Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-12-20
CONNECTICUT BOAR HUNTING.
Securing n Tangled Wilderness I'm.
tested with Savage Wild Ilogs.

Correspondent y. Y. SUM-
NORWICH. CONN.. December 16.-'Wild boar
hunting in Connecticut" said an old Windham
county farmer. recently, lis something never
expected To see in my day. Nevertheless it is a
solid fact that can't be denied The farmers
assertion is true. The finest and most exciting
sport in Windham county this fall and winter
has been hunting wild hogs. In the town Of
Ashford there is an extensive tract of sterile
land that is nearly all wilderness. Large
forests cover the lofty hills. and in the hollOws
are impossible swanps. qua@nires and dense
THICK etS. and along the hiliSides rocky caves.
In this district live and breed and are hunted
the wild hogs.
How the hoZ-s came there is a question: but it
l. the general belief thai they are the offspring
Of q litter # pigs that Strayed away from the
farm of Mr.. BuSWOrth several years ago. and
became Wild Their number now is yariOusly
estimated at from fiirv to seyentV-fye head
and at certain seasons they do much mischief
proWIing around the farms and outhOuseS at
ni.ctt. AMI roofing up fields of crops. They
have returned to Sayagery. They are described
- ieE--botiied and lean covered with coarse
black bristlcs. and as ferociouS and formidable
antagonists. Thor tuSkS are long. sharp and
curved. Thcy imk ia the CoYeTtS of the woods
feeding on nuts and forest twi%s. and when dis
turG"d rush out with wild snort and run with
the ~ fitness OF the wind. They have long since
been voted 2 common enemy. and every hunter
them. The hunters don't like to 20
a'"ac to meet the hogs. hut. well-armed
with hrprch-lnading rifles or guns loaded with
buckShOt. go in strong parties
About the middle ot October was the first
hunt OF this year. and several hogs Were killed
after - fierce conflict and brought into the viii
haze uf Ashford amid great rejoicing. The car
ct~Sr~ We're completely perforated with buck
shot Since then several other parties have
tried The sport hut i'm each case the game was
tBs 81 a. "A Ea1 flo. or the
Hunters. In one instance Il biz hog. with fam
in- eyes and erect briSti1S. started up out of a
thyhct just ahead of the hunters ami dashed off
H. fui. View of the spOrtsmen. who were too
aStoalShed OF excited To shoot.
Last Wednesday the most formidable and
elaborate hunting expedition Of the wear set
cut from BROOKLYN. Wndham county. There
We're nine men. ali armed with breeci-l0ading
rifles. double wagon loaded with munitions
90 War. ana drawn 10y pair of heavy horses.
c"EycE ri them To the field. 4 small and lively
daiaeStc pig was carried along for a decOy. A
dliZZi}n@ rain was falling, and the ground was
slippery The party tramped all day through
th@ wet UudeTlTush. going over thirty miles
ard cot not Il glimpse of wild hog. The do
Hestic pig was complete failure as decoy. Ii
WIS intended 10 take the Youthful animal into II
part ct the forest frequented by the hogs. and
20 FaYe one OF the party Sec:eted in the bush
press Il tn E,S breast Ii was expected that the
pc would sgUeai aeOniZin@ly in return. and
attract the Wild swine to the spot. The man
win the pig Secretrd himself according TO the
requirements Of the program. and squeezed the
animal vici0u>ly. but it would not squeal He
then tried To coax it 10 sound d note of appeal:
hT rinchcd its ear and trod on it's toes but not
a sound would the PIC utter. The party accord
iH"ly put the animal in bag. aud late in the
afternoon. fOOtsOrc and Disguised. rolled home
in their twO-hOTSe vehicle. Their entry into the
villages was greeted with shouts of derison and
the price of tame pork rose cent and quarter
pound.