Yip, the breeding part a managed to notice.
The one I shot was not very old and she already had some impressive tusks, if we go after the big ones things might get pretty dangerous in those dense reeds and bamboo jungle. The ones we breed with can get quite p.off at times and regularly pick up fights with the dogs. Luckily for us the wild pigs keep to those reed cover, about 20 acres of useless farm land. It might sound like culling but believe me they are as wild as can be. They wouldn’t let us nearer that 60y if seen, so we used the noise of the reeds in the wind and reeds as cover and only managed one 25y wounding shot only on the 4th stalk.

I’m going to try linen first. I’ve also got python and puffadder snake skins at home but can’t imagine that they would help much as backing? Please correct me if I’m wrong.
Will it be possible to remove backing without removing too much wood?
Thanks
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