Sarg
AH elite
- Joined
- Aug 28, 2009
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- Hunted
- New Zealand - Australia - Sumatra - Kenya - Zimbabwe - Namibia - South Africa - Botswana - Alaska - Nevada - Hokkaido - Greenland - New Caledonia
Not sure where to put this but I think very interesting in general ?
When I was reading a post on what 3 cartridges for European hunting, the OP was referring to a 8.5x55, I mistakenly thought he meant 6.5x55 & had miss typed, then I looked up the Blaser 8.5x55 bit more than my old favourite 338/06.
Anyway when reading up on it I discovered a article about it & how handy it was in a short barreled handy Blaser for tree stands & such, also it was suitable for a special guy they get in on driven hunts who is called when the Wild Boar are wounded, point him in the direction & he does all the hard stuff.
It went on to say he was kitted out in head gear, thick jacket & “Kevlar Boar Pants” I thought WTF so looked it up, well bugger me there is a range of Wild Boar Pro Pants to protect hunters from Boar Maulings/Tusking .
https://harkila.com/en-us/shop/hunting-clothes/hunting-trousers/wildboar-pro-trousers-1101235
Many of them actually, so made me wonder how many people are injured or killed by Wild Hogs (I had a close call again this season myself) & found this article.
https://www.agweb.com/news/livestoc...e-people-sharks-shocking-new-research-reveals
Not sure if anyone is interested but it was all news to me, be great if some of our European members could add more on this Wounded Boar Mitigation Guys role in driven or other hunts ?
When I was reading a post on what 3 cartridges for European hunting, the OP was referring to a 8.5x55, I mistakenly thought he meant 6.5x55 & had miss typed, then I looked up the Blaser 8.5x55 bit more than my old favourite 338/06.
Anyway when reading up on it I discovered a article about it & how handy it was in a short barreled handy Blaser for tree stands & such, also it was suitable for a special guy they get in on driven hunts who is called when the Wild Boar are wounded, point him in the direction & he does all the hard stuff.
It went on to say he was kitted out in head gear, thick jacket & “Kevlar Boar Pants” I thought WTF so looked it up, well bugger me there is a range of Wild Boar Pro Pants to protect hunters from Boar Maulings/Tusking .
https://harkila.com/en-us/shop/hunting-clothes/hunting-trousers/wildboar-pro-trousers-1101235
Many of them actually, so made me wonder how many people are injured or killed by Wild Hogs (I had a close call again this season myself) & found this article.
https://www.agweb.com/news/livestoc...e-people-sharks-shocking-new-research-reveals
Not sure if anyone is interested but it was all news to me, be great if some of our European members could add more on this Wounded Boar Mitigation Guys role in driven or other hunts ?
