Here is a runner. Was shot with an 180gr 30.06 federal trophy bonded bearclaw at night, with a 3-12x56 RD. The bullet hit him in the lungs right after the front legs and the blood sprayed to the back with all the running. It is forbidden here in Portugal to illuminate the animals so it was dark, with some moonlight. I took the shot to the valley as soon has I saw where the boar’s head was (we always need to know were the head is but only to know where the other vitals are - heart and lungs). Here boars only come out at night (usually you don’t see them during the day unless in summer larger days), so in most hunts you just hear some noise (corn cracking from smashing teeth) and see a dark target, sometimes even in the shadows (older boars avoid putting their feet in the moonlight, they walk by the darker areas). In these conditions, we need a margin of 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 inches) to prevent that a non detectable movement of the boar’s body (we are from 70 to 100 meters away, sometimes ever further) make us ruin the rest of the night forcing us to track a dangerous wounded animal in the bushes. This guy, although mortally shot, run for more than 70 meters. After the glare we can’t see sh*t for a few seconds so we can only hear his footsteps and bush breaking. Luckily he stopped in a clean area.
My father on the right:
Quoting Purgatory: “Hey, isn't that a pig (speak of the devil) right there in the middle of that dirt road in the second to last pic?”
Nop, but here is a small bastard:
This one was taken with a 35mm pentax in panoramic mode some yeas ago. I bet that if you see a bunch of these guys coming out of the bushes 8 or 10 meters away from you, at night, you would trade a .223 for a larger caliber real fast, lol. We cannot use automatic weapons here, only semi-automatics (with two bullets in the magazine and one in the chamber – max) and bolt actions. These boars are medium size (60 to 70 kg):
Quote: Does all of Portugal look like it came out of a painting?”
We have a great climate because we are the western country of Europe, very close to Africa and the Mediterranean see, and half of our country faces the Atlantic ocean (to the west and south). Terrorists don’t give a flying f*** about us so we receive tourists from all parts of the world, lol
Miles and miles of beaches
With some rough terrain too, lol
Some villages by the sea
In the interior of the country we have less people and houses
Young people left for big cities, leaving only few old people in interior villages
Well, it’s old europe
It’s all very quiet and peaceful
We don’t have dangerous animals like bears ou poison snakes, just imbecile dogs, lololol. Here’s mine
But they are a real help spotting small and big game (don’t require much training).
Small country but lots of fun things to do
