BOAR Update

I see you there at the bar Rob! Propper movie star.
Is there an invite only section of the busses forum where you, the boss, Norman Reedus and James Franco hang out?

The movie looks great!
 
BlackKnight86 said:
If those are before and after pics, you're pretty damn handy with that Busse!
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.....the "after" is what remains of a fallow buck about 36hrs after I shot it. That boar was shot about 40 metres from where I was caping the buck. It and about six other hogs had walking down onto me (not deliberately) as I was on the ground working. It was "Hogmageddon" when I started dropping them.

And for relevance sake...this area is where the hog skin came from for the inlay on the sheath. In fact shot up the mountain area in the background of the pic as I recall.
 
The movie has been premiered at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival today. So any of our European friends on here, get along to see it if you can!

EDIT: I had my wires crossed. The film fest starts on April 3.

Here is the official poster art I created. Went for a classic 80s style horror movie poster look.

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Andy the Aussie said:
.....the "after" is what remains of a fallow buck about 36hrs after I shot it. That boar was shot about 40 metres from where I was caping the buck. It and about six other hogs had walking down onto me (not deliberately) as I was on the ground working. It was "Hogmageddon" when I started dropping them.

And for relevance sake...this area is where the hog skin came from for the inlay on the sheath. In fact shot up the mountain area in the background of the pic as I recall.
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That's awesome!

Are they considered destructive pests there, like they are in Texas? How dangerous are they? Someone had a video here of a hunt he did....his dog held the hog, and he came up and killed it with a knife. It was impressive; I never realized that people could get that close to them (safely, I mean).

Do you eat them? What is the meat like? Is it like domestic pork?
 
Very cool. Congrats, Rob.

Remind us, please, what was your role in this? Graphics? or the Knife Whisperer?
 
BlackKnight86 said:
That's awesome!

Are they considered destructive pests there, like they are in Texas? How dangerous are they? Someone had a video here of a hunt he did....his dog held the hog, and he came up and killed it with a knife. It was impressive; I never realized that people could get that close to them (safely, I mean).

Do you eat them? What is the meat like? Is it like domestic pork?
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Andy will be along to give a more detailed reply shortly, but to answer a couple of your questions - yes they are a pest here. And they are very dangerous. Many pig hunters here use dog track, bail and hold methods whilst the hunter dispatches the pig with a knife through the heart, or bullet through the skull if safe enough.
 
BlackKnight86 said:
That's awesome!

Are they considered destructive pests there, like they are in Texas? How dangerous are they? Someone had a video here of a hunt he did....his dog held the hog, and he came up and killed it with a knife. It was impressive; I never realized that people could get that close to them (safely, I mean).

Do you eat them? What is the meat like? Is it like domestic pork?
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I'm only a beginner hunter, Andy will surely know more than me, but I've done a few pig hunts with dogs here in Australia.

The main purpose of dogs is to smell the pig and then chase it down - you would normally not know the pig was even there otherwise (I'm talking about in thick bush, in open country its a bit different). A pig will hide in bushes or grass and become basically invisible. I've been standing right next to a large pig when the dogs smelled it and flushed it out, I didn't have a clue it was there. Dogs will chase it until it's tired and gives up running (could be a few hundred metres, could be a few kilometres), at which point it will probably try to find somewhere safe to try and hide. Around here that is normally a creek, wombat hole, pile of logs, blackberry bush, etc.

When you get to it, you want to be able to approach it safely or it might bite you. Pigs bite just like dogs, except they're bigger than dogs, their teeth are bigger, and they spend all day chewing things so their bite is probably a lot stronger. If it's an adult boar it has tusks as well, which can open you up pretty effectively. Dogs sometimes bleed out after being tusked by a boar; my buddy who I go hunting with lost his best dog 'Red' a few months ago like that. So the purpose of the dogs is to latch onto the ears and hold it in place, or bark like crazy right in its face so it focuses on them not you. Then you can walk up and stab it with relative safety. Approaching from behind is safest. If it's still mobile you can pick up its back legs and flip it - I've done this with a full size sow and a small boar and it's easy enough when they're distracted.

If you can't get close enough to stick it with a knife (e.g. it has burrowed into debris and is out of reach), or it is a large boar and too dangerous, you just shoot it.

Wild pig is good to eat, you just inspect first to make sure it's healthy. Pig doesn't need to be hung so it can be eaten right away. Wild pig tastes different depending on what it's been eating, which is seasonal and location-based. It has a gamey taste and so you marinate it in sugar and jam, which leaches the gaminess out of it and it becomes just like store-bought meat. I have two pork roasts in the freezer right now from the last pig hunt.

Having said all that, if it was a boar like in Rob's movie I wouldn't go near it.
 
I think Rob and 'thewong have summed up swine hunting here. I did a bit of dog/knife hunting when I was younger but these days do it all alone with a rifle. I tend to never eat the mongrel things here, brucellosis and leptosporosis are more common (Q Fever in the goats and perhaps deer where I hunt as well) now and I just don't like the meat that much (when i am normally dealing with 50 more more kgs of prime venison cuts at the smae time ;) ).
 
HOGB8’s and FMV8’s shipping and the Premier of BOAR all in the same week—a very good time for pork derivatives, it seems!:cool:

Congrats again, Rob—can’t wait for the US debut!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 
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