HUNTING Bushpig

[Scrumbag]

@mark-hunter , This hunter's face says it all.

"It was a great hunt. Thank f*ck it's over!" Would be my guess.

 

[KMG Hunting Safaris]

"It was a great hunt. Thank f*ck it's over!" Would be my guess.

 

[Jaegger]

I don't eat any of the pigs from our place. I know what we feed them......

Hi - older post but still valuable Intel as I & 2nd Hunter will be after Bush Pig w/ Marius/KMG. I was always told, ‘a little Hot Sauce fixes everything!’ Or in Africa that would be ‘Mrs. H.S. Balls Hot Chutney.’

 

[Amphibious]

Bushpig I took last week in Limpopo with Booysen Safaris. The biggest of six we saw that evening. Lots of great advice in this thread. I used my 375 H&H and one shot poleaxed him. They are impressively skittish and I did not feel over gunned. Seeing my crosshairs was very difficult and I would bring an illuminated scope next time.

 

[Justin.]

Yes sir, we do. Not for the faint hearted.

That sounds like an absolutely phenomenal time! Any pics with the packs around a pig they caught? Love keeping up with all the 4 legged warriors you have at your place!

 

[Jaegger]

What a brute w/ a nice big pumpkin - Congrat’s!

 

[Country]

I love hunting pigs.

 

[Frik5]

Hi, just a question. Is the bushpig and warthog the one and same species? I am planning a trip to Limpopo to get my first warthog for meat (salami etc)

 

[Desperatezulu]

Hi, just a question. Is the bushpig and warthog the one and same species? I am planning a trip to Limpopo to get my first warthog for meat (salami etc)

No

 

[Ryan]

Hi, just a question. Is the bushpig and warthog the one and same species? I am planning a trip to Limpopo to get my first warthog for meat (salami etc)

No, while they are both in the same family, Suidae, they are two different species.

Bushpig- Potamochoerus larvatus

Warthog- Phaecochoerus africanus

 

[Hank2211]

No

Apart from being different species (and not looking much alike), they are also different in terms of hunting. Warthogs are usually hunted during daylight in the "normal" way - generally spot and stalk.

While not impossible, I've never heard of bushpig being hunted this way. If they have been hunted at all, they are almost entirely nocturnal, and are generally hunted over bait (though I did get one once by chance while night hunting for other animals).

I would go so far as to say that one is a relatively easy hunt - the warthog - while bushpig can be a difficult hunt (it took me two hunts to connect on the first).

 

[Frik5]

Thanks for the valuable information. Do you perhaps know where is the best spot to hunt warthog? I live in Secunda

 

[Frik5]

I love hunting pigs.

Where do you normally hunt pigs and the cost involved? If possible could you perhaps provide me with a contact number or two?

 

[Lungshot202]

Bushpig....Oh YAaaaaa! Got-a-get one.

 

[Ngaka]

Para mí, este es el tiro. En España cazamos mucho el jabalí de noche mientras esperamos; Esta es la forma de derribarlo instantáneamente sin tener que buscarlo, con el riesgo de no encontrarlo o encontrarlo herido y atacarte. Tampoco hay riesgo de romper el trofeo.

 

[Ngaka]

Sorry, the text came out in spanish
For me, this is the shot. In Spain we hunt wild boar a lot at night while waiting; This is the way to take him down instantly without having to look for him, with the risk of not finding him or finding him injured and attacking you. There is also no risk of breaking the trophy

 

[Finprof]

I hunt wild hogs in South Carolina every year. The aiming point is right in the ear hole. Although we don’t shoot at night like Ngaka does it is often after sundown. I am not going to trail a wounded hog through a swamp after dark. They are either drt or gone. Going in February 2023.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

My one and only bushpig was shot in broad daylight: we were stalking buffalo when we stumbled across the group, they bolted in all directions and a swinging shot from my Heym 450/400 caught one amidships. It went straight down. It was a young boar, soaked in milk then roasted was delicious.

 

[R.M.C.]

Got my first bush pig in Limpopo a few months ago. Came in at last light but was very skiddish, anchored him with a borrowed Musgrave 30.06 . Awesome animal.

 

[Kelly G]

Bushpig Hunting with John Coetzee.
Located glassing hillsides mid-day.
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