This trip was originally planned as a Red Stag hunting trip, but due to the lack of rain the Stags have not come down from the higher elevations yet. So with some last minute changing of plans, I was able to get permission to hunt an 8000 acre property in the heart of Boar country. I am trying to break so ground here and prove to the locals that these Boars can be hunted with a bow. The normal method here is to hunt them with dogs and dispatch the boar using a knife. Without the use of dogs locating the Boars is difficult. We are not talking about hunting the flat land in Texas or the swamps in other parts of the US, but mountains. These mountains are similar to hunting elk on the West Coast of the US. Hunting these boar require elk hunting shape, which I was not in and I felt it. The weather and a stomach virus took its toll on me and I had to cut the trip short, but I am already planning a return. Enjoy the photos.
First morning waking to a hard frost and fog
My trusty Border’s all tuned up and ready to go. I hope it will be enough. The manager of this property took 18 boars last year with his dogs. The average field dressed weight of these being 350 pounds. Chile is said to have some of the largest boar in the world.
The first day I left the camp at 2500 feet and hunted through the pampas (meadows).
Here is some fresh boar sign that I found. All the tracks head up the mountain from here.
2 hours, 4 miles, and 2500 vertical feet later, I arrive to the big native hardwood forest. There are tree that are well over 1000 years old up here. The boars like to pass the day here and head down to the pampas in the night. I spent a fair amount of time still hunting up here. What a beautiful day in the woods, with the fog rolling in and out of the forest.
More to come!!!
Topic: Boar hunting in Chile (Read 475 times)
