Highlander Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 This wee beastie was shot in Turkey but a good friend of mine has just last week shot a much smaller free ranging boar in Suffolk so get ready boys. Mind you if ever our now established UK boar get this big I think farmers will be in BIG trouble and those of us who’ll be shooting them will need to buy BIGGER guns! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blacta Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 thats quite a big one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 thats quite a big one! A quote never used by Mrs Highlander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LXX73 Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 What calibre was that taken with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 What calibre was that taken with? .17hmr at 200 yards would be my guess theres a bit of photo trickery going on though I reckon as even Hogzilla wasn't that big, that would outweigh your average bull were it actually that big Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambone Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 (edited) Got one bigger than that @ 300 yds with my .17 hmr Damn beaten to it. Edited May 12, 2009 by hambone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavman Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 .17hmr at 200 yards would be my guess theres a bit of photo trickery going on though I reckon as even Hogzilla wasn't that big, that would outweigh your average bull were it actually that big I believe 308 yards is the best to date by a PW member with 17HMR,. was that a Hog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 hmmm now is it actually that size or are they sitting a good bit back from it?? next time im in latvia im buying myself an sks for boar, the old 7.62 russian stuff is far cheaper than .17 hmr, even though it doesnt perform as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 or are they sitting a good bit back from it?? they are well behind that, bit like the the old 'hold it out as far as possible' big fish pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Perhaps the boar really is the size of a one tonne Angus bull, and the grey-haired fellow with the side parting is an Oompa-Loompa? What I'd like to know if the weight of the boar and the calibre used to knock it over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 me too baldrick, it still looks big to me even though theyve shipped in extra's from willow to pose with it. is there a link to the site this was from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zapp Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I believe 308 yards is the best to date by a PW member with 17HMR,. was that a Hog 306 I believe ZB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 It is indeed 306 yards, taken by PW's very own Carlos Hathcock, sniperfox36. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 very good at making them look big! http://www.naturetours.com.tr/driven.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Well Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted May 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Don’t know about ‘very good at making them look big’ they are BIG (try 250/300kgs) but I doubt we’ll ever see them that size here in the UK. Even the smaller ones we’re seeing here can do an amazing amount of damage to crops and forestry and I think once farmers have had a taste of just how bad these things can be they’ll be moves to have them eradicated. In pig breeding areas such as we have here in Suffolk especially ‘free range’ there’s the added problem of disease and cross breeding. Great if we get some to stalk/shoot but not so great if they start to run riot. Unlike Turkey and some of the really wild parts of the world we don't have the room just a lot of vulnerable farmland! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 The heaviest boar shot in the UK to date weight, if I recall correctly, 234kg, taken last year with a .30-06. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 that's made to look a lot bigger than that though but on a side note the damage is severe and the speed of breeding is another factor in why they are a problem. Its why they're treated as vermin in lots of the US as they decimate maze crops, night vision and semi auto centrefires are resorted to not sporting but then its not quite your average plague of rabbits I'm not sure on their sporting potential here but one things for sure if they get established it will cause chaos on the roads as they'll make a lot more mess than your average deer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkield Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 Wasn't this the biggest one from Devon? At least he standing next to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Fudd Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 i think its been stretched between two tractors.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
varmintator Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I am sure if you could take that at 300 yards with a .22 if the wind was blowing in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldrick Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 That's the one, Stuart. I remember reading about it in ST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new to the flock Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I have a friend...he has passed now......that took one at 637 pounds up on the Penninsula with a bow a few years back. NTTF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I believe 308 yards is the best to date by a PW member with 17HMR,. was that a Hog was that a Hog think it was bull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambone Posted May 12, 2009 Report Share Posted May 12, 2009 I have a friend...he has passed now......that took one at 637 pounds up on the Penninsula with a bow a few years back. NTTF Can't be having with that, apparently you need to train 4 hours a day for 8 months to take big game with a bow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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