World | boar Big Belgian Boar Hunt a Hilarious Flop Some 200 hunters chasing 170 boars manage to kill ... one By Newser Editors and Wire Services Posted Feb 18, 2013 3:20 PM CST Copied In this Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 photo, a wild boar searches for food in the Margallah Hills of Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) Belgians went on a boar hunt and at first it looked like no contest: 200 hunters vs. 170 wild boars. Yet in the end, only one boar was slain. As hunter Jef Schrijvers said after a frustrating day: "The boars won. The hunters lost." The northern town of Postel had organized the hunt because an explosive increase in the boar population had damaged farm fields and woods and caused rural traffic problems. In a coordinated swoop, the hunters sought to drive the boars together so that marksmen in high positions could shoot them, but the plan didn't work. Schrijvers told a local TV network that "the hunt was perfect, safe, and correct. Only the result was disappointing." He called it a "successful general rehearsal" ahead of similar hunts. Sounds a lot like Florida's disappointing python hunt. Read These Next Locals are furious about the planned demolition of a landmark bridge. Trump's latest SCOTUS ask targets a constitutional amendment. Another US city is about to see troops sent to 'protect' it. The latest mass shooting in the US took place from a boat. Report an error