Welcome to Eardley's Bushpig Blog
The basic reason for this information page or "blog" is to share a bit of my knowledge about bushpigs.I certainly don't know everything about these creatures but am trying to learn as much as possible about these wary pigs at the same time.
Most hunters that come to visit Blaauwkrantz don't know very much at all about the bushpig,so much so that many believe them to be feral pigs like that are found in the Americas,and the South Pacific Islands.
Bushpigs are NOT domesticated pigs running wild.
Bushpigs are an completely wild species of swine just like the warthog,red river hog,giant forest hog and Barbary boar all from Africa.
The European or Russian Boar is a wild pig species occurring in Europe and Russia.
The distinguishing characteristic of the bushpig is that it is extremely nervous and shy,and is therefore very difficult to hunt in most places of its range,which is across most of the Eastern half of Africa.Given this relatively large range that the bushpig occurs,few of these animals are hunted as trophies mainly due hunters being unaware of them and their relative difficulty to hunt.
They are normally nocturnal creatures,although they do move about during daylight inside their very thick lairs.
They have an omnivorous diet, eating anything from grass to live animals.
In my next entries I will try explain how we hunt bushpigs and add more photos amongst other things.
