A news story of the wild boar hunting in Tongjiang County, Sichuan Province, was "struggling" on the hot search. It turned out that wild boars in Tongjiang County were flooded! A statistical data in 2020 shows that the total number of wild boars inhabited by all townships under its jurisdiction has reached more than 20,000, and these wild boars frequently go down the mountain to eat corn and dig sweet potatoes, and some farmers have worked hard for a year to reduce crops or reduce production, or no harvest, and the loss is huge!
What is more serious is that when food is scarce, wild boars also break into villages and urban areas to toss and forage for food, overturning garbage cans, bumping into pedestrians, and even colliding with cars from time to time in the process.
According to statistics, since April 2021, the Tongjiang County Police Department has accepted thousands of cases about wild boars, of which 707 have been filed. An insurance practitioner in the county revealed that there are currently 206 wild boar-related cases that have been successfully settled, and 707 cases are being urgently handled, and the total amount of compensation will exceed 100,000 yuan! The point is that this is the most conservative estimate.
In fact, Tongjiang County was included in one of the four pilot counties for the prevention and control of wild boar harm in Sichuan Province in July 2021, and obtained the consent of the Provincial Department of Agriculture to allow the killing of 750 wild boars in the county.
But wild boar hunting has progressed slowly. Tongjiang County "hired" a professional wild boar hunting team for 2,000 yuan a wild boar, which is the only professional team in Sichuan Province with a gun license: there are more than 60 hounds introduced from abroad and native to Liangshan Prefecture, and the team members have experienced hundreds of battles and rich experience. Even so, 4 hunters under the blessing of 4 shotguns and 7 hounds, only killed 8 wild boars in 2 and a half days, and a hunting dog imported from abroad and worth more than 60,000 yuan was bitten to death by wild boars during the round-up process.
Tongjiang County has also formed a "local hunting team" of more than 10 people. In December 2020, the hunting team spent 3 days hunting 2 wild boars. Sadly, the more than 20 hounds involved in the hunt directly lost 8!
All kinds of indications show that hunting wild boar is not an easy task, and it is not possible to "subdue" wild boars with shotguns and hounds! So the question is, why are the wild boars in Tongjiang, Sichuan, so difficult to deal with?
The total number of wild boars inhabiting China has exceeded 1.2 million, showing a flooding trend in some areas of many provinces. Different from Henan, Anhui and other places, the special geographical environment of Tongjiang County in Sichuan makes it difficult for wild boars to round up.
The terrain of Tongjiang County is "three mountains and two valleys", with many woodlands, narrow valleys and canyons, as many as 190,000 hectares of woodland, forest coverage rate of 57.61%, including 27 rivers with a basin area of more than 50 square kilometers! The superior natural environment creates conditions for the rapid reproduction of wild boars, but also sets obstacles for wild boar hunting. In the process of finding and hunting wild boars, it is necessary to cross mountains and mountains, cross rivers and rivers, which is time-consuming and laborious! And the wild boar sneaks into the woodland and may disappear in just a few minutes!
Wild boar's strong attack power is the biggest obstacle in the hunting process. Adult male wild boars have two pairs of canine teeth up to 6-10 cm long, of which 3 cm are exposed and rolled upwards, like the vicious fangs of a beast. The canine teeth are sharp and tough, both as a tool foraging and as a weapon for the enemy, and can easily tear a piece of flesh from the opponent.
The nose is another sharp weapon for wild boars. The wild boar's nose is about 20-30 cm, long and hard and has a brute force, and it can lift an adult male weighing more than 150 pounds to the ground. What is even more frightening is that wild boars have a keen sense of smell and can smell food 5-8 meters underground, which means that wild boars can smell odors at close range and quickly escape. This is one of the important reasons why hunting wild boars requires hounds, through which you can find a hiding place for wild boars.
And that's not all, the boar likes to play and roll in the mud, and the sand and mane are intertwined, resulting in hairs that are indestructible like steel needles, like an armor. According to an experienced hunter, if a shot does not hit the key part of the wild boar, it is most likely to escape! Moreover, the wild boar will fall to the ground and pretend to be dead after encountering the attack, and when the people approach, they will suddenly get up and attack the people, and then take advantage of the chaos to "escape"!
In addition to the environment and wild boar factors, hunting teams are also a big problem. Hunting wild boars may seem thrilling and fun! In fact, it is not, hunting wild boars requires a long journey, and it is common to encounter mosquito bites and bumps and injuries on the way, and it may even be seriously injured by wild boar attacks, with the result that few young people participate! Currently, most of the members of the hunting party are over 50 years old, or even over 60 years old.
Jiangxi Zhenfei Agricultural Hunting Society is one of the earliest non-governmental organizations in China to legally hunt wild boars, and now has about 12 members and an average age of up to 60 years old. As a well-known hunting team, can you think of a newly formed team?
In fact, in addition to Sichuan, 13 provinces in China have been included in the pilot project of wild boar pest prevention and control. In order to control the number of wild boars, it is also "eight immortals crossing the sea to show their magic". Shaanxi has extended the wild boar killing period from the past 2 months to 10 months, while Xinyang, Henan Province, has obtained a certain number of wild boar killing quotas. The most radical is Anhui Province, which simply stipulates that wild boars are purchased at a price of 10 yuan per piece, after all, "there will be brave men under the heavy reward"!
Wild boars are fertile, and the peak of adult female wild boars give birth to 2 litters a year, with 4-12 cubs per litter, while the cubs enter the breeding period after 2-3 years. According to statistics, the wild boar community grows at a rate of 3%-5% per year in the natural state, so the annual killing quota is as complete as possible, otherwise the wild boar will come back in 1-2 years.
Original: Old High