anyone who has an opinion/experience with these beasts?
I just went out for a smoke and encountered one ~10m from my house, it did not piss off upon seeing me and now I'm a little scared.
Boars
anyone who has an opinion/experience with these beasts?
I just went out for a smoke and encountered one ~10m from my house, it did not piss off upon seeing me and now I'm a little scared.
During a hunt me my uncle and three others all shot a boar dead on disemboweling it, the guy kept running and killed a dog, found it dead like 3km away
Pigs are deadly bastards. That' swhy pig-hunting dogshave to wear body armor.
I live in a city where boars use sidewalks and street crossings. They are chill unless you actively try to provoke them.
They're dangerous as fuck. Basically wolves that scavenge more, but they can still hunt. Equally smart as well, but less cooperative. That can be a good thing because 12 pigs won't gang up and tear you apart, they'd rather eat their own children. But they're so fucking big that one pig is all it takes to kill you and the females (very protective) travel in groups of 2 or 3 with their children.
You also really shouldn't hunt them unless you intend to kill all of them because the remaining pigs become dog shy/gun shy. Using dogs is actually the worst unless they're meant to be there naturally! Dogs single out one pig and the rest of the sounder gets away and becomes harder to hunt.
>12 pigs won't gang up and tear you apart
lol
lmao
I couldn't hunt them even if I wanted to because I live in central Europe.
The funniest thing is that i heard the boar before I saw it, it was like someone eating incredibly noisily. I'm fairly certain it was a male and it seemed to be alone, so I'm hoping it was just passing through. Honestly, Fuck these. First time I was scared of an animal.
watch old yeller
watch old yeller and also princess mononoke
It's better for you to stay blissfully unaware of how close you were to getting torn apart.
The thing is: I'm getting very conflicting information regarding these. My Grandfather who is a Hunter says they are dangerous as fuck, but the rest claims they are easily spooked and mostly harmless. Today was the first time I saw one and I'm shook at how big and unphased that fucker was - I always thought of them as rather compact.
>400+lb
>tough hides
>these teeth
I mean, most boars will probably try to avoid you, but do you really wanna be the guy who gets to meet the outlier?
I think it might be a great idea to buy pepper spray so that I would be able to help myself in an emergency. It seems they're getting more common here.
>trying to pepper spray a meat tank charging at you
good luck
>pepper spray
you'll need aerosol drain cleaner at the minimum.
you'd have more luck with a high caliber shotgun
You'd be surprised
god i wish 1 million of these spawned in the middle of every major population center on earth
there already are.
the goverment made it illegal to hunt them and forces your children to adopt their culture.
do not equate the cleansing power of a tidal wave of hogs with the infestation of lower hominids
It depends on the area. They are not dumb. If for the last 200 years every shepherd that saw them chased them down with his dogs on his way home cut their throat and threw them on the back of his horse for dinner then they aren't going to want to have much to do with humans. But large ones can certainly be dangerous without some backup
Eh, I spent my childhood near a forest, and every fucking morning, two or three of these fuckers were at our door. They ARE dangerous, but chill. Don't provoke them and you'll be fine, mostly.
Also they taste great.