Judging Warthog

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Excerpt from a post in the AfricaHunting.com Forum, to read the full thread click here.


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When discussing Warthog tusk measurement here I refer to tusk length for a Warthog in it's simplest form which is taking the measurement of the longest upper tusk starting from the base, which is found inside the facial bone, along the outside of the tusk to the tip only. Even though Warthogs have two sets of tusks, the upper and lower, only the larger upper tusks are measured for official measurement purposes, as the lower teeth are hard to see or evaluate in the field. This, of course, is a basic method but for a primer on How To Measure Your Trophies you can read AfricaHunting ...