Wild boar

Wild boar - from the class of ungulate animal, pig family, species of Hog. A man can find it very often in Azerbaijan. Especially in the districts of Ismaily, its length is more than 1.5 m, weight can reach 250 kg. Even it may be 300-320 kg , at the peak of physical prime, while it is 5-6 years old. Wild boar has redoubtable fangs (particularly lower). Its length is about 24-25 cm, turned in semicircle. Boar's has fine hearing and smelling system, although it possesses poor eyesight. During windy nights it is possible to approach them closely. However they can see moving objects.Wild boars live in various conditions from the dark coniferous woods to the reeds. In reeds it feed off the roots and sappy epigenous, moreover with carrions, larva, mice, mushrooms, eggs of birds, cubs of animal.

Their stomach is very important to digest the food. Wild boar is able to roam from place to place (20-40 km/h) and go away 200 km. They are active while twilight, sometimes in the night and at dawn. The animal is sensitive to the incidents in the surroundings. They have perfect memory and orientation. For lying they use den, which is made in autumn and winter. To construct a den wild boar uses dry grass and cane. As usual a den is set in depths of forests, edge of certain roads. One he-boar can have from 1-3 to 5-6 she boars. For movement wild boar uses not only two middle fingers but also side fingers (1st and 4th). Its hoof is bigger than that of similar animals and makes movement much easier.

Wild boar leaves imprints under the both sides of the hoof, not at the backside like a deer. The size of imprints may reach15-18 cm. The length of the boar's step is about 40-50 cm (in slow movement). Wild boar jumps 1.5 - 2 m. high. It is no surprise that many hunters do like to hunt the wild boar, to enjoy hunting, as well as to decorate their houses with trophies. So wild boar is always valuable object for hunting from sports and commercial sides. It is great pleasure to invite you to hunt in Azerbaijan and enrich the collection with new trophies.