Wildboar Pro

HIGHLY VISIBLE AND HARD-WEARING

Wildboar Pro is an extensive range of hard-wearing and highly visible hunting clothes. Both the jacket and the trousers are made in the same exceedingly durable canvas fabric as our trusted and popular Pro Hunter range, which ensures that you can wear it through even the most challenging thicket. Furthermore, the trousers have been certified with the German EC Type Examination Certificate K-EG 2017/8278 to prove that they are fit for wild boar hunting. Like the Pro Hunter range, the Wildboar Pro range features a wide variety of midlayers and accessories.

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Wildboar Pro jacket

The Wildboar Pro Jacket is made from AirTech ™ , a robust, windproof and water- and dirt-repellent canvas fabric. The jacket has a windproof and waterproof GORE-TEX membrane that withstands a high water column pressure, while being very breathable and hardwearing.

Orange blaze/Willow green, Size 48-60

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Wildboar Pro trousers

The Wildboar Pro Trousers are made from AirTechTM, a robust canvas fabric. On their entire front and on the rear up to above the knees, the trousers incorporate a protective fabric of strong polyethylene. The trousers are certified and approved as a protective product for wild boar hunting. The trousers have a windproof and waterproof GORE-TEX membrane. Orange blaze/Willow green, Size 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 50/31", 52/31", 54/31", 56/31"

As a wild boar hunter, you need to be ready for hours of work in the dark to find, haul out and prepare your kill for eating. If going out on several nights consecutively, it can be a good idea to try to alter your circadian rhythm a few days in advance, by going to bed and getting up later than normal. Otherwise, one of the biggest challenges is staying awake at your post as the hours drag on.

If you are responsible for all the hunting at a feeding station, it is a demanding activity that requires thorough knowledge of the wild boar in the area, as well as a lot of equipment in the shape of feed dispensers, lures, trail cams, hunting towers etc. It is one of the most equipment-dependent types of hunting.

Stalking wild boar

A somewhat more specialized form of nocturnal hunting for wild boar is to stalk them in the fields. This is a very physically and mentally demanding activity that requires a lot of hunting prowess from participants.

Stalking in moonlight is recommended if the hunting grounds are large enough and include several spots that are especially attractive to the wild boar. Snow can make a nocturnal hunt an almost magical experience in the surreal light of a winter landscape.

Another, even wilder, form of hunting that has become more popular recently is stalking in crop fields in summer. The wild boar are attracted by different crops at specific stages of growth. In the cornfields, this is during the few days in which the kernels are green and filled with a sweet milky juice. In this form of hunting, you hunt largely by sound and get close to the animals using a combination of stalking techniques and the ability to imitate their own sound and movement patterns. Bare feet and underwear only are often the dress code here!

Driven hunt

From the shooters’ perspective, a driven hunt is incredibly simple and exciting. A hunt leader assigns each shooter their spot and typically reviews where the drive will be coming from and in which directions it is safe to fire. The shooter's job is then primarily to make his or her presence known to fellow hunters so everyone knows where the others are, and otherwise to stay in place and wait – ready for action at a second’s notice – until the game are driven from the beat.

When the opportunity arises, lightning reactions are essential. The purpose of this exercise is to shoot the right animals, which, for wildlife management reasons, typically means shooting primarily the youngest animals and the boars.

If wild boar arrive in a group, there will often be a leading sow followed by juveniles and youngsters from previous years. In most cases, hunters avoid taking the leading sow by initially prioritising the smallest animals in the groups. A few other basic rules are not to shoot at the adult pig typically leading the group, and to shoot brown pigs – which are always young animals – in preference to black and grey ones.

Boars often arrive alone, but driven hunting offers no guarantees, so it is important to keep your wits about you. The only sure ways to reliably recognize a lone pig as a boar are its large canines and distinctive male sex organs.

Shooting and training

When shooting at running game, the closer the hunter is to the game at the moment of firing, the greater the accuracy. At a distance of 25-30 metres, you only need to shoot a few centimeters ahead of a running wild boar. At longer distances, this form of hunting becomes a demanding exercise in shooting technique.

Standing or sitting still and waiting attentively, you can quickly get cold and tired. But if a whole lot of things happen suddenly and if you are not ready for action, your opportunities for making the most of your chances are considerably reduced. It is important to stay warm, to de-stress the body as much as possible while waiting, and to optimize your 'hunting luck' by becoming proficient in the special kind of rifle shooting that a driven hunt requires.

Hitting running targets is much more about training than about equipment. You simply cannot make your reactions sufficiently routine without practising diligently on the shooting range or at the shooting simulator. On the equipment side, the most important details for the hunter are warm clothing, a powerful rifle and a scope with a wide field of view and a red dot.

For optimizing your chances, a comfortable rucksack chair and a three-legged shooting stick are a couple of very sensible investments. The shooting stick offers better chances of hitting game that is sneaking out a little further away. It also allows the rifle to be rested without tiring out your arms.

Signal-orange detailing on hunters’ and drivers' clothing is extremely important for obvious safety reasons. Remember that there must be clear orange detailing on the garment that is visible from all angles. An orange hatband or armband is not sufficient on its own. If the hunters stand still, the boar will not see them. This is true regardless of how much signal colour they are wearing.

Where can you hunt?

It is relatively easy to go wild boar hunting in many parts of the world, since wild boar are intensively hunted in the vast majority of countries that have viable stocks. You can simply purchase a place on a driven hunt. There are plenty of hunting travel agencies and local hunt organizers who offer these online. Hunting trip providers also offer a wide selection of nocturnal hunts – especially in Europe.

Participation in other, more specialized forms of hunting requires greater contact with local hunters, who organize the hunt themselves. Alternatively, in many places it is relatively easy to rent your own hunting grounds and take care of the entire hunt yourself. In summary, no other big game species is anywhere near as easy and inexpensive to go hunting for as wild boar. 

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Wildboar Pro Light cap One size

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Wildboar Pro Reversible WSP jacket

The reversible Wildboar Pro Fleece Jacket is made from a soft, hi-stretch, microfleece fabric. The jacket features a GORE-TEX INFINIUM ™ WINDSTOPPER ® membrane, which is fully windproof.

Willow green/AXIS MSP ® Orange Blaze, Size M-4XL

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Wildboar Pro L/S T-shirt

The Wildboar Pro L/S T-shirt is made from a breathable, very quick-drying, synthetic, stretch fabric, which is Polygiene ® -treated, to counteract odour and bacterial growth. The T-shirt has a Härkila logo on the chest and has a modern fit.

AXIS MSP ® Orange Blaze/Shadow brown, Size M-3XL

Wildboar Pro Safety waistcoat

The Wildboar Pro Safety vest is made from a hardwearing fabric with an AXIS MSP ® Blaze camouflage pattern. It is mesh-lined, which allows air to circulate under the vest at times of high exertion.

AXIS MSP ® Orange Blaze/Shadow brown, Size S-5XL

Wildboar Pro gloves

M-XL

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Wildboar Pro Tech braces One size

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Wildboar Pro Tech belt M/L 105cm, XL/XXL 125cm