Professional paper
INFLUENCE OF CALIBER AND BULLET ENERGY ON TISSUE DAMAGE AND LOSS OF MEAT MASS IN HUNTED WILD BOARS
Alen Slavica
orcid.org/0000-0002-4282-9752
; Zavod za biologiju, patologiju i uzgoj divljaci, Veterinarski fakultet Sveucilišta u Zagrebu
Siniša Tomić
Dean Konjević
; Zavod za biologiju, patologiju i uzgoj divljaci, Veterinarski fakultet Sveucilišta u Zagrebu
Zdravko Janicki
; Zavod za biologiju, patologiju i uzgoj divljaci, Veterinarski fakultet Sveucilišta u Zagrebu
Krešimir Severin
; Zavod za biologiju, patologiju i uzgoj divljaci, Veterinarski fakultet Sveucilišta u Zagrebu
Emil Srebočan
; Zavod za farmakologiju i toksikologiju, Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
During two hunting seasons (2006 – 2008), the influence
of different rifle calibers on tissue damage and loss
of meat mass in hunted wild boars was researched. On
the grounds of hunting- instructional site “Crnovšcak”, the
influence of four different calibers (30 - 06; 7 x 64; 8 x 68 S
and 9,3 x 62) on individuals of both sexes was observed,
and hunted wild boars were classified to five weight categories
according to their body weight (Category 1: weights
$ 25 kg; Category 2: weights from 25 to 50 kg; Category
3: weights from 50 to 75 kg; Category 4: weights from 75
to 100 kg and Category 5: weights % 100 kg). It was found
that the greatest loss of meat mass (from 9 to 11%) and
the greatest coefficient of tissue damage (from 0,0885 to
0,0933) was with the usage of 9,3 x 62 caliber and bullets
of somewhat higher grammage (18,5 g) with all the weight
categories of hunted wild boars. The lowest coefficient of
tissue damage (from 0,0869 to 0,0913) and the least loss
of meat mass (5% to the utmost) was found when using
30- 06 caliber and bullets of 11,7 g of mass. Considering
the targeting distance, the smallest tissue damages were
noted for 30 – 06 calibers and 7 x 64 with the kill of wild
boars of lesser weight categories (up to 75 kg) at mediumdistances
(from 50 to 100 m), whereas the coefficient of
tissue damage was decreasing with increasing the distance
and increasing weight category of wild boars, which
was especially observable with adult wild boars (strong
male boars of body weight of over 150 kg). By comparing
the efficiency of caliber considering the kill distance and
the circumference of tissue damage, we set apart 8 x 68
S caliber and bullet of 12,1 g of mass as the most efficient
caliber for hunting higher weight categories of wild boars.
The most researched caliber (9,3 x 62) showed the greatest
efficiency with the kill of wild boars of large biomass
(male boars of over 150 kg), but it also showed the greatest
coefficient of tissue damage and the greatest percentage-
portion of meat mass loss, which was proportionally
increasing with the wild boars of lesser weight categories
hunted at shorter distances, especially in cases when
larger bones were hit (brachium, shoulder).
Keywords
caliber; bullet energy; wild boar; gunshot wound
Hrčak ID:
45994
URI
Publication date:
1.11.2008.
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