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Post your pigs. Here are photos of few of my favorites. Largest wartie to date, got him with an arrow from a grass blind, Limpopo Province, RSA on the border of Botswana. Another view of him: My first wartie ever, he was killed in Natal 2004. A few years later I got this one, a sow, also from Zululand. Close up of the head, neato huh? I have the skull in my living room, this one is truly special. Some pigs begging for crackers at the tent in Hluhluwe. Another Limpopo sow. This one was in very poor condition and was covered in huge lice. I was VERY careful to keep my hair away from its body and was rushing the PH to take the photo. I prefer to hunt warthogs with the bow. I always seem to find a wartie or two each time I have traveled to Africa. |
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Warthogs are indeed fun Anne. And tasty too! I'll try to dig up some of my warthog pictures too. |
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Nice pigs. I shot this one in the Limpopo Province at 300 yards. |
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Nice! More pigs please... |
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While hunting Eland this fellow ran across the trail, the 9.3x74R Merkel 140 proved ideal. Limpopo 08. |
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Here are a few from our Limpopo hunt, in July 2008. My pig taken with .45-70 Guide Gun, using 300 gr. nosler partitions. My son's wartie taken with NEF Handi Rifle, .30-06, using federal factory loads, 180 gr. nosler partitions. My buddy Doc, with his toad of a warthog. Taken with a Marlin 308MEX, and factory LE ammo. Doc's son, with his wartie. Taken with a Ruger Hawkeye .338 WM. and 250 gr. accubonds. Of all the animals I hunted over there, warthogs were my favorite. Here's a pic of a couple coming to drink. maddog |
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Allowed to escape! A brace not so fortunate. The Valmet 9.3x74R scores a piggie. What calibre is good for turtle? Another couple below. One did not make its hole in time. Another culled wartie. Seven warthog taken with Karl Stumpfe of Ndumo Safaris, one a trophy beast, six taken for farm workers for the holidays. |
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Here's my warthog in the flesh and "in the salt with my baboon". |
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Here's one of my mates and a couple of mine taken in Zim and Moz with 9.3x62s. |
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My one and only so far - Namibia 1995 - shot with 7mm Mag. - RWS TIG bullet |
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Couple of pics of my double tusker skull. |
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Here's a Warthog I shot in Chirisa Zimbabwe, unfortunately he was about 6 miles from the the vehicle. We happened upon him while tracking some buff. The trackers quickly fashioned this set-up & made packing him out look awfully easy. They stripped bark off some small trees to use as rope & had him trussed up & ready to go in just minutes. I love "bush" ingenuity! He's one of my favorite African trophies, I ended up doing a full-body mount on him. |
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Fantastic stuff! |
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Competition entries for the Save raffle ticket totalled and now closed for this thread. Ladies and Gentlemen, thanks for joining in. However please post more photos if you wish. |
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My shield of culled warthog tusks from Namibia. Minus two stolen by the taxidermist/frieght forwarder. It was listed as a shield with SIX sets of tusks on the manifest. The trophy set destined for a warthog shoulder mount was also missing and stolen. Replaced with the help of tophet, a NE member. Thanks. |
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John, I like that shield. Very classy. Pisser about the stolen tusks though. |
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Another 2 nice ones. |
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Quote: I agree with you Mike, I haven't seen it done this way before and looks good. It is a worry if the people entrusted with your trophies are 'Tealeaves" but I guess impossible to stop. . |
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Warthogs, like our own boars, are something I could happily hunt many times. Are there places where warthogs are more prolific, and more are able to be shot on a single safari? |
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The taxidermist/freight forwarder were asked to make the warthog tusks into a shield etc. The rest of the trophies were dip and pack only. Guess what they wanted for that shield? Something like $800, and prices that were similiar to full shoulder mounts for each dip and pack item. I told them at those prices they could keep them as I wasn't paying. I think I had to pay a still high price, from memory $200 for the shield, and a more reasonable price for dip and pack. Perhaps the missing bits were revenge? But I doubt it as everything was already sealed and packed. |
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I have developed an intense distrust of taxidermists. The taxidermist to whom I sent my Cape Buffalo horns and hide for mounting, and also a Zebra skin, has disappeared. Mail sent to him is returned and his phone has been disconnected. A friend of mine who took a Bull Elephant on the same trip had used this outfit in the past and recommended them to me. Oh, my friend's Elephant tusks and hide that he sent to this taxidermist following our safari are also missing. At least we have the photos and video. |
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That's really sad, Mike, to loose your cape buffalo trophy. Hopefully it can still be recovered somehow oneday. |
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That's a good set of tusks on that warthog, BNagel. |
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John, Who was the f'n taxidermist that did the shield? I really like it but want to stay away from someone who tries to screw you like that. $800 really? Somebody be smoking something. |
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I don't think they had email, but I can do a search on an old PC, then confirm it with Karl, the PH, as I don't want to name the wrong company. If it was all through the mail, the paperwork would be long gone. I remember a name, but need to get it confirmed. The shield was only part of it. The price for dip and pack was nearer to full shoulder mounts. The reason I told them they could keep the ffffing trophies at that price. They then reconsidered and made a new price. |
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The taxidermy company was Trophaendienste in Windhoek, Namibia. Rather than discuss it on this PHOTO thread more, I will post up a "hunt report" where it can be discussed, debated, whatever, with some extracts from emails etc, and the comments in full. Including prices they charged etc. |
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Took this Warthog hunting in Limpopo with Limcroma Safaris in May 2010. He measured 14.5 inches. |
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Fantastic ivory on that wartie. |
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Very nice Warthog mate. |
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Now that's a big pig! |
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Warthog I took in 2007. Enjoy! |
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This one is living At Marloth (bordering Kruger) this chap used to come in every morning and night for a couple of slices of bread and a scratch on the nose. Sorry about the crappy pic, it was done with the phone. . |
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Hog Pilot, that's a cracker of a Wartie. Did you get him mounted? |
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Although I shot him in 07, he is just now next in line at the taxidermy for a full mount. Should have him in a month or so! |
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My first warthog from Zimbabwe in 1994. |
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This is my one and only taken in South Africa in 2006, and this is My daughter Emily with hers that she took with her Ruger No.1 .243 in 2009 when she was 9 years old. |
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One of two from this last trip. I just love hunting warthogs. No stress, no worries , just fun. |
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Here's my Namibian wartie taken in 2008 when I hunted with Karl Stumphe's outfit. |
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The only one I've every taken. Zimbabwe |
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Here´s one from the Selous with a .375 best |
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Reviving the Warthog thread. Found some of my old photos on it. |
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Quote: HUGE warthog.. congrats |