Snaring a wild boar?

[waterninja]

Just wondering if any of you trappers have ever snared a wild boar, either accidentally or on purpose? Only asking because I have heard 2 reports of boar sightings in 248 this month and I plan on setting some coyote snares in the area. Not sure a coyote snare (using 3/32 gauge) would even be strong enough for a boar, or if the shape of a boars head and neck lends itself to snaring.
Your thoughts?

[Wolftrapper]

I never have and had a lot of snares for coyotes, wolves, etc where there were plenty of wild pigs in the area.
Good question by the way.

[drake]

i dont know if 3/32 would hold a 300lb pig. Search forums in the states, im sure there are some pig snareing specialists down there.

[bill9044]

You'd need the 1000lb breakaway and 3/8 cable. Hahaha.

[coy coyote]

If you can hold a 600 calf to tree I doubt a 300 pound pig around the neck would be a problem. Might need some 1/8 or 3/32. Maybe make your loop a smigit bigger for the just in case. Free bacon if you do.

[KegRiver]

I have never snared a wild hog of any description. Or any hog for that matter.

I don't know what my dad knew about the subject but he used to talk about snaring Bears. He claimed a person could snare a Bear with a shoe lace.

Now here's the good part, if it were true.

He claimed that Bears behaves like a Hog when caught in a snare. He said both would not fight the snare much, apparently, what they do most is pull back and squeal.
He and others talked about how the local natives snared Bears when they could not afford ammunition. It seems it was a common practice many years ago.

I'm sure dad never snared a Bear but I suspect he had some experience snaring hogs. The man did raise hogs and from time to time a hog would escape it's enclosure.
Anyone who has ever tried to herd a hog knows it's not usually a successful technique to use on them. Snaring may have been the best alternative for capturing the strays. But whether or not dad used that method I do not know.
I only know what he told us and he never claimed he had snared either.

[elkdump]

I have witnessed snared bears , and believe me the immediate area looks like a war zone, chewed trees, dug up ground and roots and rocks, kinda like an unmanned backhoe went on a rampage of destruction ,

And you wanna make sure they are very dead or well tranquillized before getting near, they have a genuine Mad-On for the world .

[H380]

Originally Posted by elkdump

I have witnessed snared bears , and believe me the immediate area looks like a war zone, chewed trees, dug up ground and roots and rocks, kinda like an unmanned backhoe went on a rampage of destruction ,

And you wanna make sure they are very dead or well tranquillized before getting near, they have a genuine Mad-On for the world .

I can only imagine ..lol I see some snares shops in the States offer hog snares . 1/8 cable seems to be popular .

[KegRiver]

Originally Posted by elkdump

I have witnessed snared bears , and believe me the immediate area looks like a war zone, chewed trees, dug up ground and roots and rocks, kinda like an unmanned backhoe went on a rampage of destruction ,

And you wanna make sure they are very dead or well tranquillized before getting near, they have a genuine Mad-On for the world .

Were they neck caught or foot caught?

I thought leg snares were what is used these days on Bears. Power snares from what I hear. It could make a huge difference.

[KegRiver]

I did some research. It seems that Dad may have been partially right but not 100 percent. I guess he thought part of the story was enough.

Seems it is very possible to catch a hog with a neck snare and not very hard to hold them with one. But it seems they do fight a fair amount, just nowhere near as hard as a Wolf or Coyote would fight. And it does seem that they will often just pull back a squeal, for a while. But not all the time or even every time.

I found several reports with photos where full grown hogs were snared with 1/8 inch cable. Apparently that's all one needs to hold the average wild hog.
I'm thinking that a typical wild hog must weigh at least 150 pounds which would be about twice the weight of your average Wolf and more then ten times the weight of a big Coyote.

[Thunder Elk Hunter]

The trapper west of me snared 10+ wild hogs in that Mayerthrope country 7 or so years ago. Used 1/8 cable on all of them.

[The Fish whisperer]

Maybe Marty will make a S.S.S the Senneker Swine Snare!!

[3blade]

Ive spent some time on various pacific islands. The pig snares I've seen have all been foot/leg snares, using a wide variety of wire/cable/rope/some kind of high tensile 1/2" fabric strap. There is a trigger mechanism of various designs, and a spring pole made of bamboo that provides the force, kind of like a rabbit snare but bigger and the loops are flat on the ground.

The pig kind of spins in a circle and squeals, can't really get a run going. You run in and grab em by the hind legs, and tie em together, pole underneath, carry away. Or stick em with a large knife/spear. And off to the luau pit. Good fun, if you ever get a chance to try it.