Primary processing of wild boar trophies in the field. Processing and decoration of hunting trophies What to pour into wild boar fangs
The wild boar is the most common type of animal that has good trophy qualities. Hunting for a wild boar is dangerous, but also interesting, as this animal is unpredictable and distinguished by its audacity. If the boar scored full force, then they call him a boar, and even bears and tigers try to avoid meeting him. Considering all of the above, it becomes clear why the trophies obtained are valued so highly.
Currently, only canines are included in the assessment methodology.
this unpredictable beast. The size of the canines primarily depends on
the age of the animal itself. A one and a half year old gilt has fangs from the lower jaw
protrude by three to four centimeters, the width of the fangs is uneven. In an adult animal, this feature
disappears - fangs at 5-6
centimeters rise above the jaw. Boars that have reached
2.5 years of age, due to the sharpness of the fangs and their mobility, are especially dangerous. Trophy
fangs of an animal aged 4-5 years are of the greatest value. This boar has fangs
protrude from the jaw by 6-7
centimeters, the width of such fangs reaches 25-26 cm, and the total length is 21 cm. In the future, the length
canines increases slightly, the tops of the canines become not so
sharp, and sometimes even can be broken off.
Every year many wild boar heads appear at exhibitions,
however, the quality of their production is very low. The same can be said about
a large number of fangs sent for examination. Many hunters are
know how to extract, process and store the trophy, and this despite
trophy value of fangs and large volumes of prey. There were times when fangs
were hewn from the jaw with an ax or were cut off at the base. In such
cases, an adequate evaluation of the canines is impossible, since most of the length
the canine is lost.
With a successful hunt, many have a natural desire
make a scarecrow or carpet out of a trophy. It should be remembered that the fangs of a wild boar
must be processed and determined for the medallion separately, regardless of whether
Are you planning to make a scarecrow or a carpet.
Before removing the fangs, you must first remove the skin
(this process begins with the boar's head) and separate it from the large muscles and
tongue skull. Cut off jaws must be placed in a cold run. Under the flow
water, the blood removal process will be faster. Further jaws for 1.5 h
are boiled and left in water until completely cooled. Such
procedures are aimed at ensuring that the canines due to temperature changes do not
cracks have formed. Now you can extract the fangs. with bottom
fangs will have to work hard, but the upper fangs are extracted quite easily.
This is explained by the fact that part of the canine (2/3) is in the jaw and their diameter
exceeds the dimensions of the outlet. To extract the lower fangs you need them
pull forward, then back open jaws at level 4
prerooted and push out the fangs with the help of a wooden block.
After that, a thin layer must be carefully removed from the fangs.
tissues that surround it. This is best done with a non-sharp scraper. Further
the pulp should be removed from the tooth cavity with tweezers or a hook. internal
the surface should be degreased with acetone or alcohol. After this preparation, the tooth
should be placed in a dark, cool place to dry. There is a risk that
during drying, the enamel will crack from drying out. In a country house it can
happen three days later and later, in a city apartment earlier. So if after
installation of boar tusks for drying took one day, try to make
filling procedure. Filling will not allow the fang to collapse and extend the time
trophy storage.
What composition to use for filling? There are many
recommendations, but the most common are paraffin, BF glue, wax,
two-component composition, which is based on epoxy resin. Paraffin and
wax cannot ensure the stability of fangs to temperature extremes. Clay BF
slightly more effective, but the most reliable agent is epoxy
resin with filler (cotton wool or similar filler). Fill does not protect
the outer surface of the fang from destruction, for this purpose the enamel of the trophies is processed
additionally. To do this, use compositions that do not give shine: several layers
PVA, wax-paraffin mixture or modern non-reflective varnish coatings. Dark
the stripe on the fangs is best left as a decoration.
The most critical stage is the processing of the outer and
the inner surface of the trophy, since the period depends on these stages
fangs storage. But remember, if the trophy is stored near heating
appliances, no processing can protect it. If the fangs burst,
then they should be glued with Moment-type glue, then tightly wrapped with electrical tape and poured
epoxy resin.
The final stage of processing fangs is the installation of a trophy on a medallion.
For each trophy, the medallion is created individually, taking into account the features
specific instance. The interior in which the medallion will be
installed, and of course the preferences of the owner are taken into account. When installing
one rule must be followed - fangs to be measured by experts
should be easy to get. You can fasten the fangs with a wooden lining or with
the help of narrow metal clamps. Another mounting option is the screw head
is placed in the holes drilled before pouring. When the installation takes place
on the medallion, the screws are inserted into the pre-drilled holes in the medallion,
then tighten with nuts.
Sometimes fangs are attached with double-sided tape. But most often
the wire in the process of pouring is strengthened at the base of the canine. When it happens
installation on the medallion, this wire is inserted into the holes on the medallion itself
and fixed on the back.
On the medallion you can place not only the tusks of a wild boar, but also
his head. In this case, the fangs are set under the head (classic
execution), in which artificial fangs are already installed.
Well, the final touch is to indicate the name on the medallion
owner, date and place of extraction of the trophy.
This business- akin to star catalogs, where you can register a couple of luminaries for yourself, and also just get into a foreign book, having only a picture with a trophy, without even taking any measurements at all. This is also possible. In general, in Russia, even in hunting encyclopedias, anyone you want will be included, including the fake generals of the FSB, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Cossacks - just pay the money, and every year they will republish this lie with new heroes of Russia. Even at the recent exhibitions of the All-Russian Exhibition Center and Crocus - another such business was announced by the editor-in-chief of the MK, he is OiR XXI, having organized the Book of Russian Hunting Trophies ... already a multi-volume book.
At the same time, not only an annual one, no one can hold the All-Russian Exhibition of Trophies once every three years- nothing to show. The meeting of experts was forced to agree that it makes sense to meet only once every 5 years in order to perhaps evaluate something ... or even not. One junk has been traveling all over the country for decades as a prop, that's all the trophy business. At the same time, 75% of the artists were brought from abroad by the organizers, who award themselves.
In general, the easiest way to get a peer review, a diploma and maybe some kind of award- it is to find out at which of the All-Russian Exhibitions the Trophy Commission will work (which, in fact, is not needed for this and is assembled by itself from people who wanted to assemble themselves, without having any authority to do so) - make an application, pay a small bribe, they write you a certificate and a diploma at the exhibition and they certainly give you some kind of award (well, because no one is carrying anything, so everyone who comes is given). All this in 3 days of the Exhibition is easy, fast, cheap and guaranteed - the diploma of the Exhibition is in your pocket, even with hedgehog near Moscow Come. But this is rare, once a year, and not every year. Moreover, in the regions you can carry out this trick yourself - no one interferes.
An easier way- bring the data to the commission of the organizer of the trophy system, or send a photo to the head office and pay the appropriate fee (actually for placement in the catalog), - get your papers and a copy of the catalog - everything is like when buying stars in the sky or plots on the moon. They will send and register - do not hesitate, this is a business - you will succeed, you will recommend to your neighbors and send them yourself, why deceive. It works all the time, no need to wait.
As for the real acquisition of knowledge with an accuracy of + - 10-15% about what you got, - with regards to the wild boar - you yourself will find out all this very easily if you make a few simple measurements. However, the correct notching of the fangs and the welding of the skull, which many people do incorrectly, is of great importance here. We must not forget, for example, to boil, so as not to lose during dismantling lower part fangs, let them cool without taking them out of the water, so as not to crack, not to overdry, and even more so not to dry forcibly, so as not to dry out, take it out first by giving it to yourself, and then gently tapping it with a mallet, dismantling the jaw from below and from the side ... better , of course, let a professional taxidermist do it. They know how to stretch a wolf into a lion, and a boar into a saber-toothed tiger.
And since I am quoting Kretschmar in the text, I will take the picture from Kuzenkov's journal so that it does not turn out that someone is closer to the topic than the other.
Accordingly, about the systems themselves, in order not to repeat themselves and not tell notions from a third person, it is better to quote a direct participant in one of these evaluation systems, therefore further I will give an excerpt from the text of Mikhail Krechmar, who repeatedly participated in such commissions(no comment, what I said, so be it):
System International Council hunting and game protection CIC is more conservative, but has really retained its positions to date. It is based on three main principles - typicality, beauty and symmetry. This system is very complex and contains a whole list of additional factors that affect the final score. It was she who was the basis of the "Regulations on hunting trophies in the USSR" and subsequent teaching methodologies universities involved in the training of specialists in the hunting economy of Russia.
Evaluation of trophies according to CIC is carried out mainly in relation to European game (the system for evaluating wild boar and red deer trophies is especially well developed - it is the European population, one can even say that it is “modeled” like a red deer).
There is a scale of discounts for the asymmetry of the horns (for example: the basis for the discount is the difference in centimeters between the length of the right and left horns), for the atypical trophies (if the collapse of the antlers of a deer is greater than the length of the antler, then the difference is a discount), for an ugly appearance(broken limb). Not only the linear dimensions are estimated, but also the weight of the horns (not earlier than three months after extraction, with a sawed-off skull, including nasal bone).
Along with discounts, a system of allowances for color, "pearl", tortuosity of the rosette, and striation has been developed. In this system, the skins of animals (bear, wolf, lynx, etc.) are also subject to evaluation. For all animals, points ranges are defined that allow you to qualify the trophy for bronze, silver and gold medal or Grand Prix. However, the real assessment of trophies according to the CIC system is received only at specialized exhibitions.
cic like the system is designed for the so-called. "cultural" hunting economy of Central Europe, with constant monitoring of the trophy status of each promising individual and the constant culling of animals that are unsatisfactory in terms of trophy.
Eva Shockey with the Alaskan Moose trophy
A much younger system was developed by the chairman of the International Safari Club, McElroy, in 1975. It is called the system "Safari Club International", abbreviated as SCI. In this system, even atypical and not hunted horns are subject to measurement, there is no system of discounts and allowances for (un)symmetry, (un)typicality and beauty. Skins are not subject to measurement, since the shot animal itself is subject to measurement.
In this system, there is no division into bronze, silver and gold medals, but there is a minimum required for inclusion in the SCI Book of Records. The creators of the methodology for measuring the trophies of the International Safari Club had the following tasks: the methodology must be objective, and therefore only horns and bones are used for measurement (with the exception of euthanized animals, wild turkey) and completely exclude subjective signs; it should be simple and universal; accessible (i.e. trophies should be measured not only at exhibitions) - this implies the presence of a network of specially prepared meters. And it has been implemented.
Of course, the SCI system is not without flaws - for example, it has a clear bias towards North American animals. In practice, this manifests itself in the fact that there are no strict, unambiguous criteria for differentiating European elk trophies by type - deer-shaped or spade-shaped. And since each version of the horns is evaluated according to its own methodology, there is room for discrepancies.
Trophies for measurement in the SCI system are accepted no earlier than 60 days after the capture of the animal - after the expiration of the so-called. "green" or "wet" period - during this time, excess moisture is already leaving the trophies and they take i.e. dimensions, which practically do not change in the future. It is obligatory to have field photographs with a trophy, for animals with branched horns - several photographs from various angles, in which all processes will be clearly visible.
After measuring the trophy, the measurer fills out a special form, which indicates the type, place of extraction, date of extraction and measurements, type of territory (fenced or free), organizing company and guide. In addition, the hunter chooses the type of fixation of his trophy, for example, a simple entry in the book (in this case, the hunter will receive a small colorful certificate) or a walnut reward medallion.
There are restrictions on the inclusion of a trophy in a book - minimums. If the trophy scored less than the minimum number of points during the measurement, then the hunter has the opportunity to include his trophy in various categories using the so-called. "photo entry" - this requires only a photo with a trophy and a short questionnaire, no measurement data is needed.
The system widely known in the world, which is used by such a prominent international organization as Game Conservation International, is distinguished by enviable simplicity and clarity in the presentation of results, is practically unknown in Russia.
As other systems widespread abroad are unknown to us, in particular English system by Roland Ward, which is perhaps the first truly trophy-oriented trophy fixation system (i.e., a system that has important key links: a methodology, meters and a trophy book). The first edition of Ward's trophy book was published in 1892, and there are currently 29 issues. The disadvantages of his system are many that for horned animals (for example, antelopes), this system takes into account only the length of the horn, and the base is ignored - thus, not the oldest animal (traditionally considered the best, “correct” trophy), but, for example, a juvenile or a female (as in the case of the oryx, in which females have longer, thinner horns with small bases, while males are thicker, but often short).
Also it is necessary to mention the methodology of the Boone and Crockett Club of America founded in 1887, part of which formed the basis of the SCI trophy measurement methodology.
In addition to the above systems, often (sometimes even too often) measurements are carried out according to the outfitter's or hunter's own method. Usually they are extremely simple and take into account either only the weight of the trophy's horns (roe deer, elk), or its length (bear).
P.S. Andrey Shalygin: By the way, for each type of smartphone in the corresponding AppStore you will always find a dozen programs for self-assessment of trophies according to the standards of any trophy assessment system, so that in a certain sense, to obtain an exact estimate for some systems and an approximate estimate for those taking into account invariants, it is quite enough to be able to use a tape measure and a caliper.
Boar tusk processing
To extract the fangs of a wild boar, a part of the animal's muzzle is sawn off between the eyes and fangs, as shown in Figure 69. This piece of muzzle must be at least three and a half times longer than the visible part of the lower fangs. The sawn off part is placed in a cauldron of cold water so that it is completely hidden under water. The water is brought to a boil and simmered for 2-3 hours. After boiling, the jaws with fangs are removed from the boiler and, without letting them cool, the fangs are removed. To avoid burns, use gloves or rags. The upper fangs are usually easily removed, and to extract the lower ones, they need to be pulled forward 3–5 cm, and then the jaw bones are carefully opened from the back so that the fangs come out freely. Then the fangs are placed in a cauldron of hot oily water to cool. They should not be left without water and washed with cold water. The fang, cooling in oily water, is saturated with fat and acquires a protective layer. After cooling, the nerves are removed from the fangs and the inner surface is wiped with cotton wool, dried in a humid and warm place to avoid cracking.
Rice. 69. Extraction of boar tusks
After drying, the fangs are degreased with gasoline. Inner part it is recommended to fill the fangs with BF glue (any) and, holding it inside for 5–10 s, pour it out, repeating this two or three times at intervals of 30 minutes. Before this, the glue is heated in a bowl with warm water so that it pours out more easily. Instead of BF glue, the inside of the fangs can be filled with epoxy resin of the following composition: 80 parts of filler and 20 hardener. Instead of glue, the canine cavities can be filled with tweezers with cotton soaked in epoxy resin; after 12 hours, the glue hardens, giving them greater strength.
So that the fangs do not deteriorate from changes in humidity, they can be covered with a thin layer of colorless synthetic varnish. Canine teeth cannot be bleached.
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Published on 06.05.2017 Views: 3One of the main requirements for the design of trophies of both wild boar and other animals: the trophy should be easily removed from the medallion. This unwritten rule applies primarily to those trophies that will be judged by experts or intended to be shown at exhibitions. In these cases, the owner of the trophy needs to do everything so that the judges can easily and effortlessly remove the trophy from the medallion, make the necessary measurements and then just as easily and conveniently attach it back. In the end, what trophy the hunter gives for evaluation is the one he wants to get back. But is this possible if, for example, the fangs are glued to the medallion with epoxy resin? Therefore, do not be surprised and do not raise a fuss if in this case the experts refuse to evaluate your trophy.
In order to avoid such unpleasant situation To ensure that your trophy is perfectly prepared for display, below are the basic principles of the primary processing of wild boar tusks.
If you got a trophy boar, then you should act like this:
It is necessary to skin the pig's head, separating as much excess meat as possible.
The head must be boiled. In order not to cook the upper and lower jaws completely, you can file them, but you need to keep in mind that only 1/3 of the canine is located on the outside of the lower jaw, and 2/3 are hidden in the bone itself. You need to carefully calculate how much to saw off so as not to damage the canine. The same applies to the upper fangs, which are immersed in the jaw by more than half. It is not recommended to separate the upper and lower jaws before cooking, as the fangs may crack. In no case should the jaw bones be cut - in the "raw" form, the fangs are very fragile, especially in the part that is inside the jaw.
The next principle related to cooking fangs is that the trophy should be placed in cold water. Cooked fangs need to be cooled without getting out of the water. The purpose of this is to get rid of sudden changes in temperature, which will protect the fangs from cracking.
In no case should you boil the head of a boar under pressure, trying to reduce the cooking time. Know that in this case the fangs will be damaged irrevocably.
After cooking, the fangs must be separated from the bone. The tusks of an adult boar are simply pulled out, while the tusks of a young boar are usually removed by breaking the jawbone.
When the fangs are removed from the bone, they must be cleaned of fat with a simple rag using laundry soap. In no case should bleaching powders be used - they affect the color of the canine, and in this case the trophy is lost as such.
When the cleaning is finished, taking into account the experience of many hunters, it can be advised to apply the "PVA glue method". Glue is poured into the fang, wait a moment, then pour the excess glue and wait until it dries on inside fang. This is done twice. This creates a layer of glue that will not allow the fangs to fall apart if they crack. Then everything free space inside the canine is filled with cotton. The top layer of cotton wool is poured with PVA glue, they wait until everything dries and ... the fangs are ready!
By no means should one follow the example of such "craftsmen" who fill the fangs with epoxy, and, in addition, put nails in the resin so that they can be attached to the locket. When the resin cures, due to the force of surface tension, the enameled portion of the canine tooth may separate over time as the resin contracts more than the canine itself. The size of the canine changes (width decreases) only for the first time. It is not for nothing that this trophy is allowed to be evaluated no earlier than two months after extraction. At this time, significant changes occur, and further changes are of little importance.
In addition, it may be advisable, after filling with cotton and glue, to dip the fangs in liquid paraffin, or, even better, dip the cotton in paraffin and cover the trophy with it to avoid being affected by strong temperature fluctuations. The canine treated in this way is protected from the effects of temperature and humidity, however, there have been cases when, after many years, paraffin-treated canines also deteriorated. The microclimate is more important: if the trophy is in a hunting lodge or a room where the humidity level is relatively stable, then no damage threatens it, but rooms with central heating are less friendly with trophies.
And, finally, about attaching the trophy to the medallion. This can be done without damaging the fangs using decorative loops or other methods, but most importantly, as mentioned at the beginning of the article, the trophy should be easily removed and attached to its place.
Kaliningrad hunting club
Boar tusks - a valuable trophy
At the IV All-Union Hunting Exhibition in 1985, the first and second places with a score of 148.85 and 143.40 points were taken by wild boar tusks from the Vitebsk region. Vitebsk hunters also have other wonderful trophies: at the World Exhibition in Plovdiv (1981), the fangs exhibited by the hunter I. A. Shipulo were rated at 136.00 points; hunter I. F. Luzgin is the owner of the trophy with 129.90 points.
The most obvious reason for the good trophy qualities of the wild boar in the Vitebsk region is the selectivity of the hunting method that exists here. In the region, as well as in Belarus in general, there are practically no individual hunting for wild boar, licenses are issued only to teams of hunters. In collective hunts, hunters prefer to bypass the herd of wild boars, and then drive it to the chain of shooters with the help of beaters with dogs, that is, to conduct a round-up. The usual results of such hunts are piglets of the year and pigs that are with the herd. Cleavers aged one and a half years and older, leading, as a rule, a solitary lifestyle, if they are in salary, they are well oriented in the environment by sounds and smells. They are not afraid of the noise of the pen and the barking of dogs, they often hide and leave the salary unnoticed, and when raised, they leave unharmed through the flanks or a rare chain of beaters. As a result, the proportion of old bulls has been high in the wild boar population for many years.
Another possible reason is the tradition of caring attitude of Vitebsk hunters to feeding wild boar in winter. Even in the farms of the Belarusian Society of Hunters and Fishermen, conducted on a voluntary basis, feeding grounds are not uncommon, where up to 40 wild boars gather. Exemplary feeding is carried out on farms with a huntsman service. And the feeding conditions in the first two years of the animal's life, according to the most authoritative expert on wild boar, professor from the GDR L. Briedermann (Briedermann, 1986), have a great influence on the development of canines. Good trophies cannot be expected from piglets that are lagging behind in development due to poor fodder harvest, harsh wintering conditions. There is another reason - low rates of wild boar production in the republic. The influence of good hereditary inclinations of the wild boar population in the north of the republic - the Belarusian Lakeland is not excluded.
The size of the fangs depends primarily on the age of the animal. The opinion among hunters that the size of the fangs does not depend on the weight of the boar is apparently explained by the fact that the billhooks participating in the rut become very thin. Of course, individual variability also matters. Already in a one and a half year old gilt, 3.5-4.0-centimeter fangs protrude from the lower jaw. Their width at the exit from the gums is about 14 mm, at the base about 21 mm. This uneven width is a hallmark of the youth of the beast. Boars at the age of 2.5 years are the most dangerous for a dog, they are light (75 kg), fast animals, their fangs are sharply honed and stick out by 5-6 cm. However, only the fangs of a wild boar at the age of 4-5 years are of trophy value, they are slightly protrude more outward (6-7 cm) with a total length of about 21 cm, but their width is leveled and is 24-26 mm. The fangs reach full development in billhooks of 7-8 years of age, their length is usually 21-23 cm, width - 28-29 mm.
In the future, the tops of the fangs become not so sharp, often break off. The development of the canines stops, and the length may even decrease due to grinding. Such animals do not participate in the rut, their meat does not have a specific smell, they are well fed.
However, our hunters for the most part do not know how to properly remove the fangs of a wild boar from the jaw, nor to save them. It's annoying to see spoiled fangs, which, if properly processed, could decorate any exhibition. Every boar hunter should know for sure that only a third of the lower canines are visible from the outside, and two thirds are in the jaw. Attempts to cut down fangs with an ax, in which their lower ends break, are by no means uncommon. The most common cause of trophy death is cracking.
The processing of the fangs is as follows: the skin is removed from the head of the boar, the tongue and the most large muscles. Although the ends of the canines of the lower jaw are located at the level of the fourth premolar, it is recommended that sawing be carried out behind the last molar. Of course, the lower jaw can be boiled as a whole, if the dishes allow. There are no mistakes when sawing off the upper jaw, it is enough to step back 2-3 cm behind the characteristic, highly developed crest of the alveolus of the upper canines, which corresponds to the level of the third premolars. A common tool for this operation is a hacksaw.
Sawn off jaws are placed in cold water and boiled for about an hour, from old animals - longer, then the water is allowed to cool. The fangs of old billhooks are easily removed (pulled out), while in young ones, due to the mentioned uneven width, they can only be removed by sawing off the lower jaw at the level of the fourth premolars and pushing them in the opposite direction.
In the extracted fangs, a thin adhesive layer of soft tissues is carefully removed with a blunt scraper, the pulp is removed from the cavity with tweezers or a wire hook. The fangs are wiped and left to dry in a cool room. Here comes the most dangerous moment: later in a village house, and in a city apartment, where air is very dry in winter, longitudinal cracks may appear on the fangs on the third day, and then whole pieces often fall off.
Therefore, it is desirable to fill in the fangs no later than a day of drying. In the hunting literature there are recommendations to fill the fangs with paraffin, wax (M. Kulikh, 1980), rub with paraffin (I. Roskopf, 1977). However, with sudden changes in air temperature, especially during winter transportation of trophies to exhibitions, with great dryness of the air, paraffin does not protect the fangs from cracking. Equally ineffective is filling the fangs in several layers with BF glue.
The most reliable means is a two-component epoxy-based casting composition (E. Hausa, V. Vernits, 1975; M. Kulikh, 1980; A. A. Fandeev, V. P. Nikolskaya, 1983).
Before pouring, the internal cavities of the fangs must be degreased with gasoline, alcohol, ether, acetone. Resin consumption for pouring all four canines is about 40 ml (the capacity of one lower canine is 9-12 cm 3 , the capacity of the upper canine is about 4 cm 3). Before the resin hardens, it is recommended to insert a piece of copper wire into the cavity of the fangs, with which the fangs will be attached to the stand. It is necessary to work with a hardener in rubber gloves. Vapors generated when mixing resin and hardener are undesirable for people prone to allergic diseases.
Unfortunately, the filling does not protect the enamel along the outer edge of the lower canines from destruction; the enamel on the upper canines also crumbles. Realizing that coating trophies with varnish or glue spoils their appearance, in this case for the sake of preserving the trophy, we would recommend applying two layers of colorless PVA glue, produced by p / o Azot, to the surface subject to destruction. A. A. Fandeev and V. P. Nikolskaya (1983) advise covering the fangs with a thin layer of colorless synthetic varnish. L. Briderman (1986) advises impregnating the outer surface of the fangs with a fatty composition to avoid drying out. But you need to know that all efforts to process fangs will be in vain if you store them near heating devices.
It is not recommended to bleach the fangs in hydrogen peroxide; it is advisable to leave a dark strip decorating them on the fangs just below the section. Broken fangs should not be thrown away, they can still be saved by applying Moment glue and tightly bandaging with insulating tape, followed by filling.
The rules for evaluating wild boar tusks are the simplest in comparison with other trophies and are available to every hunter.
The length of the lower fangs is measured with an accuracy of 1 mm from the base to the point along the outer edge using a tape measure, the average value in centimeters serves as a point.
The width of the lower canines is measured to the nearest 0.1 mm with a caliper at its widest point; the mean value in mm multiplied by a factor of 3 serves as the score.
The circumference of the upper canines is measured at its widest point with a narrow tape, the sum of the values of both canines in centimeters serves as a point.
An extra charge of up to five points is given for the symmetry of the canines, the twisting of the upper canines, the presence of a dark strip at the section. The discount is given for the asymmetry of the fangs and other shortcomings.
A bronze medal is awarded to fangs that score from 110 to 114.9 points, silver - from 115 to 119.9, gold - from 120 points and above.
As an example, we give the price of canines that won first place at the All-Union Hunting Exhibition in 1985. Thus, the main thing when evaluating canines is their width. If we turn to the catalogs of exhibitions, we can see that the most common values for the width of canines rated "for bronze" are 24-25 mm, "for silver" - 26-27 mm, "for gold" - 28-29 mm.
| Index | Size | Sum | Average value | Coefficient | score |
| Lower canine length | |||||
| left | 27,5 | 54,7 | 27,35 | 1 | 27,35 |
| right | 27,2 | ||||
| Lower canine width | |||||
| left | 33,0 | 67,0 | 33,5 | 3 | 100,5 |
| right | 34,0 | ||||
| Upper canine circumference | |||||
| left | 9,0 | 18,0 | 1 | 18,0 | |
| right | 9,0 | ||||
| Surcharge | 3,0 | ||||
| Discount | - | ||||
| Final score | 148,85 |
Fangs are usually placed on round stands, proportionate in size, painted with dark brown stain; against this background, the fangs stand out well.
