Knife Hunting Wild Boar Reports

Knife Hunting Wild Boar Reports

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Killing a wild hog with a knife is not an easy task. Careful footing, fast reflexes and the ability to hold the hog down are key elements for a successful kill with a knife.

I have knife hunting reports, photos and e-mail testimonials listed below from the calendar years of 2010 back to 2000
(that's 11 years of first-hand reports, photos and e-mail testimonials)

A magazine article on Ron's Guide Service about knife hunting was published in the May 2001 edition of MAXIM for men magazine on page 170. The story is quite amusing and at times hilarious. Don't miss reading it!

7 HUNTERS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM BAGGED 11 WILD HOGS
WITH A KNIFE & SPEAR DURING A MORNING OF HUNTING ON
MARCH 30, 2008

CLICK ON THIS LINK March 9, 2010 Morning Wild Boar Hunt FOR ACTUAL STILL PHOTOS OF THE CHASE AND KILLS MADE WITH A KNIFE

CLICK ON THIS LINK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DVdXP-C28Q FOR AN ACTUAL VIDEO OF THE CHASE AND KILL MADE WITH A KNIFE ON
FEBRUARY 27, 2010

The 2 below e-mails will give you a good idea of just what you can expect to experience when you use a knife to bag a wild hog with

Wild Boar Hunting E-Mail Testimonial: March 1, 2010

Subject: FW: Bill & Pete's KNIFE-only wild Pig hunt in Florida
Date: 3/1/2010 8:03:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time
From: billhalljr@hotmail.com
Reply To: capon1943@aol.com

Captain,
We had a good time on Saturday, will do it again one of these years! Here are some of the pics we took along with the story we are sharing with our friends.

thanks,
-Bill Hall

From: billhalljr@hotmail.com
Subject: Bill & Pete's KNIFE-only wild Pig hunt in Florida
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 07:59:20 -0500

SHORT: Pete Clavey & Bill went to Lakeport, Florida on 2/27/10 and hunted wild free ranging pigs using Dogs using nothing more then our knifes..i.e we didn't use gun or bow. We both got the first 2 hogs the dogs bayed and both had a FANTASTIC time!

LONG: Hunting educational note: One question that might come up is WHY hunt hogs? Well, besides them be delicious, they are a non-indigenous and terribly destructive to the environment. To put it in perspective, you do NOT need to buy a license to hunt them and when the State doesn't want any money to hunt, you know they want them all out of their state by almost any means possible.

Personnel note: Another question that has come up is WHY hunt them with a knife? First off, because I can! Now there aren't too many animals this is possible with and even with pigs it can be dangerous because they have very sharp tusks, "teeth", that can slice a person up, but with using the dogs to keep them occupied makes it feasible. I watched a hunting show a couple years ago with Tredd Barta who did the same hunt and I'm paraphrasing here, but this is what he had to say which really got me interested.. "hunters today distance themselves from their game with rifles and even these long range shots with bows. hunting with a knife is producing the same outcome as these but if you really want to have a connection with your quarry and have a complete understanding with what we "are doing", you have to try it at these close quarters."

On to the hunt... Pete and I booked with Ron's guide service http://www.a-wild-boar-hog-hunting-florida-guide-service.com/ and met him and the guides at 7am. The guides Donald/Eric had 3 dogs that were used to track and bay the pigs and 2 others that were primarily used to "hold/catch" the pigs. We all traveled onto some private ground and Don and the bay dogs took off and it wasn't 30 minutes later we got the call on the 2-way to get going. At this point things happened REALLY fast as these guys must have assumed we knew what was going on because we didn't get any extra instruction before the truck stopped and I had a pig corned 50 yards away with a pack of dogs going crazy. The job of the "catch" dog is grab the pig by the ear and not let go no matter what, which gives me the reality safe time to use my knife to make "the connection" to the pig. After about 4 connections with my grandpa Halls WWII banette and 10 seconds later it was ALL over and time for some pictures.

Next was Pete's turn and in a similar fashion we had another pig bayed in about 30 minutes. Pete asked me to to video his which was pretty cool. If you watch the video you can see that Pete's pig was in much thicker brush which made it a litter harder to make the "connection" but Pete got it done with his ka-bar.

There was another hunter that went out with us using a 12gauage and it was no where near as exciting as what Pete and I did. After the 3 pigs were in the truck we headed back to the guides house to quarter them, as I butchered them at our rental house in Marathon later.. shhhh,,,,. Oddly Pete/I and Cindy/Corrine stopped at a winery and were all sampling Florida's finest less then 3 hours after killing two wild pigs with knifes which we all had a chuckle over. And of course we had fresh pork chops on the grill for lunch the next day.

Viewers Warning, this isn't tooo graphic but I assure you not all will want to watch. This is Pete getting his pig with a knife: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DVdXP-C28Q

-Bill

Florida Wild Boar Hunting Testimonial: October 4, 2009

Subject: Re: Hog hunt
Date: 10/4/2009 11:16:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time
From: big_kahuna270@yahoo.com
Reply To: Capon1943@aol.com

Cpt. Ron,
Exciting hunt!
The picture on the web site is excellent.
Here is an account of our hunt:

Hunting with an Edge
By Neil Clarridge
Distant strains of ferocity alerted us to the chase. As we maneuvered toward the sound, a hog broke from cover and crossed the trail 100 yards ahead of us. The boar appeared huge in the early morning light. The Florida Curs (hunting dogs) beleaguered the hog at every turn.
Taylor Roark and I traveled 13 ½ hours to hunt wild hogs in Glades County, Florida with Ron’s Guide Service. Roark and three of his classmates accompanied me on a bear hunt in New Brunswick for their senior trip. His three classmates had brought home meat from Canada, but Roark was unable to kill a bear. Roark had hunted honorably, but had to pass up the large sow he saw because it had cubs. A nagging sense of disappointment provoked my need to atone for the unsuccessful trip to Canada.
When the schedule unexpectedly opened, phone calls turned the time off into a whirlwind hog hunt. I called Taylor first, then Captain Ron, and finally a hotel in the area. All was set for Tuesday, July 28. We left Monday morning, hunted Tuesday morning, and returned home Tuesday evening.
The GPS made navigation easy. The hotel was not fancy, but it was clean, neat, and in a quiet neighborhood. We woke early Tuesday and headed to a restaurant for breakfast. A picture of a man hoisting a huge Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake graced the wall near our table. After eating eggs, sausage, and grits, we headed to the meeting place. We were expected at 6:30 A.M.
The dogs in the back of the truck made it easy to identify our hosts. There we met Dick, Raymond, and Donald. We followed them to a store, dropped off my car, loaded the guide’s truck with gear, and headed out. The guides wanted to know why we had guns. We said that we usually take guns when hunting.
Dick asked if we had a knife. I pulled out my father’s M4 USMC bayonet. Dick nodded his approval as we loaded the truck for the ride to the hunting ground. On the way, we drove by a slough where a lone alligator slowly swam toward shore.
We soon found ourselves in the middle of a tropical jungle. The vegetation was tall, thick, and seemingly impenetrable. A swath of paths cut by a bush hog provided a labyrinth of corridors through the area. Ray and Donald turned loose the hounds. Dick stayed with us as the dogs combed the area for scent. As Dick explained how to take a boar with a knife, a lone opossum crept by the truck.
Excited barking brought instant intensity to the hunt. The boar crossed the swath with Raymond and Donald in tow. Taylor was on point for this one. He grabbed the bayonet as I loaded the shotgun. We caught up with Raymond who promptly sent us into the thick of the fray where Donald and the dogs had the boar at bay. The game plan was simple, Donald would help Taylor stretch out the hog’s back end and then Taylor would stab the hog behind the front shoulder with the knife.
The shotgun was there in case something went wrong. Donald and Taylor worked together to subdue the beast. Taylor was a fearless warrior while he made meat of the critter. When the deed was done, Taylor posed for pictures with his trophy. It was then that the fire ants launched their attack. Taylor got the worst of it, but we all got a taste of his suffering. We left the spot in great haste dragging 175 pounds of boar hog behind us.
The dogs were cast in another direction, and before long, they were amongst a sounder (a group of wild hogs consisting of breeding age sows along with juveniles) of hogs. The dogs separated a mature sow from the group and brought it to bay in a small clearing.
The bayonet came from the sheath as I approached the scene. Excitement built with every step toward the hog. Eyes and mind came to focus as everything else faded into the background. I was on a mission. Raymond caught my arm just before I entered the circle of harm. He said, “Hold on son. We need to wait until the dogs get a better hold on that hog.”
Raymond’s discerning eye evaluated the ongoing situation until it was safe for us to proceed. Twenty seconds later, we waded into the fray, grabbed the hind parts, and thrust the knife home. After a few pictures, we lugged 150 pounds of pork to the truck.
Now that the excitement was over, the chore of butchering began. Dick had everything needed to process the hogs at his house. Donald and Raymond took to the chore with great skill. They used a coconut knife for much of the work.
The guides packed the meat in coolers, added ice, and poured a gallon of vinegar in the cooler with the boar’s meat in order to mellow its taste. The guides were expert in every aspect of the hunt. The boar was caped for delivery to Adam Nicholson’s taxidermy studio in Chatham.
The ride home was uneventful. Some have questioned the sanity of hunting hogs with a knife. Given the close quarters confining the participants, and the pandemonium surrounding a shot, the knife is much safer than a firearm because there are no projectiles to hit a dog or ricochet into an unintended target.
The thick vegetation and the relentless dogs tire the hog as it tries to evade capture. A hunter smart enough to listen to the guide and cool enough to follow his directions will have a safe, exciting hunt.
NSCesq

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2010 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

Killing a wild boar with a knife hunting reports and pictures from the calendar year of 2010 back to the calandar year of 2000 can be viewed by clicking on any of the below links.

Dates marked with an asterisk (small starlike * symbol) indicate that photos are posted along with the party's wild boar hunting report.

July 1, 2010 Morning TROPHY Wild Boar Hunt*

June 23, 2010 Morning 4 HUNTERS Wild Boar Hunt*

June 18, 2010 Morning 6 HUNTERS Wild Boar Hunt*

June 5, 2010 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

May 8, 2010 Morning 7 KNIFE HUNTERS Wild Boar Hunt*

April 5, 2010 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

April 5, 2010 Morning TROPHY Wild Boar Hunt*

April 3, 2010 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

March 19, 2010 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

March 9, 2010 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

February 26, 2010 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

February 7, 2010 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

January 26, 2010 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

January 2, 2010 Morning TROPHY Wild Boar Hunt*

2009 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

Killing a wild boar with a knife hunting reports and pictures from the calendar year of 2009 back to the calandar year of 2000 can be viewed by clicking on any of the below links.

Dates marked with an asterisk (small starlike * symbol) indicate that photos are posted along with the party's wild boar hunting report.

October 17, 2009 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

September 12, 2009 Morning TROPHY Wild Boar Hunt*

August 26, 2009 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

#2 July 28, 2009 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

#1 July 28, 2009 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

June 13, 2009 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

April 26, 2009 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

March 21, 2009 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

March 7, 2009 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

2008 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

December 26, 2008 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

July 17, 2008 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

June 14, 2008 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

June 13, 2008 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

June 12, 2008 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

June 7, 2008 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

May 10, 2008 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

April 26, 2008 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

April 25, 2008 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

April 3, 2008 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

March 30, 2008 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

March 28, 2008 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

March 20, 2008 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

March 8, 2008 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

February 29, 2008 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

February 27, 2008 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

January 13, 2008 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

2007 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

November 24, 2007 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

November 14, 2007 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

#2 October 13, 2007 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

#1 October 13, 2007 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

July 29, 2007 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

July 6, 2007 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

#2 April 27, 2007 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

#1 April 27, 2007 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

April 5, 2007 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

March 26, 2007 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

February 27, 2007 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

February 13, 2007 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

February 5, 2007 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

2006 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

December 21, 2006 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

December 18, 2006 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

July 19, 2006 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

June 25, 2006 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

March 18, 2006 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

February 4, 2006 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

2005 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

December 31, 2005 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

December 24, 2005 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

December 17, 2005 Morning Wild Boar Hunt

December 2, 2005 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

November 30, 2005 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

September 2, 2005 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

July 23, 2005 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

2004 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

November 22, 2004 Afternoon Hunt*

November 14, 2004 Morning Hunt*

November 12, 2004 Afternoon Hunt*

November 7, 2004 Afternoon Hunt*

October 30, 2004 Morning Hunt*

October 26, 2004 Morning Hunt*

October 23, 2004 Morning Hunt*

August 6, 2004 Morning Hunt*

July 31, 2004 Morning Hunt*

April 24, 2004 Morning Hunt*

March 15, 2004 Morning Hunt*

March 8, 2004 Afternoon Hunt*

March 6, 2004 Afternoon Hunt*

March 6, 2004 Morning Hunt*

March 2, 2004 Afternoon Hunt*

February 28, 2004 Afternoon Hunt*

February 14, 2004 Morning Hunt*

February 7, 2004 Afternoon Hunt

January 31, 2004 Afternoon Hunt*

#2 January 10, 2004 Afternoon Hunt

#1 January 10, 2004 Afternoon Hunt

2003 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

December 20, 2003 Afternoon Hunt*

December 19,2003 Afternoon Hunt*

December 7, 2003 Afternoon Hunt*

November 15, 2003 Morning Hunt*

October 5, 2003 Afternoon Hunt

October 5, 2003 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

September 24, 2003 Morning Wild Boar Hunt

April 14, 2003 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

March 26, 2003 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt Hunt*

March 25, 2003 Afternoon Wild Boar Hunt*

January 4, 2003

2002 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

October 5, 2002

June 12, 2002 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

March 9, 2002

2001 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

May 27, 2001 Houston Astros Baseball Players Hunting Trip*

2000 WILD BOAR KNIFE HUNTS

October 21, 2000 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

October 5, 2000 Morning Wild Boar Hunt

July 29, 2000 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

January 28, 2000 Morning Wild Boar Hunt*

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