Boar hunting equipment
@TheWalrus @shishiinu
Any boar hunters out there want to share with me all the equipment they use? Gen, I know you were going to tell us about your knives. Best guns? Thanks!
Any boar hunters out there want to share with me all the equipment they use? Gen, I know you were going to tell us about your knives. Best guns? Thanks!
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Small day pack (badlands hydration pack with 2liter bladder)
Gun: I switched to a 30-30 single shot rifle since I noticed that its mutach easier on sound and recoil then the magnum revolver and ten times lighter them my Marlin lever gun.
Extra ammo.
Knife: I carry a Randall knives special ops knife on a thigh rig holster. Knives of Alaska skinner, Gerber Skinner, Gerber pack hatchet (breaking the pelvic bone), and a game saw for cutting knecks, legs, and hard bone.
K9 first aid kit.
Snacks (human and K9)
Maps and gps.
Light weight rain jacket (so that the blood doesnt soak into you back from the dead pig)
Rope (for tying hog legs together to carry out on my back).
Mechanix Gloves
Lots of heavy duty latex gloves (hogs have many blood born pathogens so latex gloves is a must during field dressing).
Boots: (EXTREMELY IMPORTANT) I have gone through a crap load of different boots and s far I have come down to two. One is the Danner vanish boot and UnderArmor hunting boots (super comfy right out of the box but stinks).
Clothing: I like base layer systems so I wear UnderArmor stuff as a base layer (under garments and socks). My favorite pants are the Black Hawk OD green tac pants and a old pair of camo t-shirt.
I think I got every thing... oh and the most important part of this entire mess is my two Kishus!
I've considered one of their day packs (the crewcab: http://www.mysteryranch.com/hunting/nice-frame-packs/nice-crewcab-pack) that's built on the NICE frame as then, if a dog gets injured while I'm out in the bush, I could haul them on my back to get them back to the truck (this has happened to me before and it SUCKED without a way to carry them easily).
Just a thought...
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That first pack would be perfect for hogs that I have to quarter out though.
Fielddressing equipment.
My badass Randall Knife.
@kumachan - Yea, Dana Gleason is the man when it comes to pack design. I have the Mystery Ranch "3 Day Assault" pack (link) and LOVE it... but I want one with the NICE Frame now too.
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i agree with the under armour boots, i picked up a pair recently and they were very comfy out of the box and they kept my feet warm and dry.
btw have u seen the knives made by extrema ratio? i love them, heres a link. maybe one of their fixed blades would be suitable as a hunting knife, if u get a chance to look, please tell me what u think of the col. moschin fixed blade knife.
http://www.extremaratioknivesdivision.eu/english/index.html
http://xtremeknives.com/index.html
@kumachan: I try to hunt with my kishus one to two times a week on average. I also have a bird dog but her season is only three months long so I have to make sure every dog gets out a even amount of time. Taro does get a little upset if we don't get out during really hot days and bad weather. When we don't hunt they just get their regular walks.
*** Funny thing though...reading this reminded me that I need to start investing into my hiking gear. So that I can go out for longer hikes with my dogs. More like tolerate, my stamina is pretty bad in high elevation. =(^-^`)= Heh. ***
that sounds fun and dangerous at the same time!
btw can you recommend a really good knife for skinning and gutting game?
@ShikokuSpirit I'm sorta in the process of doing that. I've got a buttload of hiking gear that I need to go through and find all the stuff that I'll actually use and buy what I don't have. I've got a couple hunting/hiking trips planned for late winter/spring/early summer and will need to have all that junk sorted by then.
@Shishiinu You can hunt boar with just about anything here, including dogs. No closed season, no bag limit, no weapon restrictions. However, they are relatively rare and those hunters who do know where they are don't tell anybody. If I stay in Oregon I hope that doesn't change so I'll be able to hunt boar when I get myself some hog dogs.
BTW, Terence, you have expensive taste man. Those knives you mentioned are awesome, but wow some are uber-expensive!
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My favorite skinner is the 1976 model gerber with the wood handle in the second pic. The Alaskan made knives are ok but will requir constant sharpening if you get a animal with lots of fat. I also like the damaskas blades but the cheap ones suck. Randall knives makes great skinners and would recommend them.
i find that u can get a good bang for the buck with the cold steel knives. they are pretty good!
im going to have to check out those gerber and randall ones.
For example, I have a SOG VL-11 Vulcan (a folding knife) that is made in Japan and it's amazing. However I do have a SOG Seal Pup (fixed blade) which is made in China and it's pretty solid! So, I think it comes more down to the metal that's used than where it is made... but still, I'd buy something made in Japan, Europe, or the US from good metal before I'd buy one made in China or Taiwan from good metal. That's my $0.02.
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I think Gerber and Buck knives lost a lot of their blade quality when they went more for mass produced knives. They used to make great blades but the legendary quality is long gone.
I think I mentioned it before but I LOVE my sog eod multi tool I use at work. Every thing folds out smooth and the steel quality is top notch.
i was afraid some of them wouldnt be too great but i heard that the ones with the san mai 3 blades are supposed to be good.
i took a look at the randall knife website and they are nice but also pricey. right up there with extrema ratio.
so, which model would u choose for a good all around knife to gut some game?
woah, whats with the 58 month wait for the fishing knives?!
Benelli m3 plus 10 rounds
20cm blade handcrafted matagi knife
Jika-tabi with spikes (traditional workman/mountain foot wear)
Top/bottom camo from cabela's
Anti bug bite tights (lots of ticks out here)
Orange hunter vest full of pockets
2 way radio
Garmin GPS set
Dog leashes
Gloves/neck warmer/hat
Water
First aid kit
I've also got climbing boots, rain boots, , a set of skinning/butcher knives, garbage bags, bug spray, and a bit more clutter back in my k-truck.
@jikjak: the Yukon Skinner or the Big Game and Skinner will be two ideal hunting knives. $350 for that knife is a bargin. The knives are all hand made and they tell you that not every blade is the same because the blades are hand ground.
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It's $900... but, wow, that's a nice knife. Designed by Chujyo-san, hand-ground, hand-polished in Seki.
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