative estimate from 2012. There's close to double that in the Forest of Dean alone! In Kent and East Sussex we probably have another 1000 to 1500.

I am conditioned for boar and I'm fortunate enough to have ancient woodland on two areas where I shoot. A little bit of coppicing has opened up some longer shots now as well! Myself and my shooting partner have utilised .45-70s for some time now, but I've just gone to .30-06. I had considered .375!

Going through very dense wood looking for one that you know took a solid hit, is one for the Adrenalin rush!
I remember a good mate telling me that they are real problem in Berlin of all places, where they have moved into urban areas for the rich pickings there, a more dangerous version of the urban fox.
He said they cull about 2000 of them in Berlin every year?

Here you go........

https://www.thelocal.de/20171215/how-wi ... berlin/amp

They have also been seen in Moscow suburbs as well as in other Central and Eastern European cities.