Hunting European Boar In South Carolina - Rifle suggestions please!

[Skoghund]

Nice boar! Hungary is pretty good depending on which part of the country you're going to hunt. I prefer south, along the Croatian border. It's more of a rule than exception that you'll easily get some 10-15 shots off per drive without pushing too hard or shooting everything that runs by. OTOH 3-4 drives a day on a 4-day hunt means that plenty of ammo will be needed.

Monteria-style hunts are fortunately much more laid back in terms of number of shots fired. The ones I frequent in Spain commonly have far more beaters and dogs, 150-200 of each compared to maybe a couple of dozen in Hungary, but game densities aren't comparable and shots are typically much longer.

While I prefer large non-magnum calibers for central European style driven hunts, monterias necessitate some reach so I usually pick the .375H&H for them. Not that .308 wouldn't do the job but as a part of the etiquette wounded game that has to be tracked "costs" additional bottles of nice whiskey/gin/rum/vodka for the tracking crew and at some point they'll start looking at you funny. Unless you insist on doing the tracking yourself; not advisable unless you're VERY familiar with the terrain and prepared to see at least a dog or two gored by a wounded boar. Been there a couple of times, it can get really ugly.

Oh well. This veered a bit off the topic. Sorry about that. Nevertheless, it's usually a good idea to bring enough gun and even exaggerate a bit in that regard.

I'm hunting in the south of Hungary not too many miles from the border. it will be my fourth time Hunting in Hungary. I must have participated in at least 20 monteria's but have not been back since the devastating forest fire they've had over the last few years. Spanish and Portuguese Monteria's are quite something with all he dogs and can be brutal on the game and the dogs. Its always good to see how hunting is conducted in other countries.

 

[alsaqr]

i never considered the cleanup of wounded boars after a big European driven hog hunt.

Most of my hog shooting is over feeders or on wheat fields. i've killed a bunch of large boars, mostly using muzzleloaders. Best hog zapper i've tried is the 9.3 X 62mm. Typically the rifle cracks and the hog is DRT.

i own two 9.3 X 62mm rifles. One is a rather heavy Ruger number 1, the other a lightweight Remington 700: With heavy handloads that Remington kicks. i wear a shirt with sewn in recoil pad, even then it smarts.

 

[lastofthebreed]

The last hog I killed (about 4 weeks ago) was with my BLR in 7MM08. 140 gr soft point bullet between the eyes and he was DRT. I have killed them with everything from a 348 to a 22 magnum, they're not hard to kill with good shot placement.

 

[hq]

I'm hunting in the south of Hungary not too many miles from the border.

Out of curiosity, not by any chance at Tógazda?

 

[Skoghund]

Out of curiosity, not by any chance at Tógazda?

I'm hunting on a place just outside of Marcali.

 

[Skoghund]

i never considered the cleanup of wounded boars after a big European driven hog hunt.

Most of my hog shooting is over feeders or on wheat fields. i've killed a bunch of large boars, mostly using muzzleloaders. Best hog zapper i've tried is the 9.3 X 62mm. Typically the rifle cracks and the hog is DRT.

i own two 9.3 X 62mm rifles. One is a rather heavy Ruger number 1, the other a lightweight Remington 700: With heavy handloads that Remington kicks. i wear a shirt with sewn in recoil pad, even then it smarts.

The 9.3x62 went out of favour here but with the growth of the boar population the 9.3x62 has become very popular again. A Two of my friends in England love their Merkel Helix's in 9.3