Got a Boar!
 

Well guys, I got a wild boar. Four of us went to a ranch in Paris, IL and had some fun. Mine weighed out at 170#. It was the smallest but I don't care. (Largest was 210#) It was a great time. Those things are hard to kill! They get down right nasty after you shoot one. I don't think I'll do it again though. It's not really what I'd call a "Hunt". Much better than watching the boob tube though. I wasn't impressed with the Wenzel Woodsmans. Very poor penetration and blood trail. I'm going back to a 2 blade head. Dick

RE: Got a Boar!
 

Congratulations Dick. Don't be thinkin because yours was the smallest that it was an inferior hog. The smaller the better they taste and the easier they are to carry out, <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

RE: Got a Boar!
 

'betcha went to Coal creek?
Ditto the woodsman heads. I just don't care for them. Seems I always come back to the old Zwicky eskimo. If you havn't eaten Russian boar, you're in for a pleasant surprise. Red as beef, and very tasty!
Fact is, hogs don't leave much of a bloodtrail, no matter the head. The fat just seals 'em right up. They are indeed non-dying SOBs. I'm going to Texas this week for Javalina, and to Ken Moody's place in Tennessee in March.

Edited by - john nail on 02/20/2002 17:43:09

RE: Got a Boar!
 

Congrats Dick! Yep, you're in for some FINE eating! Hmmm..so ya wasn't thrilled w/the WW's huh? Were ya using the heavier limbs on your CM? Anyhow, that isn't the first negative comment I've heard on em. I may reconsider what I will bring to Canada for bear. A big ole Magnus w/bleeders worked fine on the last one...


Edited by - Arrowsmit on 02/20/2002 20:34:32

RE: Got a Boar!
 

Good sized sewer rat there Vic. Where's that big ol bear you was talkin about? <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Nice bear, Congrats. When and where did you take it?

RE: Got a Boar!
 

Mike, looks bigger than it really was (a 180# sow). Due to the brush I was sitting a couple feet behind the bear & wound up w/a Chuck Adams style picture. It was in '97 I think...

Hey Dick, how 'bout some pics of your hawg??

RE: Got a Boar!
 

Vic,

I wouldn't worry about using them in Canada. I put ONE head through four deer this last year. Broke 7 ribs (I think), taking two right off the vertebrae and sternum. Burried a few times in pretty rocky soil too. Nothing but straight blow-throughs and blood everywhere.

Then again, a hog's a different critter. Lots of fat and that nasty shield too.

JRW

RE: Got a Boar!
 

I sure am glad I let you guys product test before I buy. I was going to try the WWs but not anymore lol.

RE: Got a Boar!
 

Thanks for the input Jason. I've been sorta wanting to try the WW's ever since they came out & bear would be a decent test, but I know what the Magnus will do to em so the jury's still out on what I'll choose. Only thing I know right now is that it'll surely be a multiple blade head. Oh well, one way to wile away some of the remaining months till the hunt. Still wish you'd be hunting w/us. Maybe another time.

RE: Got a Boar!
 

So Dick...when are you inviting us all down for the pulled pork barbecue?

Jack