The reproductive rate is highly dependent on good mast crops, especially acorns. Return to Top of Page Hunting Boar hunting is usually done by placing hunters on likely escape routes while dog handlers make an effort to jump a boar with the aid of strike dogs. When the strike dog locates a fresh trail, it is released. If a boar is jumped, additional dogs are released and the chase is on. Hopefully the dogs chase the boar within gun range of one or more standers.
Some hunters prefer to stalk boar by moving quietly through feeding areas attractive to boar.
This, of course, requires much patience and the determination to do more looking than walking. To be successful, the hunter must detect the boar before the boar detects the hunter. Other hunters prefer to take a stand in boar feeding areas and wait patiently until a boar is located on its approach. Hunters harvest 100 to 200 boar each year in North Carolina. Approximately 75 percent of these are harvested in Graham County.