HUGE VAFB BOAR DOWN

[Lost_By_Choice]

OMG! My back hurts just from looking at the photos!! May I offer you a solid peice of unsolicited advice regarding game mounts? Never, under any circumstances ever ever consult the wife beforehand. It is 1000 times easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission. I will be eager to hear how it tastes.

Early on in my marriage my wife forbid hanging antlers in the house. She said it looked stupid and if they were coming in the house it better atleast be on a shoulder mount! I tell ya, the sacrifices I have to make to keep her happy!

 

[cheta]

Nice Hog! Congrats!

 

[myfriendis410]

I don't mount anything with less than 4" showing but thats just me. Nice looking boar though!

Yeah, you're probably right; not that great.

 

[BigSurArcher]

???.... Depends where you hunt I guess. In some places those are really good and in other places average.

 

[JTA6498]

???.... Depends where you hunt I guess. In some places those are really good and in other places average.

Please direct me to the place in the state of California, on public property, where that hog would be considered average.

 

[myfriendis410]

Please direct me to the place in the state of California, on public property, where that hog would be considered average.

I'm not bragging, just stating as objective fact: between my hunting partner and I we've killed, or put people on to be killed, at LEAST 200 hogs over the last eight years. I have no idea how many I've shot, but it's a bunch. We've only had a handful of pigs that had decent cutters.

It is true that terrain and genetics both play a role in growing big cutter hogs. I would say that you are going to find them where there is little pressure on the population i.e. hunting. We get a lot of pressure here and it's rare to see a big hog with big teeth.

That said; this one's going on the wall 'cause he's outstanding. The picture doesn't do it justice but the uppers are great too.

 

[BigSurArcher]

It is true that terrain and genetics both play a role in growing big cutter hogs. I would say that you are going to find them where there is little pressure on the population i.e. hunting. We get a lot of pressure here and it's rare to see a big hog with big teeth.

Very true. Genetics and pressure are huge. I don't think there is any public land in the US where that would be an average boar, let alone CA. There are a number of ranches in my neck of the woods where a hog with 3" can be killed regularly. But on public land, no way. Then there are places I hunt in Mendocino Co. where the best I've EVER seen were just under 3"... further proof of the importance of genetics. It's like comparing the elk in Idaho to the elk in New Mexico. So I hope you didn't take what I said as being negative toward your boar, it's not at all what I meant. I'm a big fan of XL tusks and have been fortunate to take a few with pretty long ones. Yours will make an awesome mount, no doubt about it! Congrats again.

 

[myfriendis410]

No problem; but I thought I'd twist your tail JUST a little bit.........

 

[Redneck75]

That's one hell of a great hog Alan! Nice Job! Making me miss the hunting out there already!

 

[myfriendis410]

That's one hell of a great hog Alan! Nice Job! Making me miss the hunting out there already!

Where are you at now, Mike? Jeez; it's been a while since I heard from you.

 

[Redneck75]

I'm in Minnesota right now. I'll be in Chicago for a school starting Monday and then on to Florida in May. Ice fishing is fun but just not quite the same as pig hunting at Vandyland! Oh well. We knocked the hell out of the steelhead up in Oregon for a couple weeks on the way over here so the trip has been good.

 

[Krisdude]

thats a nice hog good job