walshie Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 I needed to get out this afternoon, so the wife and I took the dogs to some woods near here. Suddenly both dogs stopped and cocked their heads. That is normally just before they give chase to something, so we put their leads on. About 100-150 yards away in a clearing there was a boar standing staring back at us and it was big. We followed the path which led past the boar but a fair way away still. The boar wasn't turning to face us. We stopped and watched it for a couple of minutes and it didn't move. The dogs were alert but not pulling to get to it. My nosiness go the better of me so with the cunning of a jungle cat , I crept nearer to it. The nearer I got to it, the more I wondered if it was real. It was made of wood! It's back came up to my thigh and it was nicely painted and looked so real. I know boar hunters scatter bait around to attract them, but do they use decoys? If not, it's a bit random to put a wooden boar in a forest with no nearby houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Archery target? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriBsa Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Trojan Pig? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 It was board .....hmphhhhh, chuckle chuckle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 It was a bit too nice to be an archery target and it had no holes in it. Could have been a trojan pig I guess, full of midgets. Walker...Oh dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 was it not just a sculpture? Has there been work going on in the woods? We'll done on the stalk though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walshie Posted January 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Might have been a sculpture, but it just seemed a really odd place to leave it. It was very remote. No work going on recently that I could see. Cheers. I've been practicing my stalking. It didn't even look round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Fancy dumping it! Obviously unwanted? Could look nice in someone's back garden! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The gouse Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 I will post a picture on this tomorrow I will show you a boar decoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 New art work? Not good in the half light though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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