Maximum weight of wild boar. What is the largest boar in the world?
A wild boar is an animal that belongs to the pig family and the artiodactyl order. This is a wild animal living in deciduous and mixed forests. Their length usually does not exceed 1.5 meters. Boars have a dense and small body, thick hooves, an elongated head and pointed tusks.
Hunters are waiting with great interest when the hunting season opens in order to compete with each other to see who can shoot which boar. And, of course, everyone dreams of meeting the biggest boar, but everyone understands that the chances of the dream coming true are negligible.
Giant boars
But it turns out that there are exceptions to the rules. Indeed, there are people on earth who have seen with their own eyes what the world’s largest wild boars look like. This article will tell you about three of these outstanding mammals.
- In 2011, luck smiled on a very young man, Jamisse (11 years old). He resides in Alabama (Pickensville). He managed to shoot a wild boar, the photo of which filled the World Wide Web! Its length was 3.5 meters and it weighed about 500 kilograms. This boy has been interested in hunting since early childhood and has other animals on his account, but he claims that he was simply lucky to meet such a giant;
- A few years earlier, in 2004, another incredible story took place in the United States. Then, in the state of Georgia, hunters managed to shoot an equally amazing wild boar. He was also written about in the New York Times. Its length exceeded 3 meters and its weight was more than 300 kilograms. This is certainly not the largest boar, but it has a unique difference from others. The length of his fangs was especially striking - it reached 70 centimeters. Scientists even examined the DNA of his cells and came to the conclusion that he was raised on a farm (he would not be able to survive in the wild with such tusks) and is a cross between a domestic pig and a wild boar;
- And the trio is completed by a boar-sculpture. Eric Slezak himself worked on its production. He devoted 11 years to making it and at the end of 1993 he completed work on the sculpture. Its cost in 2008 was 600,000 euros and it is now located in France.
The large wild boar is found in nature primarily in Africa, Asia and England, although they can also be found in Europe. Shooting him is a real success for the hunter. But this mammal is very dangerous, so hunting it is quite labor-intensive and exhausting. But professionals in their field do not lose hope! Who knows, maybe this year one of them will be able to shoot an even bigger wild boar?!
Many farmers raise wild boars on their farms, and it would seem that everything is known about them. But among these wonderful animals there are absolutely incredible sizes. In the wild, such specimens usually do not grow, however, there are exceptions. There are officially recorded record holders among wild boars (boars).
There are not very many giant boars in the world. Most of them are representatives of the English language. It is considered the largest in the world. To date, three wild boars are known to have exceptionally enormous weight.
Record-breaking boar Old Slot
This legendary boar was born in the English county of Cheshire, to a farmer named Joseph Lawton. The event took place back in the 19th century, so little information about it has survived to this day. Old Slot weighed more than 6 tons, the height at the withers exceeded the 1.5-meter mark, and the length was 3 meters. The boar did not live long, but went down in history as the largest boar in the world. No one has yet managed to surpass its parameters.
Chun Chun
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Another famous boar comes from China. He was born in 1999, and was the weakest and smallest in the litter. The farmer who bought six piglets at once could not have imagined that he would grow into such a giant. He diligently looked after the baby and even settled him in his house. While the five piglets grew up enough and were successfully sold, Chun-Chun remained with the owner. It still remained small and unsightly, and did not interest any of the buyers.
However, a year later the boar weighed more than 300 kilograms. But the old farmer loved his pet so much that he did not want to part with him. When the boar could no longer fit in the house, the owner made him a pen in the yard, and on the gate of his farm he hung a sign “Home of the Big Pig.” Crowds of people came to see the miracle boar, but not everyone succeeded. The farmer rarely showed his pet to the public.
Chun Chun lived only 4 years and died of obesity in 2004. At the time of death, his weight was more than 900 kilograms and his length was 2.5 meters. The owner mourned the pet for a long time, but still agreed to have a stuffed animal made from the boar’s carcass. It still adorns the walls of the Agricultural Museum in the Chinese province of Liaoning.
Big Bill
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The history of this boar of the Polish-Chinese breed deserves attention. He was the first to be officially registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest wild boar in the world. Big Bill weighed just over a ton (1,157 kilograms) and was about 3 meters long. Its owner, Tennessee farmer Elias Butler, had high hopes for the pet.
In 1933, he decided to take the boar to the World's Fair in Chicago to get his well-deserved first place. But the unexpected happened. On the way, the boar unexpectedly broke his leg. The owner, trying to help, incorrectly calculated the dose of painkiller, which is why the boar died. A stuffed animal was made from his carcass, which was displayed in the circus for some time. But it soon disappeared and has not yet been found.
The largest boar in the world at present
Today we know of at least two huge domestic boars. Just recently, another giant, the boar Manyunya from the Ukrainian Dokuchaevsk, Donetsk region, died. His owner, pensioner Dmitry Pivovar, claims that he did not feed his pet anything special. For almost seven years of his life, he gained more than a ton of weight. However, recently the wild boar began to lose weight sharply, which was the reason for its slaughter. The pensioner wanted his pet to die a natural death, but when Manyuni’s weight dropped to 500 kilograms, he still decided to take him to the slaughterhouse.
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Now in China, the boar that won the “King of Pig” competition, held annually in Henan province, is alive and well. The winner's dimensions are impressive: weight 750 kilograms, height just over a meter and length 2.1 meters. The winner's nickname is unknown, but the parameters are officially recorded.
Giant wild boar
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In 2004, information appeared in the press that In the US state of Georgia, a giant wild boar was found killed during a hunt. He was shot by amateur hunter Chris Griffin. The boar weighing 450 kg had incredible fangs (about 70 cm), which do not exist in, and the body length was more than 3 meters. Later, scientists proved that the animal was a cross between a domestic pig and a wild boar and was raised on a farm, from where it escaped.
Another forest monster was killed in the USA, in the state of Alabama in 2011. The owner of the trophy was allegedly an 11-year-old boy named Jameson Stone, who personally fired nine bullets at the boar. The press even published a photo of a shot animal, weighing 470 kg and almost 3 m long. However, experts who studied the photo said that it was a fake. In reality, the carcass turned out to be much smaller than the stated parameters.
The largest wild boar in the world was killed
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Just recently, the Internet literally exploded with shocking news: the largest wild boar in the world was killed in the Sverdlovsk region, near the village of Shakurovo. This event happened in the winter of 2015.
The monster was shot by amateur hunter Pyotr Maksimov. He claims that this was done with the second shot, and the first bullet only slightly grazed the animal. When the man saw how much the trophy weighed, he couldn’t believe his eyes. The mass of the killed boar was 550 kg, and its height was almost 2 m.
Of all types of hunting, the most dangerous and difficult is wild boar hunting. Any hunter knows that the boar is distinguished by its ferocious temperament and aggressiveness. And a wounded man is even capable of tearing apart an entire detachment of armed men. Shooting such an animal and staying alive is incredible luck.
Interesting! Zoological scientists who studied the carcass came to the conclusion that the cause of such dimensions could only be a serious genetic mutation. They claim that such an animal simply could not grow in the wild.
Huge boars in myths and legends
There are many myths and legends in the world about these amazing animals:
- In Scandinavian myths, there is a heavenly chamber for soldiers killed in battle - Valhalla. Every day the warriors cook a huge boar over a fire and eat it, and in the morning the wonderful boar comes to life and runs into the forest to return in the evening.
Interesting! In the East, the boar is considered the master of the courtyard and represents passion, naivety and pleasure. Among the Druids, he seems to be the embodiment of the spirit. In China, this animal is a symbol of nobility, courage and prosperity. And in Christian mythology he is one of the incarnations of the demon.
- The boar is mentioned in many ancient Greek myths. For example, Hercules killed a huge boar in his fourth labor. This terrible beast lived on Mount Erymanth and terrified all the inhabitants of Thessaly. Eurystheus ordered Hercules to grab the boar and deliver it to him. After an unequal battle with the centaurs, the hero still managed to get to the beast’s lair and catch it.
- Another legend tells of a ferocious boar, which was sent to Calydon by the goddess Aphrodite, who was offended by King Oeneus. Many great heroes went hunting. The battle was hard and long, but Atlanta and Meleager still managed to defeat the beast.
- Another myth speaks of the beautiful Adonis, the favorite of Aphrodite. One day, in her absence, Adonis went hunting and met a huge boar. Before the young hunter had time to raise his spear, the monster pounced on him and mortally wounded him.
The largest boar sculpture in the world
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The huge iron boar Voynich can rightfully be considered one of the landmarks of France. It is located near the cities of Charleville-Mezières and Rathel. It took French sculptor Eric Sleziak almost 11 years to create it. The giant weighs about 50 tons, height 9.5 m, width 5 m and length 11 m. The cost of the sculpture is almost 600 thousand euros.
Watch the video where the largest wild boar was killed.
The largest boar in the world was raised by an English farmer. Starting from ancient Greek myths and old European legends, the wild boar, or, as it was more often called then, the wild boar, gained fame as a huge, terrible animal, a meeting with which did not bode well. Wild boars inhabited a vast territory and until now they could be found on almost all continents. This wide distribution is due to the fact that they are unpretentious in food and can easily adapt to any food.
The largest boar in the world was raised by an English farmer
The biggest pigs
Among pigs, domesticated relatives of the wild boar, individuals of record sizes have been recorded, such as the Big Bill boar from Texas, America, which weighed more than 1 ton and was about 3 m in length. On the way to the exhibition, he was injured and was euthanized. Such impressive dimensions even remained forever captured in the form of a stuffed animal.
The largest boar in the world was raised by a British farmer. With a specially selected diet and diligent care, he managed to bring the weight of Old Slot (that was the boar’s name) to 6 tons. Currently, this is an unsurpassed result.
Among pigs, domesticated relatives of wild boar, individuals of record sizes have been recorded
Another pig, Chun Chun, originally from China, cannot boast of such an unbearable weight, but still brought its owner the fame of one of the largest animals of this species in the world. His weight reached 900 kg with a body length of 2.5 m. Now the stuffed boar is in the museum.
The owner claims that he did not try to fatten his pet, Chun-Chun simply had an excellent appetite and good health, which allowed him to reach unique dimensions.
But wild boars live on pasture and it is difficult for them to grow to such sizes. On average, boars weigh 220-250 kg and have a length of 1.20 – 1.50 m. They have always been prey for people. Hunting wild boars is not safe, but it is very exciting.
Gallery: the world's largest wild boars (25 photos)
The largest wild boar in the world (video)
Boars from Georgia and Alabama
In 2007, the largest wild boar at that time in the United States (Georgia) was killed. The American pig weighed over 350 kg and had long, scary fangs.
Later, the carcass of the monster, called Hogzilla, was examined and it was found that it was a hybrid of a domestic pig and a wild boar. Scientists have suggested that he grew up at the home of some farmer, because it would be incredible for an individual with similar fangs to survive in the forest. And although it later turned out that the huge boar was actually somewhat smaller in size, the record stood until 2011.
In 2011, the largest wild boar in Alabama was shot by a young hunter, Jamisse. And although this was not his first prey, great luck helped him cope with such a monster. Going out to hunt again, the hunter accidentally saw that a giant boar appeared on a forest path not far from him. While the beast was confused, Jamisse showed lightning-fast reaction and accuracy, and the old cleaver was killed on the spot. The American wild pig weighed as much as 480 kg and had a body length of 3.5 m. So far, of all officially recorded cases, this is the largest wild boar killed.
Another boar, which is not as large as the Alabama giant, lived in the forests of Turkey and was hunted by Portuguese hunters. They named him Attila; the weight of the outstanding animal exceeded 350 kg.
Boar hunting (video)
Giant boar from Russia
Until recently, no wild boars of record sizes were recorded in Russia. But in 2015, in the Ural forests, near the village of Shokurovo, a Chelyabinsk businessman and hunter killed a huge boar. The largest wild boar in Russia weighed 535 kg, height at the withers - 1.7 m. To get it, we had to call other hunters for help and track down the shot monster, which was trying to attack the daredevils.
Until recently, no wild boars of record sizes were recorded in Russia. But in 2015, in the Ural forests, near the village of Shokurovo, a Chelyabinsk businessman and hunter killed a huge boar
In the end, everything ended well, and the huge animal, which did not even fit in the car, was dragged by cable to the village. The giant head made an impressive stuffed animal and was sent to a hunting trophy exhibition.
This largest wild boar in the world, judging by its size, has not yet been recognized as such, citing the lack of video recording, because you can always choose the appropriate angle for photographs. But the world press wrote a lot about it, calling the beast King Kong and calling Hogzilla a child in comparison.
There are many sculptures of wild boars in different cities around the world. This animal has always inspired not only storytellers, but also artists. True, there is only one sculpture of a gigantic size of 9.5 m in height in France. Artwork by Eric Slezirak. It occupies a worthy place in the list of the largest wild boars.
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Every person, especially those who like to hunt, would certainly be curious to know what the largest boar is. Remembering the school zoology course, we can say that the wild boar is an artiodactyl animal belonging to the class of mammals. This animal is a type of pig. The difference is that it has coarse and thick bristles of a gray-brown hue. Its length can reach 15 cm. The boar is naturally awarded a black penny, and the males have huge tusks. The adult large male of this species has another name - cleaver. As for wild boars, hunters know firsthand that they differ from domestic boars not so much in their size as in their ferocious disposition. However, among the wild relatives of the beast you can see those that have reached an unimaginable size.
This animal is a type of pig
As a rule, they hunt a wild boar, waiting for the animal in ambush opposite its bedding area. Experienced hunters can use the tracks of a wild boar, broken branches of bushes and trees to determine which way the animal moves, where it quenches its thirst, saturates its stomach and rests. Hunters can also take advantage of the moment while a wild animal is consuming food. After all, at this time the boar does not see anything around. It must be said that hunting wild boars has a lot of nuances. For example, the animal has a very developed sense of smell, so you can and should only approach it against the direction of the wind, so that the boar does not smell the smell of an approaching person.
Another common method of hunting a wild animal is a drive, in which the cleaver is driven by a pack of dogs and beaters to a certain place where several hunters are already waiting for him. Thus, hunting wild animals is very popular among those people who love and appreciate risk. After all, this type of hobby poses a much greater danger than others. Nevertheless, a huge number of hunters go hunting for wild boar alone or in groups. This allows everyone to test their level of skill and endurance, as well as keep themselves in shape.
Gallery: the world's largest wild boar (25 photos)
The largest wild boar in the world (video)
The first giant hog
Among the first to become famous, the largest boar in the world is a beast named Big Bill. He was a hog, born from Chinese and Polish pigs. Big Bill lived in Texas until his death in 1933. The mass of the unusual animal was 1158 kg, the length of the beast reached 2.72 m.
After the giant boar died, its owners decided to stuff the pet. For many years it was passed down from generation to generation by inheritance. However, at present, no one knows the place where the scarecrow is located. But a photo has survived showing this huge boar. For many decades, this specimen was considered a record holder in size among its peers. However, at present, many animals are trying to challenge the palm and prove that the said American pig is not the largest on the globe.
Another hog famous for its size is the Chinese boar Chun Chun. The animal weighed 900 kg, the length of the beast was 2.5 m. Unfortunately, due to the fact that the size of the beast was too large, the hog lived no more than 4 years. Today it is possible to observe his stuffed animal in China in the agricultural museum.
An exception to the list of record holders is the Big Norma pig. The weight of the most impressive piglet in the world was 1.2 tons, its length reached 2.5 m. The animal had already died, and the stuffed boar was never made. Therefore, our contemporaries can only imagine what the animal could be like.
The huge boar of modern times
It is difficult to evaluate and determine exactly whether the wild or domesticated boar is considered the largest among those living or living in our time. The largest boar, whose dimensions have not yet been surpassed by anyone, is the Old Slot boar. This animal lived in Great Britain. The weight of the largest boar was more than 6.4 tons, the length of the body reached 3.5 m. Unfortunately, until today it was not possible to save a photo of the beast.
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Impressive wild cleaver
Wild cleavers can also be considered giants. The largest American wild pig was killed in 2004 in the state of Georgia in the USA. The boar was given the nickname Cabzilla. The largest wild boar weighed 380 kg, the length of the animal reached 3.5 m. However, after the killed animal was studied in more detail, its actual weight was 360 kg, while the length of the animal was 2.4 m.
Another 1 wild boar was killed while hunting in Alabama. As journalists later reported, the animal was shot by an American boy, who at that time was only 11 years old. The largest boar killed was 480 kg of live weight and reached 3.5 m in length.
Boar hunting (video)
Largest animal statue
The largest sculpture dedicated to this animal is the statue of the Voynich boar. This huge stone boar is located in France, on the territory between the cities of Raethel and Charleville-Mezières.
The creation of the sculpture took its author 10 years, the cost of the statue was 600 thousand euros. The stone animal reaches a height of 9.5 m and a width of 11 m. The giant weighs 50 tons. It must be said that the sculpture of a huge boar is very popular among tourists.
Externally, wild cleavers are noticeably different from their domesticated counterparts. The front of the body is more powerful, while the back is leaner. Wild boars have coarser, stiffer bristles and fearsome fangs on the lower jaw, which is why wild boars are called cleavers. The cleaver's fangs continue to grow throughout life. The most dangerous enemy for hunters is the wild boar, which has reached the age of 5-7 years. In turn, the life expectancy of a wild boar does not exceed 10-15 years.
Dimensions and weight of the boar.
Currently in the river delta. Volga, according to A. A. Lavrovsky (1952), adult males sometimes weigh 250-270 kg. It is characteristic that at the end of the last century, when wild boar was intensively hunted in the Volga delta, the largest males there weighed only 12 pounds (192 kg, - HP), while most animals weighed 3-7 pounds (48-112 kg ) (I. Yavlensky, 1875). It should be noted that even in the 18th and 19th centuries, wild boars of larger sizes lived there. For example, P. S. Pallas (1786), speaking about Western Kazakhstan animals, notes that they were “extraordinary in size” and weighed up to “15 pounds” ( 240 kg). According to G.S. Karelin (1875), in the 40-50s of the 19th century, two wild boars were caught on the northern coast of the Caspian Sea, which allegedly weighed one 19 and the other 20 pounds (304 and 320 kg, - A.S. .). Archaeological finds also testify to the existence of very large wild boars in past centuries. For example, judging by materials from the Neolithic Mariupol burial ground (in the Azov region), wild boars living in the valley of the river. Mius, reached enormous sizes (the width of the lower fangs is up to 3 cm). According to Boplan, in the Dnieper valley in the 17th century there were wild boars of “monstrous growth.” Large boar sizes in the past are also confirmed by the finds of their remains in the peat bogs of the Kyiv and Zhitomir regions (I. G. Pidoplichko, 1951) - It is obvious that under the direct and indirect influence of anthropic factors, the wild boar has been crushed over the past centuries. It is interesting to note that during the same period, the reduction of bison, red deer, European roe deer and other animals was observed. The grinding of wild boars continues to this day, since in any area where they live one can hear stories from many hunters that they used to hunt larger animals than now.
In the river valley Syr Darya, according to N.A. Severtsov (1874), males aged 5-8 years weighed 8-10 pounds (128-160 kg) and very rarely up to 12 pounds (192 kg). According to many hunters I interviewed, in the 30s of this century on the Syr Darya, the maximum weight of wild boars they caught reached 240 kg. It is possible that there were larger boars here before. For example, Skorobogatov (1924), describing wild boar hunting in the south of modern Kazakhstan in the last century, wrote that “in the reeds there are wild boars, up to 20 pounds (320 kg). I myself once had to kill one that weighed 17 pounds (272 kg).” It is difficult to say how reliable this information is.
About the weight and body size of wild boars currently living in the lower reaches of the river. Or, one can judge from the data given in the table.
In this area, the 11 males studied, at least 5-6 years old, weighed (without stomach, intestines and blood) from 80 to 183 kg, and on average - 106.4 kg. If we assume that the full stomach and intestines, as well as blood, weigh together about 15-20 kg, the live weight of wild boars will vary from 95-100 to 200 kg and average 120-125 kg. In addition, I also examined several dozen cleavers, the live weight of which was approximately 80-150 kg. According to many hunters interviewed, in the lower reaches of the river. Or the maximum weight of gutted males very rarely reaches 205-220 kg; thus, their live weight was 220-240 kg. The weight of the eight gutted females varied from 49 to 80 kg, with an average of 68.7 kg. Consequently, their live weight ranged from 65-70 to 95-100 kg, but on average a female wild boar weighs about 83 kg. For example, two queens we caught in December had a live weight of one - 75, the second - 85 kg. Alive weight of adult Ili boars, kept in the Alma-Ata Zoo, the male had!
Table 1
Data on the size and weight of an adult wild boar in the lower reaches of the river. Or
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142 n for a female - 118 kg. Based on the above data, we can conclude that currently, in the entire desert part of the wild boar’s range in Kazakhstan, the maximum weight of males reaches 220-240 g, females - 100-120 kg. Consequently, the boars living in this large area have more or less the same weight.
In the semi-desert zone on the lake. The male Kurgaldzhin wild boar, killed in November, weighed (gutted) 144 kg (live weight about 160 kg), and the second animal, killed in March (very thin), weighed 100 kg (live weight about 115). The cleaver caught near Biysk weighed about 150 kg.
Wild boars living in Western Europe and the European part of the Soviet Union also have similar weights to those given above for Kazakhstan. For example, in Germany the maximum weight of this animal reaches 150-200 kg (W. Haacke, 1901).
In the Latvian SSR, the largest animals also weigh up to 200 kg, and once an old cleaver weighing 236 kg was caught there (A.I. Kalnins, 1950). In “Belarus, in the Khoiniki region, an old male weighing 256 kg was killed in 1951 (I.N. Serzhanin, 1955). Two females from Belovezhskaya Pushcha at the age of 4-5 years weighed 84 and 96.4 kg (S.A. Severtsov and T.B. Sablina, 1953). In the Caucasus Nature Reserve, the weight of male boars now ranges from 64 to 178 kg, with an average of 166 kg (12 specimens each), females from 48 to 108, with an average of 68 kg ( S. S. Donaurov and V. P. Teplov, 1938), while in the time of N. Ya. Dinnik (1910) old male boars there weighed 240-255 kg and females - 120-145 kg.
Siberia in the last century most large boars weighed up to 240 kg and, as an exception, animals weighing 272 kg were encountered (A. Cherkasov, 1884). Very large wild boars live in the Soviet Far East. The maximum weight of males there allegedly reaches 300-320 kg (Yu. A. Liverovsky and Yu. A. Kolesnikov, 1949), and according to the latest data of V. P. Sysoev (1952) - only 200 kg.
The sizes of various parts of the body of an adult Kazakhstani wild boar and the characteristics of its physique can be judged from the data given in tables 1 and 2.
Body indices of the Kazakhstan wild boar from the lower reaches of the river. Or
Judging by the weight and size of adult wild boars, these animals have fairly well-defined sexual dimorphism. Males are larger than females.
Due to the fact that wild boars grow relatively slowly, they also have pronounced age dimorphism. Young animals under the age of 12 months are called piglets (among the Kazakhs - “ggurai>). The size and weight of piglets in winter at the age of 8-11 months can be judged from the data given in Table 3. Considering that the piglet has a full stomach and intestines, as well as blood, together weigh an average of 4 kg, its live weight at the age of 8- 11: months ranges from 21 to 30 for males and from 20 to 30 for females
Data on the size and weight of gilts and piglets in the lower reaches of the river. Or
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1 Weight without stomach, intestinal tract and blood.
29 kg. Thus, by the age of one year, piglets reach only about 7% of the weight of an adult animal. Their body sizes increase much faster (see Table 3).
Between 12 and 23 months of age, young boars are called gilts.
The data in Table 3 give an idea of their weight and size. Considering that a full stomach, intestines and blood of a gilt weigh on average about 10 kg, its live weight ranges from 25 to 54 kg for males and 35 to 44 kg for females. . According to hunters, there are male gilts weighing up to 60 kg. Hence, gilts weigh about half as much as adult boars. Our data on the weight of wild boars at different ages are also confirmed by materials from other authors. For example, according to V. Haacke (1901), the weight of wild boars living in Central Europe in the first year of life is 25-40, in the second 50-70, in the third 80-100, and in the fourth 100-185 kg. It is believed that wild boars reach full growth at the age of 5-6 years. They live 20 - 30 years.
The weight of a gutted animal without stomach, intestines and blood.