Hunting Bushpig question

How are bushpig normally hunted? I see a lot of photos that are taken at night, and I wonder if they are taken by "lamping"; in other places, I see an extra fee for "prebaiting" for bushpig. I've also seen a video where they were being hunted with dogs.
Which practice(s) are more common? Never really thought about it before, but one would look good on the wall next to my wild boar.
Do they have tusks like wild boar & warthog? Most of the photos I see don't show much in the way of tusks.
Thanks..................

Tusks/Teeth more like Boars than Warthog.

Three typical ways they are hunted.
By chance encounter- not often but it does happen.

Baiting - several baits are set out with the local delicacy and you do hunt them at night with a red light (one option) over the bait.
This is obviously the easiest method for the most Outfitters to access.

Dogs is the other method I know of. More intense and can get pretty wild in the thick cover and you had best be able to move and keep up.
Quite often used in crops Sugar Cane etc to get after them and make them unwelcome.

If you mean "lamping" by putting a flash light on the rifle like they poach Rabbits in the UK. I don't think I have heard of anyone doing an exact replica of that one.

Mr. 16 gauge said:

How are bushpig normally hunted? I see a lot of photos that are taken at night, and I wonder if they are taken by "lamping"; in other places, I see an extra fee for "prebaiting" for bushpig. I've also seen a video where they were being hunted with dogs.
Which practice(s) are more common? Never really thought about it before, but one would look good on the wall next to my wild boar.
Do they have tusks like wild boar & warthog? Most of the photos I see don't show much in the way of tusks.
Thanks..................

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Send me an email and I will send you some photos in the day time.
The are actually night feeders and sleep during day time and they normally don't use Holes to sleep in like warthogs and so on, and we normally hunt them with a light at the bait side or in the maize lands with a torch light and with help of the moon light

Mr. 16 gauge said:

How are bushpig normally hunted? I see a lot of photos that are taken at night, and I wonder if they are taken by "lamping"; in other places, I see an extra fee for "prebaiting" for bushpig. I've also seen a video where they were being hunted with dogs.
Which practice(s) are more common? Never really thought about it before, but one would look good on the wall next to my wild boar.
Do they have tusks like wild boar & warthog? Most of the photos I see don't show much in the way of tusks.
Thanks..................

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The most common way to hunt them is over bait and during the night from a blind. We put about two months worth of work into each pig we take. The alternative method is to hunt them over hounds, which is certainly not for the faint hearted. Should a Bushpig be high on your wishlist, please don't hesitate to check out our galleries and drop us an email, should you require any further information.

Take care,
Marius Goosen
KMG Hunting Safaris

Hunting them by the light of a full moon in Macadamia groves can be quite exciting.

I was very fortunate to shoot a splendid boar about 15-20 minutes into my first hunt for them. We saw many more afterwards but you need very good eyesight and no cloud cover for the best light possible. I think a night vision scope would be great for this hunting method.

Thanks to everyone for their replies so far.....

By "lamping", I was generally referring to hunting them at night with some kind of light or spotlight (or light with a red lense), not necessarily one mounted on the gun itself (although I do have a light like that for varmint hunting). I'm thinking that a "night vision scope" might be frowned upon by most authorities at the port of entry, but I could be mistaken (I see several countries that allow silencers; here in the States they are thought of as a "poachers weapon", for the most part).
.....not necessarily "high" on the trophy list, but I think it would make for an interesting hunt and an attractive mount (more so than a warthog). I have several other species that I would like to take first, but if the opportunity presented itself as "a target of opportunity", I don't think I would hesitate to pull the trigger!
Thanks again............

Hi hello Mr 16 gauge, hope you doing well. Sir please have a look at our website at www.mamngwahuntingsafaris.com for more prices on South Africa and most parts of South Africa and also for Zimbabwe. Let us know what your wish list is and let us send you a quotation for your next safari to Africa and it will be a pleasure sending you a quotation and to assist you with your next trip.

Regards
Jacques Brits
Mangwa Hunting Safaris

As Marius indicated a lot of pre-planning will go into a successful bushpig hunt.

I have been bush pig hunting 2 times and was successful 1 time...

With different pre-bait locations being maintained and trail cameras stationed at each site your PH will have a good knowledge base to work off when trying to obtain a bush pig

Bushpigs can be spotted in the day time, however that has been the exception from what i have been told.

In 2014 the bush pigs (group 1) were coming in just after the sun went down. A second group of bushpigs were arriving about 1 AM and this was the norm for the 5 to 6 weeks to my arrival. When we arrived in camp the weather was changing and the first night the bushpigs came in and did not go to the bait location and they stopped near our tree stand. my PH was thinking the wild cats in the area were close by and the bushpigs beat a hasty retreat. we stayed in the stand until 2 AM for the second group that were also a no show that night.
The second night we went early to the stand about 4PM and the Bushpigs were at the bait when we arrived and ran off. neither group of bushpigs returned that night.

As luck would have it another hunter arrived in camp 2 days later and he was able to take a nice bushpig the first night at 6:10PM Just as the trail camera had indicated they would be at the bait location.

The trail camera was in operation the entire time and with a weather change, the animals were traveling in day light. A very nice bush buck went by at 1PM a couple of cats went by at 3PM and the bush pigs came in at 3:30PM. All 35 yards from the tree blind...

I shot my bush pig on the way back to camp , he crossed a road in front of Jonathen Collett and me.Shot him with a rugar 375.. Great luck,will full mount him.

1.)I also mainly bait:
This is usually started on a trail, I'll shoot a baboon and hang it as for Leopard bait, as it decays, bushpig will start scratching (rooting) in the drippings.

Once I have attracted them I will continually put out a mixture of corn, sorgem beer and yeast (fermented concoction)

I use a day nights with with a red truck LED and a solar panel for charging the needed battery.

Once a bait site has been established I reckon one can hunt it for 25 years (have multiple so sustain it) I have got to know families of pigs like this. It is important to bait daily I you skip they skip....

2.)Other bait includes zebra rib cages and skulls bushpig love decaying meat.

Often this bait is good for hyena (which bushpig chase off a bait as an FYI) honey badger as well as civet.

Cool animals and makes for a great addition to a trophy room.

My best always

Mangwa Hunting Safaris said:

Hi hello Mr 16 gauge, hope you doing well. Sir please have a look at our website at www.mamngwahuntingsafaris.com for more prices on South Africa and most parts of South Africa and also for Zimbabwe. Let us know at www.mangwahunting@gmail.com what your wish list is and let us send you a quotation for your next safari to Africa and it will be a pleasure sending you a quotation and to assist you with your next trip.

Regards
Jacques Brits
Mangwa Hunting Safaris

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KMG Hunting Safaris said:

The most common way to hunt them is over bait and during the night from a blind. We put about two months worth of work into each pig we take. The alternative method is to hunt them over hounds, which is certainly not for the faint hearted. Should a Bushpig be high on your wishlist, please don't hesitate to check out our galleries and drop us an email, should you require any further information.

Take care,
Marius Goosen
KMG Hunting Safaris

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Thank you Jacues and Marius;
I have checked out both of your websites and will keep you informed as I near my next safari dates.....unfortunately, I recently had to buy a new vehicle, so I will have to push it back at least a year.
Jaco;
Interesting information......I would have never expected a bushpig (or anything else, for that matter) to push a hyena off of a meal!

Day/night switch..... That would be Brown Hyena.
glad you found something new!

Average size boar we took over the hounds on Saturday. 6 fell to the guns, 11 missed shots so we will have another run at them in a couple of weeks.

Exactly as Jaco states. I use to use the solar lights, but have since moved over to using a nightvision scope as it allows us to take our time to identify the boar.
Very good information from the otfits here.

Make contact with Loodt Buchner of TOOTABI SAFARIS in the Eastern Cape.