When George Gordon Moore imported the first European wild boars to Graham County, North Carolina, in April 1912, neither he nor anyone else who would later attempt to hunt them fully understood how formidable a quarry these animals would prove to be.
Moore kept his boars in a 500-acre split-rail enclosure built nine rails high — but even this impressive structure was insufficient to contain them. As adults, the boar stood about three feet at the shoulder and could weigh more than 400 pounds, wielding sharp tusks and armored with a thick layer of cartilage. The animals had little trouble rooting out of their enclosure when they so desired, though for the most part they seemed content with the easy living inside. By the early 1920s, the original herd of 13 had multiplied to include 60-100 animals.
