Gary Gilliam-Blaauwkrantz's latest Hogslammer!

Congratulations to Mr Gary Gilliam from Texas who completed the Hogslam at Blaaukrantz last week.He had the distinction of doing it on a single safari too!Gary made two excellent shots to take down these two old boars.The warthogs are right in the middle of their rut now...so that helped a bit.Luckily the buhspig took just one night at a bait and weighed in at 165lbs with tusks that should be at least a silver medal, SCI.Gary sure is a lucky hog hunter!

Bearing in mind that large warthog boars are never easy to find and all bushpigs are extremely elusive, Blaauwkrantz is one of the few places in South Africa where a hunter can target both  hog species with a relatively high rate of success on a single trip.This Hogslam is becoming very popular as hunters are realising this challenge.

Good hunting,
E

Blaauwkrantz... home of the monsters

Although bushpigs are widespread on Blaauwkrantz,a chance encounter with these ghostlike creatures is rather slim especially since they rarely wander into openings during the day, instead they surround themselves with the impenetrable bush that Blaauwkrantz has famously preserved as habitat for its huntable game.Targeting them as a hunting trophy can be very a tricky affair and in the last few years we have proven that it is not only possible to target bushpigs as trophies here, but to bring down the bombers at a rate that is second to none.

Through a baiting process that has seen a lot of trial and error, we are seeing some truly monstrous specimens being delivered and recently a certain hunter, Mr Ramsey McCreary from Texas was lucky enough to shoot one of these Blaauwkrantz monsters.This bushpig boar weighed an astounding 94kg or 207lbs!This is the second heaviest pig ever weighed on Blaauwkrantz after Jimmy Greer also from Texas, took one that weighed a massive 97kg or 213,4lbs in May 2012.

Bushpigs are never an easy quarry, but Blaauwkrantz has certainly proven its ability to deliver big pigs that compare to best anywhere in Africa with a rare and valuable consistency.

Ramsey McCreary's 207 lbs bushpig
May 2013

                                    

Jimmy Greer's Blaauwkrantz record
May 2012