Decent Boar

Been trying to catch up with this big young bugger since he showed up last month

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Chicks dig scars apparently, he has a nice one on his shoulder & a cut in one ear so looking pretty tough crunching up old possum bones and probably thinking Bro you are looking a bit stuck in there

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Yesterday his luck finally ran out & he discovered first hand the Ferrets predicament

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He was a decent size vet bill just waiting to happen, he certainly wasn't particularly happy to see me, don't blame him to be fair

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There is a kidney in there somewhere

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At 145lbs gutted he had put on a bit of weight since we first crossed paths

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Found a little surprise in his neck skinning him this morning, you can see where it was in the pic above

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It had been in there a long time, only missed its mark by a few inches but clearly that was enough for this tough guy to survive & flourish

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I donated half each to a couple of older mates who were extremely happy to receive it

Mean pig dog

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Mean pig dog

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Trendy mo-hawk but :D

Wounded by a 6.5 costs more lmfao... Looks like not bad bit of pork.enjoy the feasting.

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Mean pig dog

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Nice.

Losing him after popping him there with a .264 would be disappointing ... not what you'd ordinarily expect?

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Nice.

Losing him after popping him there with a .264 would be disappointing ... not what you'd ordinarily expect?

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Yeah nothing there except meat, smaller cartridges, boom, fall over, squeal, get up & bugger off, bigger cartridges same shot placement, bigger mess, less chance of disappearing, still can happen though....

They are tough animals

Cool story!

@Kiwi Greg
Very nice boar.
What did you use to flatten him ?
If you retrieve the jaw could you post a pic ?
Cheers

Found a .22lr projectile under the skin of a boar I shot when I was young. Only thing is I found it while carving up a wild pork roast... bit awkward telling mum to just pop that little bit in the bin...

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@Kiwi Greg
Very nice boar.
What did you use to flatten him ?
If you retrieve the jaw could you post a pic ?
Cheers

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Nothing exciting, Rugger 10-22 22RF SK Flatnose Basic target ammo in a trap, going to pull one tusk the other was smashed off

Yeah great story , bloody amazing condition on that Boar , shame the other tusk was broken off , its incredible how animals can heal up after getting shot , years ago I shot a stag that had been shot in the neck a week earlier with a .243 , there was no sign of infection and he would of healed up no doubt had I not bowled him over with a 30 06.

Nice work Greg

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Nothing exciting, Rugger 10-22 22RF SK Flatnose Basic target ammo in a trap, going to pull one tusk the other was smashed off

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Almost sorry I asked Greg. Would have thought a ballistics afficionado such as yourself would have spent time at the rifle rack, deeply comtemplating the decision of which cartridge was the sexiest for doing the job. If 22RF was the best you could come up with it leaves me wondering about you "southern men" ! ::wtfsmilie::wtfsmilie::D

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Almost sorry I asked Greg. Would have thought a ballistics afficionado such as yourself would have spent time at the rifle rack, deeply comtemplating the decision of which cartridge was the sexiest for doing the job. If 22RF was the best you could come up with it leaves me wondering about you "southern men" ! ::wtfsmilie::wtfsmilie::D

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Not really a lot of ballistic calculations required at that range or horse power for that matter

I could have introduced him to a .338 160 TTSX out of my pig thermal rifle at 2550-2600fps but decided that was the last resort if I couldn't convince him to go into the trap :)

Great looking boar! Thats wild the 264 didnt do the trick on him.....that fella was probably scratching his head after hearing the smack and not recovering it.

pill mushroomed nicely tho

Yeah mate…well done…enjoyed that read!!!!

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Yeah nothing there except meat, smaller cartridges, boom, fall over, squeal, get up & bugger off, bigger cartridges same shot placement, bigger mess, less chance of disappearing, still can happen though....

They are tough animals

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Had to have been a 6.5 Creedmoor?

No way he would have walked if he was hit with one from my .260 Rem! :D

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Had to have been a 6.5 Creedmoor?

No way he would have walked if he was hit with one from my .260 Rem! :D

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LOL :). looks to be a 123 or 129 SST

Nice porker Gregg,your old mates will enjoy that.

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Great looking boar! Thats wild the 264 didnt do the trick on him.....that fella was probably scratching his head after hearing the smack and not recovering it.

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It's not surprising at all if you know a bit about animal anatomy. There are a few places even a large bullet can pass through with practically no long term effect on the animal.
Back in the live capture days I would target hinds. Shooting through the top of the neck just forward of the shoulder. The shock would knock them out long enough to get to them and tie them up if you didn't muck around. There were a few balls ups though. They would have quite a nasty flesh wound for a while. But long term weren't overly affected. Getting them out was a bit of a mission sometimes. But at three thousand a animal it was good money. I was using a 3006.
A mate put a 44 mag through the ribs of one of his dogs when things got a bit hectic at a bail. Bullet went above the lungs and below the spine. He was expecting the dog to keel over but it carried on for the trip out (walking on its own) and fully recovered.