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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 454922" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>The tracks of a large boar are truly impressive, but the first time you're in the presence of a 1000 lb boar at a distance of less than 100 yds - well - it can just about overwhelm a hunter's nervous system. I wasn't prepared for the immense size of that first boar, and I'd hunted all kinds of big game animals for 28 years prior to that experience back in 1996 when I found myself ~60 yds from a 10 1/2 footer in the alders for the first time in my life. My gosh... he looked like a barn door! </p><p></p><p>Since then I've shot several large boars and none of the others had quite the same affect on me as the sight of that first one did up close in the alders. Which is why I think the guide requirement for nonresidents (often first time brown bear hunters) is a reasonable requirement. The sight of that first large boar up close just about made me wish I hadn't hunted brown bear. I said 'just about'...</p><p></p><p>I'll be on Kodiak Island again in the spring 2011 hunt looking for another mature, battle-scarred boar. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 454922, member: 4191"] The tracks of a large boar are truly impressive, but the first time you're in the presence of a 1000 lb boar at a distance of less than 100 yds - well - it can just about overwhelm a hunter's nervous system. I wasn't prepared for the immense size of that first boar, and I'd hunted all kinds of big game animals for 28 years prior to that experience back in 1996 when I found myself ~60 yds from a 10 1/2 footer in the alders for the first time in my life. My gosh... he looked like a barn door! Since then I've shot several large boars and none of the others had quite the same affect on me as the sight of that first one did up close in the alders. Which is why I think the guide requirement for nonresidents (often first time brown bear hunters) is a reasonable requirement. The sight of that first large boar up close just about made me wish I hadn't hunted brown bear. I said 'just about'... I'll be on Kodiak Island again in the spring 2011 hunt looking for another mature, battle-scarred boar. :) [/QUOTE]
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