|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 544
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 544 |
I finally got back the mounted tusks of the big boar I shot last December during a drive hunt. It was a big and impressive animal weighting 106 kg (234 lbs.) dressed, which would indicate a live weight of 130-140 kg (290-310 lbs.). Both tusks were broken and about to be resharpened. It's a pity but very common with big, old boars. One wonders how long the tusks were when intact. I've laid a 9,3x74R round (the same as the one which felled the boar) alongside for comparison.
Andre -------------------------------------- 3 shots do not make a group, they show a point of aim or impact. 5 shots are a group.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,799
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,799 |
that's a mean lookin cartridge!
100% Public land DIY!
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 6,064
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 6,064 |
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 14,654
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 14,654 |
That's a very cool way of displaying them.
Did you slide the tusks out of the jaw or just cut them off at tooth-level?
your flippant remarks which you so adeptly sling
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 253
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Dec 2007
Posts: 253 |
No matter how good a rifle looks if it shoots over 1 inch groups its ugly.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 21,820 Likes: 3
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 21,820 Likes: 3 |
"The Church can and should help modern society by tirelessly insisting that the work of women in the home be recognized and respected by all in its irreplaceable value." Apostolic Exhortation On The Family, Pope John Paul II
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 544
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 544 |
Bluedreaux, The sawed off groin was boiled* to allow pulling out the tusks (as a rule of thumb, 2/3 are burried for 1/3 showing).
*BTW, if you want to avoid divorce, don't do that in your kitchen...
Andre -------------------------------------- 3 shots do not make a group, they show a point of aim or impact. 5 shots are a group.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 7,514 Likes: 1
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 7,514 Likes: 1 |
very nice looking method of mounting the tusks.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 10,927
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 10,927 |
All American
All the time
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 4,728
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 4,728 |
Great looking mount. I really enjoy hog hunting in the US & want to hunt an European Boar. Many US taxidermist can repair horns, antlers, & tusks. You broken tusk could be like it was before.
Life Members SCI & NRA. NRA Instructor & RSO. What have YOU done to support hunting & gun rights?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 544
Campfire Regular
|
OP
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 544 |
I know taxidermists can repair tusks and antlers (and even make them grow...), but I never accepted such proposals. I insist on staying with the true and natural character, size, colour, etc. of trophies. To me it's part of the respect I pay to the fallen animal (if not good/handsome enough, why kill him and take a trophy ?). The latter is only a reminder of an adventure and its real value lies in my my remembering of it. To each its own, this is my view
Andre -------------------------------------- 3 shots do not make a group, they show a point of aim or impact. 5 shots are a group.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,407
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 1,407 |
Hello Andr�, Hi US hunters, If you like tusk i show you these ones from a Lithanian wild boar shot in battue in 2006, they are not world record but a good trophy of 22cm, the boar was shot with a Merkel SR1 semi auto in 9,3x62 with Aimpoint Micro H1 and Norma Oryx bullets during a product test hunt. This boar is not an sus scrofa attila like the turkish or bulgarian ones, its an european sus scrofa scrofa. The same familly of all the western boars. They can grow to 250kg sometimes a bit more but it's not so common. As Andre told i also prefer not to correct trophy small default, i prefer the real and natural way. Dom
Experience is a lantern, carried in our back, only lightening already walked path. (Confucius)
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 8,704
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 8,704 |
As long as we're showing wild boar pics... My first boar. The game warden estimated his live weight in excess of 300 lbs. The skull is being cleaned and boiled for some form of mount. Now that I've seen your tusk mounts, I think that will be in order if I kill another one with largish teeth... Rifle is a .338 RCM, and I used a 200 gr Hornady Spire Point driven by 58 gr of Reloder 15. Muzzle velocity was app 2750 fps; three-shot groups ran just over half an inch. Dennis
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."
"It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 13,000
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Aug 2006
Posts: 13,000 |
Andre, Marseille: Thanks for sharing! Those tusk mounts are unique and very pretty. Makes me want to take my 9.3x62 out for some Oregon feral hog culling
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 13,669
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 13,669 |
Very nice!! I really dig the tusk mount, classy.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 4,728
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 4,728 |
Which is the wild boar ? Very nice. Should make a great trophy regardless of what you do with it.
Life Members SCI & NRA. NRA Instructor & RSO. What have YOU done to support hunting & gun rights?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 8,704
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 8,704 |
Our friends from Europe do look slightly more civilized, don't they? Might could be that they are, comes to that . Dennis
"The more you run over a dead cat, the flatter it gets."
"If you're asking me something technical, you may be looking for My Other Brother Darrell."
"It ain't foot-pounds that kills stuff -- it's broken body parts."
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 4,728
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 4,728 |
a couple of so called European Mounts.
Life Members SCI & NRA. NRA Instructor & RSO. What have YOU done to support hunting & gun rights?
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 96,121 Likes: 1
Campfire Oracle
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 96,121 Likes: 1 |
Makes my 280 pound bear look small.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 96,121 Likes: 1
Campfire Oracle
|
Campfire Oracle
Joined: Oct 2002
Posts: 96,121 Likes: 1 |
Nice BOARS by the way everyone. Those European hogs are some nasty looking SOB's.
"Dear Lord, save me from Your followers"
|
|
|
|
542 members (1minute, 06hunter59, 1941USMC, 10gaugeman, 1936M71, 10Glocks, 58 invisible),
2,476
guests, and
1,308
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,193,885
Posts18,518,254
Members74,020
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|