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Prob my favorite all time hunt. I spend a lot of time chasing these boar every year in WV. Between the unforgiving terrain and the smarts they have its one of the most challenging hunts out state offers. For those of you that don't know, our boar are actually pretty pure compared to European blood and are listed as big game animals here. They're a far cry different than those feral pigs that have taken over the south. This one is my best to date on weight and tusks, dressed he went 266 so I'd guess live weight around 300.
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very nice congrats! do you eat it? if so how?
Congratulations.
Cool, congrats. What county? I used to hunt a little bit in Boone county as kid.
Quote from: 3bailey3 on November 28, 2019, 06:33:57 PM
very nice congrats! do you eat it? if so how?
Basically like a domestic hog. Chops, sausage, roast, also cure the belly into bacon and cure a couple hams.
Quote from: guesswho on November 28, 2019, 06:36:27 PM
Cool, congrats. What county? I used to hunt a little bit in Boone county as kid.
Yep, in Boone. Spruce Laurel drainage.
Dandy hog
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Congrats on the hog, if he dressed 266, then he was way over 300 live.
Glad you like to eat them, I usually just shoot them and leave them. I know a lot of folks think that is wrong, but where I hunt them, they are nothing but a nuisance
Kill them all, feral or not. A destructive non-native animal.
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Quote from: guesswho on November 28, 2019, 06:36:27 PM
Cool, congrats. What county? I used to hunt a little bit in Boone county as kid.
Yep, in Boone. Spruce Laurel drainage.
I know where that's at. My family is scattered from Madison to Bald Knob. We used to hunt them around Jasper Workmans branch whenever we went back to visit.
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Quote from: Deputy 14 on November 28, 2019, 07:00:28 PM
Quote from: guesswho on November 28, 2019, 06:36:27 PM
Cool, congrats. What county? I used to hunt a little bit in Boone county as kid.
Yep, in Boone. Spruce Laurel drainage.
I know where that's at. My family is scattered from Madison to Bald Knob. We used to hunt them around Jasper Workmans branch whenever we went back to visit.
Yep. I live about 10 miles south of Bald Knob. Killed my first hog in Jasper Workman.
I used to have a lot of family that lived on James Creek. I still have one cousin that lives there. That's some pretty country up that way, but it had changed a lot the last time I was there.
Nice one, good shooting
Congrats on the harvest. Check it for rattle snakes before putting it in the truck(joking). I'm heading to WV this spring for my first turkey hunt there.
Congrats, nice hog for sure ... B B Q time ....yummy
Very cool. Congrats
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Congrats. I remember my Grandpa killed one when I was a kid. Thiugh his was not nearly as impressive. That's a real nice boar
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Congratulations, nice animal, those are some big tusks.
Always wanted to try that but don't have the time/knowledge to pull it off I don't think. Congrats on a fine specimen.
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Congrats and good eating. Hunting one of those is on my bucket list.
Congrats. That's some pretty big country in Boone county.
Sounds like a good time.
Congratulations. That Boar looks like the one I got in Alabama. The European Hog that were released in the US years ago. They are in the South as well as West Virginia. There are domestic pigs that have escaped into the wild as well.
The European Hogs and the Domestic pigs will mate and have Hybrid Pigs.
Awesome boar - congrats.
Great looking hog and bet it tastes good as well!
Nice. Congrats
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Congratulations on a big old porker!
good deal...congrats
good one... looks just like all the wild ones we have here in SC...
Quote from: ncturkey on December 06, 2019, 05:51:57 PMThe European Hogs and the Domestic pigs will mate and have Hybrid Pigs.
A lot of places in the south they've imported the European strain of hogs, and they have crossbred with the feral hogs. So we get a mixed variety where I hunt in SC. Some look like Europeans, and some look like ferals.
Congrats on a nice one!! How do you hunt them? Over bait from a treestand or spot and stalk?
nice hog
Congratulations that a nice one