Elkhound at Work

The Swedish work their elkhounds on a variety of big game. Tim Pilbeam is out to shoot wild boar flushed by an elkhound in Sweden.
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Why shoot wild boar?
Wild boar were once native to Great Britain but became extinct more than 300 years ago. Following escapes or deliberate releases from wild boar farms from the 1980s, they have now established breeding populations in the wild including Kent and East Sussex in the South-East of England, Dorset, Devon and the Forest of Dean in the South-West, and parts of Scotland. DEFRA estimates the current population at around 500 in the established colonies. Local wildlife managers estimate it at nearer 5,000.
Wild boar are omnivorous and approximately 400 species of plants and animals have been reported to be part of their diet. Their habit of rooting through the floor of woodland and pasture leaves a clear indicator of their presence. They will take both eggs and nestlings of ground-nesting birds and can damage crops, gamebird release pens and game feeders. Damage to agriculture can also be extensive and concerns have been raised regarding collisions with traffic. Boar have no natural predators in the UK meaning culls are necessary to control population growth.
Wild boar are susceptible to the same diseases as domestic pigs and therefore have the potential to spread infectious disease such as swine fever, foot & mouth and Aujesky’s disease (Gow, 2002; Natural England, 2007).
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[@stoutoutandaboutwithanorwe300]

It’s always a joy seeing a dog do what they were bred to do. We had a little toy fox terrier who, for all you could tell, was a lap dog. But she sure as hell killed the hell out of some rats on our property!

[@Cloudsbegone]

Awesome! Looks like a good time!

[@zigakapelj5902]

Nice, same style of hunting as we do

[@yeahbee8237]

the purists will probably voice their opinion that is is not the way a good elkhound should hunt, the elkhounds are baying dogs or at most a walking bay, not a flushing dog

[@jay71512]

Yeah Bee yeah i agree but gotta say its very well trained dog that does his job well.

[@yeahbee8237]

yeah for sure it is just not toatally race-typical, I live in the middle of Sweden sorta at the crossroads of the purists and the gung-ho pighunters, I have a gungho dog myself but a terrier, and we don't have the number of game as they do in either the south nor the north But in the North the areas are so big so this wouldn't work, they need the moose to stand/bay to get tvo them

[@dhpinkster]

its a commercial for english hunters, so bad this to juice a dogbreed for hunting commercial on wildpigs.

[@cetgueligundogs]

Incredible!

[@elliottjames671]

Can u use dogs to hunt elk in Usa?

[@unboxingbuds7555]

It would be different from state to state.

[@grizzlycountry1030]

It's a Swedish Elkhound as opposed to the better Norwegian Elkhound.

[@2canines]

better? depends. the Swedish elk/moose hound is bigger and better suited for larger ranges and deeper snow while the Norwegian is shorter and stockier. giving it lower center of mass and better footing which is better for Norway with all the fjords and mountainous terrain.

[@lycaon7871]

Grizzly Country yes I have 2 Norwegian Elkhounds and I love them

[@alexanderfernestad9460]

Yes its better suited for the norwegion train but i would not say that its just better

[@theequestrianhound2132]

HERE'S an idea, if you want the best of both worlds, cross breed a Jämthund with a Norwegian Elkhound!

[@VikingOlberg-NymoenOfNorway]

Both are great, greetings from a Norwegian

[@apelikemenace]

Elkhounds are named for a reason... (they bad)