Post by: beaver#1 on March 16, 2010, 04:00:00 PM
Post by: tradtusker on March 17, 2010, 03:36:00 AM
I have been charged by a few pigs though, they can be dangerous.
Sure are awesome to hunt though.
Post by: beaver#1 on March 17, 2010, 09:55:00 AM
Post by: mark land on March 17, 2010, 10:36:00 AM
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on March 17, 2010, 11:27:00 AM
I would say anything over 200 lbs would qualify as dangerous. They weigh enough and have long enough teeth to take you down. Not mention if you were alone the pig would be likely to eat you after the get done stomping you into the mud.
Is it likely that the average pig will attack you? Not so much, is it possible that a big boar or sow will come after you, yes it is. The bigger they are the meaner they get. A 400lb or bigger male is dangerous no matter how you look at it. I wouldn't rate them with water buffallo or lions. I would rate large males as equal with Moose for agressiveness.
Post by: beaver#1 on March 17, 2010, 12:38:00 PM
Post by: Rik on March 17, 2010, 05:59:00 PM
The last one laid in wait for him after he shot it. He followed it, and came to a place where he needed to walk across a log to cross a gully. The boar was hidden, waiting for him in the gully and took him down after he crossed the log. If I remember right, that one cost him two or three weeks in the hospital.
I once had a big boar come after me in California, and I had to fight him off with my longbow, which I used like a spear to keep him off of me. If I had been shooting a recurve, I think I'd have a few big scars now myself. The tip of an 80-pound longbow make's a pretty fair defensive weapon in a pinch.
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on March 17, 2010, 06:09:00 PM
I have to agree with you that Discovery is not always correct, but when a sherrif was saved by his dog from an unprovoked attack it is pretty telling. As you mentioned it is when you wound them that they can get agressive. Any wounded animal can be dangerous. Russian boar strains are a lot more agressive than wild pigs which makes them more dangerous as well.
Post by: Guru on March 17, 2010, 07:38:00 PM
Any animal we hunt can be "dangerous" at times.
But that title should be saved for the "Big 5", Grizz/Brown/Polar bears, and the like....Those are DANGEROUS critters!!
Post by: beaver#1 on March 17, 2010, 07:40:00 PM
Post by: Ben Maher on March 17, 2010, 10:50:00 PM
granted any animal can potentially be dangerous , but i believe pigs are just plain ol' better at being ' dangerous ' than most criters we are likely to come across in the bush . A sow around her young should always be treated with respect . A friend of my fathers , once a game warden in Africa and well respected old school bushman , once ended up with a couple of hundred stitches courtesy of an angry sow and was only saved his own life due to the Australian flying doctor service and a three barrelled drilling .
Not every pig will attack... far from it and very rarely ... but any animal that can tear 2 80kg large mastiff crossX dogs , bred purely for Pig Hunting by Australian professional pig hunters into shreds [ rather common occurance over here ] and walk away unscathed is surely deserving of respect , if not the title of dangerous .
i have been genuinely charged twice by swine . two of those times i was unconcerned ... the second time ended , luckily for me, on the end of Puma bowie . i remember the event rather fondly , if only for it being the close shave with a mouthful of tusk that could so easily have been life threatening .
Buffalo they ain't ... but for me ...they are my "dangerous game " .
Ben
Post by: Mark U on March 17, 2010, 11:07:00 PM
Seems he put the sneak on a sleeping pig on a hillside, couldn't figure north from east and shot it in the arse. Pig took exception to the bother, jumpt up and the call to "loose the hounds" echoed from the hillside across the way. Mad dog pursuit and mad pig quandry resulted in an empty quiver and a pig looking for relief from torment. Rik, being primary tormentor, turned into focal point of pig aggression and subsequent dancing with the stars moment.
Rik is kind of a drama queen and since he can still type with both hands, the outcome is obvious.
My story, on the other hand, has real merit. I'm pretty sure this is somewhere in the tradgang archives.
We were hunting down in south Texas on a friends place, something we do infrequently but enough times to kill the winter blues from Idaho. I had just finished up a blown stalk on some pigs and went to find John, who was sitting on a feeder they use down there to bring pigs in, and he said he hit a small one in the guts. The phrase "a little far back" is what most bowhunters use. We followed the trail it went down and actually found quite a bit of blood. Not to give up on good sign, we got into a few acres of wolf brush, they call it, and it is a few tunnels of pig trails with the brush about waist high. John eventually found his arrow. It was sticking out into a trail, but had a rhythm to it. Up and down. He said "There is my arrow, but I can't see the pig" and I said step off to the side and shoot it again right where the arrow is. Well, the pig didn't like the irritation any and made a run at John, who promptly fell over backwards, out of sight. I was in the trail a few feet away, and the pig adjusted his focus and came down the trail I was on and hit me on the knees. Of course I went over backwards. Pig then backed up and tried to get by me one more time, but I was too quick and kicked him in the head whereupon he bit a hole in my left boot and got on top of me like an old girlfriend back in the sixties at a drive in movie. Eventually he moved on and I was covered in blood, but it was all pig blood and my shooting glove to this day is still stained brown. We called it a morning, went and got breakfast with our friends, came back later and the pig was sill alive and charged one more time. In the end it was a 125 pound black boar.
Before we left Texas, we stopped for breakfast in a nearby town, and the waitress asked "Are you the Idaho folks who the pig got?"
Post by: beaver#1 on March 17, 2010, 11:52:00 PM
Post by: tradtusker on March 18, 2010, 03:09:00 AM
But hogs don't fit in the proper "Dangerous game"
Everyone that has hunted pigs enough has a healthy respect for them absolutely!, but nothing in comparison to Water Buff or Lion
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have a lion in front of you crouched down ears laid back, tail whipping around, growling...
Then your talking "Dangerous Game"
I watched a video the other day of a PH getting mauled by a Leopard, only on him for seconds and WOW! this being a family site we'l leave it at that.
Post by: Rik on March 18, 2010, 08:55:00 AM
The only thing he left out was that while I was sneaking in on the pig in my stocking feet, I came "this close" to putting my foot down on a coiled-up sleeping rattle snake. I am not sure if my eyes were more bugged out when I stopped my foot several inches from the snake of when the pig asked me if I wanted to dance.
That was one exciting day.
Post by: firsted on March 18, 2010, 11:09:00 AM
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Post by: michaelschwister on March 18, 2010, 06:59:00 PM
Post by: piggy on April 02, 2010, 04:35:00 AM
However I have watched while a sow in a swamp walked straight out of the swamp and to my mate some 80+ meters away and proceeded to try and touch him up all the while he was swing his compound bow at her until she had had enough.
Needless to say myself and another hunter who were watching from the comfort of the car had a good old laugh.
Any animal can inflict some type of wound so all should be treated with that in mind.
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on April 03, 2010, 08:45:00 AM
I think the really big boys are potentially dangerous, but usually not. All the sows with suckers that I've encountered here in the NT have all chosen to err on the side of caution rather than gallantry.
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on April 03, 2010, 08:55:00 AM
(http://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l164/b_kleinig/Tonys2ndTradPig.jpg)
This is why many of us Aussies believe in slightly more than 50# of bow, and heavy arrows.
Post by: tarponnut on April 03, 2010, 08:39:00 PM
I think a lot of feral hog "charges" is just the hog running your direction (not necessarily coming for you, although that happens now and again).Just about every hog guide I've met has a few scars.
Russian boars I do consider dangerous game. A couple of months ago my buddy went on a hunt to Ted Nugent's ranch(high fenced) in Michigan. His buddy was treed by a boar that hadn't even been shot at! It just saw him stalking another hog and charged him!
Another friend once had to run from a feral sow with young.
Post by: Rik on April 03, 2010, 10:43:00 PM
If not, check out the Australian Bowhunter's Hall of Fame.
I remember one hunt with Bill and his mate Brad Kane deep in the Idaho back country. We had a bit of, shall we say, "an adventure," and that got Brad and Bill to telling stories around the campfire about bad things happening in the Outback.
Well, in one of the tales, seems Bill was hunting the tall grass with two mates, one of whom was a rather large, strong, kill-you-in-a-bar-fight type of guy.
So, said guy shoots a boar, follows it into the "LONG GRASS" to finish it off. Trouble is, the boar has already laid his trap. He hit the guy, knocks him flat, and proceeds to rip the ____ out of his adversary.
Long story short, one long, sharp tusk slices the scrotum wide open and "the boys" come falling out. They are still attached, just hanging free, if you know what I mean.
So, Billy and his friend save the day, save the bowhunter, and get him back to the Ute. Off they go, toward the hospital, several hours away on dirt roads.
Aussies to the core, the two un-injured Aussies try to comfort their, shall we say, "rather large mate," who is cradling "the boys" in his hands as they bump over the rough Outback dirt road toward the hospital.
They are joking, as only Aussies can, about the dire straights, and how funny that is, that their mate is in. If you could joke about one of your best friends getting his jewels ripped wide open, you can imagine how much fun that could be!
Well, about a half hour into the drive, their mate, who, as I mentioned before, is a kill-you-in-a-bar-fight type of guy, quietly tells them basically, and if I can remember Billy's words:
" you mates had best shut the F--- up."
Dead silence all the way from there to the hospital, where, I am happy to report, the boys were happily restored to their rightful place.
Their mate, however, would be mortified by how hard Brad and Bill were laughing while they told this story, high up in the Rocky Mountains in the deep and steep Idaho elk country.
Yeah, I admit it, I was laughing too. Or, as they say in Oz, "Laughing me arse off!
Big boars, dangerous? Nah, they are as tame as kittens!
(I only hope I have that same view as I return from a full month of hunting The Cape this July.)
Post by: piggy on April 04, 2010, 08:30:00 AM
Have you read his book?
Never underestimate game animals
Post by: Terry Green on April 04, 2010, 09:27:00 AM
I'd like to know more about Bill Bakers book...like where can you get it and the title?
Post by: Pruneemac on April 04, 2010, 11:27:00 AM
Post by: piggy on April 04, 2010, 07:05:00 PM
A Great read
Post by: Al Kidner on April 05, 2010, 02:04:00 AM
For those that are keen on ordering Bill's book... Yes there are still some books available. Just send cheque or cash for $30 (includes postage) to 9/22 Thurlow St, Newmarket, QLD, 4051, Australia. Put a small note inside that your after a book of Bill's and make sure there is a return address to somewhere.
Your book will be sent out asap from here in aussie. I just got in contact with James Baker, Bill's son who looks after the sale of whats left of these collectors items now.
Cheers,
ak.
P.S, still miss yah Bill, and Brad is still a crappy shot!
Post by: Terry Green on April 07, 2010, 11:19:00 AM
Is $30 US funds OK?
I need a copy of that book!!!
Thanks,
Post by: texas woody on April 07, 2010, 01:47:00 PM
Post by: nightowl1 on April 10, 2010, 01:39:00 PM
I would be way more scarred of a Bull moose than a hog. I don't care if a hog will eat me afterwards, because I would be dead by then.
Post by: swampdrummer on April 10, 2010, 09:02:00 PM
Had an exciting evening chasing pigs. Got knocked on my ass by a 150-180 pound sow. Was sitting in clump of brush on one of rogers feeders and she came in directly behind me. I could hear a step, stop, step step stop. Thought it was a deer coming in. Finally saw her out of the corner of my eye and she was all of 2-3 feet away. Could have poked her in the ass with my broadhead. She either saw me, smelled me or that piggy sixth sense kicked in and she turned hard right and jumped into the same clump of brush I was in.I'm trying to get turned to get my feet in front of me as she gets her head stuck in the legs of my little chair.I've got one hand on her neck trying to keep her off of me. Chairs coming off the ground with me still in it. I'm kicking and screaming like a little girl. I somehow end up about 5 feet from where I started looking upside down on my back at the ass end of a fast departing pig...... Chairs another 20 feet beyond me. My butt pack and quiver are another 10 feet down the trail......Guess the pig got her feet caught up in all that on the way thru. I have no idea.... At any rate, I figure that with all that noise my evenings up but I stuck around just to ssee what else would happen.... Right at dark one of those big boars, remember the ones we saw when we were moving in here? big, black, nuts like grapefuit? don't give a damn big boars? Had a shot, But not after all the excitement.... LOL No damage done. but I think I'm gonna start sitting in a tree stand..... :-)
Dangerous game? naaaa. Worthy of respect? YES
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on April 11, 2010, 08:39:00 AM
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Post by: Andrew Downs on April 20, 2010, 09:26:00 PM
My friend and I where out hunting (with wheelie bows - oh the shame) and my friend stuck an arrow in a mid size boar's butt.
The way this boar exploded (and treed both of us) I'd consider them dangerous game.
We spent 20 minutes up our respective trees, with both our bows (and attached quivers) lying on the ground some good feet away while this damn thing circled us like a porcine land shark...
Post by: Bjorn on April 23, 2010, 08:21:00 PM
Post by: fido dog on April 25, 2010, 04:09:00 AM
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Originally posted by Guru:I'm sure they think the same of you Curt.... ;)
Considered "Dangerous Game"...not hardly, not me.
Any animal we hunt can be "dangerous" at times.
But that title should be saved for the "Big 5", Grizz/Brown/Polar bears, and the like....Those are DANGEROUS critters!!
Post by: Terry Green on April 25, 2010, 09:32:00 AM
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Originally posted by Bjorn:Where did you get that information?
More hunters are harmed by deer than hogs. Any large wild animal can be a danger to humans given the right set of circumstances-we are easy game when unarmed.
If that is true....we either need to include deer in this forum....or no more hog chat here.
Also, I'd like to learn more about deer attacks so I'll know what to look out for. I've never even remotely been even 'challenged' by a deer, and I don't know one single person that has been hurt by a deer, and I know a lot of deer hunters. I have been challenged several times and charged twice by hogs. I also know a few people with scars from hogs....and I don't know as many hog hunters as I do deer hunters.
Can you tell me where you got that info?
Thanks.
Post by: michaelschwister on May 01, 2010, 09:47:00 PM
Post by: Rik on May 06, 2010, 10:35:00 PM
I guess if you've never fought a boar off with the end of your longbow, or if you've never been charged by boars for no reason whatsoever, you might think boars aren't a tad bit dangerous.
If you have never experienced either of those things, I am guessing you hunt east of the Rockies.
Farther east than California, and WAY, WAY farther east than the Northern Territory of Australia.
If that's the case, head west man, head west.
Sneak up on a big northern California boar with more Russian blood in him than Feral, and you may get a real awakening.
I will share one story with you. Someone else will need to share the next.
In the middle of our winter (early March) I drove with some friends from Idaho to Northern California, which took about 16 hours. It was spring there, prime time for boar hunting.
We set up our camp, and off we went. Several days later, no one had seen a pig. Seems we timed it wrong.
A day or so later, the last day before we had to drive back north to the snow country, the sun was beginning to set to the west. I was sitting on a high, wet, grassy hillside, all alone, glassing for pigs until my eyes were almost bleeding.
Then, a long ways below me I heard it, two boars fighting. Unmistakeable.
I ran downhill as fast as I could, and about fifteen minutes later, I stopped, listened, and there they were----a herd of 15 to 30, walking quickly from my left to my right, about 25 yards below me. I had about four minutes of shooting light left in the darkening sky.
Two boars were in the group, and they were ripping the hell out of each other. Nasty running gun battle, and the blood was flowing.
. . . in my veins as well as the two fighting boars.
I had to squint to see well enough to shoot, and the two fighting boars were 15 yards too far away to shoot at in this light, so I picked a smaller boar that was in good shooting range, drew back, aimed tight, aimed some more, then sent a heavy arrow through his lungs as he trotted along with the herd. The sound of the hit was unmistakeable.
30 minutes later, I set up the tripod in the dark to take some still photographs, and in the process, I heard the two boars once again fighting, and they were coming my way in complete blackness. I put the camera down, switched on my flashlight, and there there were, 15 yards away across a small creek (right behind the boar in the attached photo).
Both boars stopped, looked at me, and charged immediately. I was already jumping back when I realized the rushing creek had stopped them. A minute or so later, they again started laying hooks into each other and moved off down hill in full battle.
Whew!
I finished taking the pictures, then gutted and started skinning the boar I had shot.
Oh? What's that I hear? Two boars fighting their way towards me, this time on my side of the creek. THIS TIME I put a large fallen redwood tree trunk between myself and the approaching fight, and when they were about 10 yards away, I turned on the flashlight. Again, they stopped, then both charged. The only thing that stopped them was the huge Redwood tree trunk I was standing (er, well, cowering) behind.
As you can see in the photo, it was pitch black, and I can assure you if I had not had a fast-running creek, or a huge Redwood tree trunk to stop them, these two mostly Russian Californian boars in full fight mode would have left more than a few marks on me.
I had done nothing to provoke them, other than being on their mountain.
That's one incident, it's someone else's turn now.
P.S. Large California Russian-mixed boars are as different from the smaller typical southern feral boars as zoo-raised grizzly bears are from high-mountain grizzly bears.
There's a big difference, but you've got to experience it to know it. Go west man, go west.
(http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/Rikhinton/2003_Boar.jpg)
Post by: OkKeith on May 07, 2010, 12:04:00 AM
It all depends on the circumstances. Corner a hog, where through you is the only way out, you better look out. Are there pigs wandering around in the scrub brush looking for people to attack, no.
There was a gentleman near where I used to live who was killed by his penned deer. Yes, I know, in a pen. Like I said it all depends on the circumstances.
If we go into the woods looking to poke something with a sharp stick, we shouldn't be suprised if they want to poke us back. Just need to be aware of what's going on and keep our wits about us. I figure there are just as many "It came after me" stories as there are "saw one and it kept on going" stories.
OkKeith
Post by: Northwest_Bowhunter on May 07, 2010, 04:27:00 PM
Post by: Rik on May 07, 2010, 05:47:00 PM
This photo of a friend of a friend in Australia shows that that wild boars are just like big loveable puppies. They couldn't hurt a fly.
(http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt252/Rikhinton/big_Weipa_Boar.jpg)
Post by: tradtusker on May 08, 2010, 04:05:00 AM
But as far is fitting in the "Dangerous Game" Category
such as Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, hippo, elephant, Grizz, Polar bear
..No
Post by: michaelschwister on May 08, 2010, 10:30:00 AM
Post by: texas woody on May 08, 2010, 10:37:00 AM
that is one cool experience, I guess I have been lucky so far as the hogs we have gone after have had a way out other than through me. We did have an experience were my son missed his shot and mine grazed the pigs front leg. this pig cricled and came in twice before he made his exit.
Post by: Terry Green on May 08, 2010, 11:25:00 AM
Post by: michaelschwister on May 08, 2010, 02:07:00 PM
I probably should respect them more. My closest encounter was at FT Stewart in 98. We would do 12 mile road marchs down the tank trails. At the turn around point we would place a junior NCO in a HMMWV with a radio. I was getting reports of a boar chasing the troops. Good intel!! I went after that raascal!! One evening 3 sows with piglets were feeding along the edge of the trail right at dark at the turn around point. Out of the palmettos about 100 yards out came a thin but old black boar with long cutters. He saw me right off on the elavated tank trail and started right for me growling and popping his teeth and shaking his head. I kept sneaking towards him with a snuffer tipped nitro stinger on the string(your recommend, if you remember) Well he kept coming and I kept coming....we got about 20 yards and I was hoping he would keep coming until I had a shot..at about 18yds I still only had head, and a lightbulb went on in his head. I swear his expression changed when he figured out I was not running and was about ready to give him a snuffer from my 77# Ferguson. He wheeled and made it the 100 yards faster than a spooked whitetail. I was REALLY dissapointed he did not try me out, I would have stuck him at point blank range. I guess he was used to the troops running when he postured. One thing life on the farm taught, when you act like your are in charge, the animals think you are in charge. Act afraid or run when challenged, the animal will know they are in charge.
Post by: cohutta orange on May 10, 2010, 06:06:00 PM
Post by: Terry Green on May 10, 2010, 06:49:00 PM
I respect them more when its a big boar I've slipped up on in his sanctuary. I've been within 5-10 yards of a half dozen at least that were cussing me out, and I couldn't even see them, just the trees and bushes shaking.
Haven't had one break toward me yet, but I'm fully considering that they could at any moment.
It is a fun rush for sure....just be careful out there. I know another guy(non-hunter) that got treed in an apple orchard by a huge boar, and he got tired of waiting for it to leave and finally shot it with his pistol.
Post by: string bean on May 11, 2010, 08:41:00 AM
Post by: Terry Green on May 11, 2010, 10:50:00 AM
Post by: Terry Green on May 11, 2010, 02:43:00 PM
Maybe we should add turkeys as dangerous game. :biglaugh:
Post by: OkKeith on May 11, 2010, 06:27:00 PM
You better watch out for those "Killer Gobblers"!
Some of those dudes can get ya. Pretty interesting thread.
OkKeith
Post by: JCAMPBELL on May 12, 2010, 02:56:00 PM
(http://i1038.photobucket.com/albums/a463/jcbowhunts/1273021171.jpg)
Post by: Northwest_Bowhunter on May 15, 2010, 07:29:00 PM
Post by: Rik on May 16, 2010, 12:23:00 AM
Oh Mannnnn! I have that same video. Bob sent it to me way, way back when I was publishing Instinctive Archer Magazine. A helluva hunt, eh?
That little video clip probably has a lot to do with why I am going to spend a full month in far northern Australia this summer, living in a small tent and hunting big, bruiser boars with heavy wood arrows.
I blame Bob. I would have been a normal, sane elk hunter totally content to limit myself to the Rocky Mountains if not for him sending me that video clip years ago. Been a big-boar addict ever since.
(Not to mention a Hill-bow fanatic)
Post by: Rik on May 16, 2010, 12:24:00 AM
Oh Mannnnn! I have that same video. Bob sent it to me way, way back when I was publishing Instinctive Archer Magazine. A helluva hunt, eh?
That little video clip probably has a lot to do with why I am going to spend a full month in far northern Australia this summer, living in a small tent and hunting big, bruiser boars with heavy wood arrows.
I blame Bob. I would have been a normal, sane elk hunter totally content to limit myself to the Rocky Mountains if not for him sending me that video clip years ago. Been a big-boar addict ever since.
(Not to mention a Hill-bow fanatic)
Post by: Rik on May 16, 2010, 12:28:00 AM
They're almost as bad as a boar that charges twice. Three times? Ooooh, not much fun there. . . been there, done that.
Post by: Northwest_Bowhunter on May 27, 2010, 01:08:00 PM
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Originally posted by Rik:You have a good life my friend, I am with you as I am hoping after I meet a couple Trad gang members we are going to scout some southern Oregon hog hunting sites and hope to get a steady supply of fairly free pork.
Fellow Northwest Bowhunter,
That little video clip probably has a lot to do with why I am going to spend a full month in far northern Australia this summer, living in a small tent and hunting big, bruiser boars with heavy wood arrows.
I blame Bob. I would have been a normal, sane elk hunter totally content to limit myself to the Rocky Mountains if not for him sending me that video clip years ago. Been a big-boar addict ever since.
(Not to mention a Hill-bow fanatic)
Bob loves hog hunting above nearly everything else and it is for the excitement of it. I can hardly wait and envvy you for the trip you are making. Good luck and bring back stories!!!
Post by: Rik on May 30, 2010, 08:28:00 PM
Three long days later I will finally land in Weipa.
From there, well, let's just say. . . Australia time is way slower than Mexico time, if you get my drift.
Big boars are prime on the menu, as are Marlin, barramundi, goats (the tasty ones), and whatever the winds lead me to.
Hmmmm. . . I wonder if a 75-pound Hill can put down a scrubber?
. . . Time will tell, time will tell. . .
Post by: Ben Maher on May 30, 2010, 08:33:00 PM
Enjoy our fish , watch out for the crocs and snakes and remember that big Pigs only count when shot with wood arrows!!!
hehehe
looking foward to you posting pics when you get back ...
Ps I'm In Idaho this sept [area 2 and 21a ] .....
Ben
Post by: Northwest_Bowhunter on May 30, 2010, 10:50:00 PM
I can hardly wait to read about your adventures.
Post by: Mark U on June 02, 2010, 05:52:00 PM
The incident with the bag of broadheads in the carry on backpack. Remember?
The incident with the leatherman tool in the carry on backpack. Remember?
The incident at customs with exotic wood. Remember?
All the wasted time we spent in airports came about because of Ric getting strip searched. He evidently fits the profile of some terrorist. Security zero's in on him like a dingo on a wallaby.
Post by: Mark U on June 02, 2010, 06:01:00 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/aerohawk1/P8160151.jpg)
It's shaped almost like Idaho.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v207/aerohawk1/P8220189.jpg)
Post by: Rik on June 03, 2010, 12:23:00 PM
No worries this time Mate. I've changed my middle name to Muhammed, that way they will know for sure not to "profile" me.
You forgot to mention when they confiscated my ultralight collapsible fishing pole. Apparently it was a highly dangerous weapon capable of incredible mass destruction.
Ah. . . this is all bringing back some good memories. I wonder if they still brew cold, frosty XXXX down there. . .
Post by: texas woody on July 18, 2010, 12:06:00 PM
Outdoor Life Aug 2010 issue, just received it, has an article about whitetail attacks including a man who was killed in 07 in Georgia.
Post by: Apex Predator on July 23, 2010, 11:09:00 AM
(http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o203/Apex-Predator/VictimofHogAttack.jpg)
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on July 23, 2010, 01:19:00 PM
Post by: texas woody on July 23, 2010, 01:30:00 PM
Post by: Apex Predator on July 23, 2010, 02:07:00 PM
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on July 23, 2010, 04:59:00 PM
Post by: Northwest_Bowhunter on July 23, 2010, 07:43:00 PM
"Life is tough, but it's tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne
Post by: RC on July 28, 2010, 06:22:00 AM
Post by: piggy on July 30, 2010, 07:05:00 AM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v245/2piggy/WarraHuntingJuly2010037.jpg)
You can read the story here
http://www.aussiebowhunter.com/showthread.php?t=29527
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on July 30, 2010, 10:48:00 AM
I might have to buy some Kevlar pants for our trip to Oz next year. That would put a damper on a hunting trip.
Post by: piggy on July 31, 2010, 02:54:00 AM
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Originally posted by Ragnarok Forge:You"ll be right mate, its not the wound you have to worry about it's the possibility of infection, some years back a young fella had to have a leg amputated due to the infection from an attack by a pig.
"Tis Meerly a Flesh Wound!"
I might have to buy some Kevlar pants for our trip to Oz next year. That would put a damper on a hunting trip.
Post by: Ben Maher on July 31, 2010, 06:50:00 AM
Clay ... they don't attack that much, but when they do you just have to be careful.I figure if you can guys can live with bears that'll climb a tree , you should be ok with a measly 200kg tusker! I'm always more concerned about sows with little ones than I am about solitary boars .
Post by: Rattus58 on October 03, 2010, 06:32:00 PM
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Originally posted by tradtusker:That's probably cuz you've never been treed by one.... :goldtooth:
Not Sure
I dont put them in the "Dangerous Game" category.
Sure are awesome to hunt though.
Post by: Ragnarok Forge on October 04, 2010, 12:20:00 PM
Post by: piggy on October 05, 2010, 06:39:00 AM
Any animal can be dangerous given the right circumstances.
Hope you have a great time while in OZ.
Where are you going?
Post by: Siewho on October 05, 2010, 11:25:00 AM
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Post by: Gaur on August 21, 2011, 12:20:00 PM
Its been raining a lot. Broke my toe (almost ripped it off) playing soccer with the kids barefoot and so its been a while since I've make it out to the woods with my bow but hope to get out soon.
Randy
Post by: michaelschwister on August 21, 2011, 06:33:00 PM
Post by: Terry Green on September 13, 2011, 08:04:00 AM
I can't figure out how there's even an argument over deer vs hogs.
Post by: MajorJim on September 13, 2011, 03:33:00 PM
:goldtooth:
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Originally posted by OkKeith:
Even a squirrel is dangerous if you stuff him in your pants.
OkKeith
Post by: bolo7735 on September 16, 2011, 09:10:00 AM
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Originally posted by MajorJim:Not if you knock it's teeth out first. :D It must have been really cold to stick one of those bushy rats down your pants.
Forget about the boars - this is the story I want to hear!
:goldtooth:
QuoteOriginally posted by OkKeith:[/b]
Even a squirrel is dangerous if you stuff him in your pants.
OkKeith
Post by: gonzoso on October 13, 2011, 08:03:00 AM
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Originally posted by Ragnarok Forge:Is that the one that culminated with the prediction that we will soon see a superpig? Their conclusion at the end of the show was that there would be a 6 foot tall, 1,500 pound pig with 5 foot tusks that could run 60 mph.
I think you might want to watch Pig Bomb on Discovery Channel. Large Boars can be dangerous. Also look at the thread on PowWow about a ganger getting knocked down. Lots of people have been hurt by hogs. In Europe the hunters and woodsmen avoid the Russian Boars whenver they can.
I would say anything over 200 lbs would qualify as dangerous. They weigh enough and have long enough teeth to take you down. Not mention if you were alone the pig would be likely to eat you after the get done stomping you into the mud.
Is it likely that the average pig will attack you? Not so much, is it possible that a big boar or sow will come after you, yes it is. The bigger they are the meaner they get. A 400lb or bigger male is dangerous no matter how you look at it. I wouldn't rate them with water buffallo or lions. I would rate large males as equal with Moose for agressiveness.
This was the most inaccurate pile of rubbish I've ever seen on TV. It was hilarious for its complete lack of any scientific basis and failure to use any kind of realistic or well thought out methods.
My favorite part was when they saw the little russian boar, then had an "expert" draw a behemoth of a 5 foot pig behind a set of eyes which was about 12" off the ground! lol
Post by: Stick n' String on October 13, 2011, 05:40:00 PM
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Post by: TxAg on October 18, 2011, 12:38:00 PM
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Originally posted by Bill Turner:hahah funny and accurate
I've hunted and killed enough hogs to know that they are no more dangerous than my wife when pissed off. You got to be smart enough to know when to leave well enough alone. :nono:
Post by: MajorJim on October 29, 2011, 04:30:00 PM
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Originally posted by Bill Turner:If yours is anything like mine, that IS dangerous!
I've hunted and killed enough hogs to know that they are no more dangerous than my wife when pissed off. You got to be smart enough to know when to leave well enough alone. :nono:
Hogs are omivoires. They start life as food for other species. But as they grow, they eat carrion, and then can graduate to taking prey. But at some point, some of them can turn into the biggest SOB in the valley. If you run into one that has become an apex aminal of its realm, they can be very dangerous. Especially one that trips from a flight to a fight response. But we are talking BIG.
Not saying they are going to hunt humans, but they can become very territorial. Those that have been aound people seem to keep their healthy fear of man.
Sows with piglets can get an attitude. We had one charge and butt our truck at night as we rolled up into a field.
Most of the ones that I have hunted were under 300 pounds, and only one turned to stand his ground following a short chase after being ventilated with 3 lung shots from a .45-70.
I have never run into anything over about 375 pounds, but they are out there.
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Post by: Terry Green on January 30, 2012, 06:01:00 PM
Did you run or not since your 1st post on this thread???? :campfire:
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Post by: Guru on February 05, 2012, 09:13:00 PM
I'm up for hog fight #3....you?
Post by: borderlander on May 21, 2012, 05:02:00 PM
Post by: TxAg on May 22, 2012, 03:14:00 PM
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Originally posted by borderlander:I'd be a lot more scared of an angry bear or lion than a hog.
So reading all this. Would you guys put them up with game like black bears or mountain lion? Can be nasty but really takes a special animal to be really dangerous?
I'd say more in the category of pissed off dairy cow, only smaller. You don't wana get kicked or bit or run over. That's about the worst that can happen.
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Post by: Terry Green on June 11, 2012, 08:54:00 AM
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Originally posted by rastaman:I hear ya Randy....but let me ask you this....
As was stated above..any wounded animal can be dangerous, even a raccoon or squirrel. The odds of something bad happening with a hog vs a mountain lion or bear are slim at best.
How many folks do you know that were injured or kill by a lion or bear?
How many folks do you know that have been cut by hogs?
I know a lot of folks that have been hurt by hogs, and some of those the hog was not injured.
See what I mean?....I bear hunt but never been chased by a bear, but I have been charged twice by hogs. I've also never been charged by a coon or squirrel.
Remember Barry Wensels incident with those hogs? He ended up in a prickly pear ...with a broke arm.
Post by: Terry Green on June 11, 2012, 08:57:00 AM
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Originally posted by Tyler2045:Yeah Tyler....freak accident....not a malicious intent of the animal, nor attack...just the animal railing as it lay dieing.
Hey Terry, I saw where you thought deer were not dangerous. When I was about 5 I had a great uncle get killed by a deer. He shot it and went down to gut it, well it was not dead. It kicked and the hoaf caught him in the head (you could see the print) and killed him. Freak accident but his bother found him laying dead on top of the dead deer. Food for thought. Any wonded animal is dangerous! Make sure they are dead.
Post by: Ray Hammond on June 11, 2012, 04:38:00 PM
I've seen great big bucks be submissive with smaller bucks, and I see other big bucks kick the snot out of all others big and small.
I've seen great big hogs run like a scalded dog at the mere sight of me, and others stand their ground, snorting and head bobbing at me, and coming toward me.
I've only been charged twice in a lot of years- once by a 40 lber who got mad cause I ran his girlfriends off...and by a 130-140 lb sow that had been shot twice by another hunter (poorly) so when I shot her she was looking at me and instantly thought she knew where all her troubles emenated from and charged me- head butting me....long story why I was down at her level to start with but regardless..it was interesting.
I don't generally consider hogs dangerous unless you're hemming them up with dogs- which I don't do- but there's always the odd chance something will go wrong.
That's why its exciting, don't you know?
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That being said I have had one or two take a disliking to my scent and come looking for me. Maybe they thought I was after their " Ladies "...lol
The only time I got a little scared was walking in from my stand in the dark and had one VERY close grunting and stomping but I could not see the rascal
Post by: Marshallrobinson on September 05, 2014, 03:19:00 PM
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Originally posted by Guru:agreed
Considered "Dangerous Game"...not hardly, not me.
Any animal we hunt can be "dangerous" at times.
But that title should be saved for the "Big 5", Grizz/Brown/Polar bears, and the like....Those are DANGEROUS critters!!
I love hog hunting and didnt see much about it until I opened dangerous game. who would have thought it ?!
Post by: Alex A on January 07, 2017, 10:17:00 PM
I remember about 18 years ago shooting a wild pig (in the North West of Western Australia) at close range (within 15 meters) in the chest with a shotgun, using a 12 gauge solid slug.
I figured a 1oz solid slug at close range would be ample to drop a feral pig... I was definitely wrong on this occasion!
I hit it, but instead of dropping, it turned and came at me.
Luckily a friend of mine had his .30-06 loaded and ready, and managed to shoot it in the head before it got to me.
Stretched out it was about 7'.
Unfortunately I had no way to weigh it, so I can't tell you how heavy it was. But it was bloody heavy... Decent set of tusks on it too!
If it got to me before my friend shot it, I doubt I'd be here to tell the tale... I'm pretty sure I had to change my underwear after that encounter too! :eek: :scared:
Post by: Terry Green on January 12, 2017, 07:12:00 PM
I'll see if I can find a pic.
Post by: Terry Green on January 12, 2017, 07:19:00 PM
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Post by: Sam McMichael on April 30, 2017, 11:38:00 AM
Terry, I had a friend once who was attacked by a deer. He killed it and it tested out to be diseased with something or other. This guy is a very reliable fellow and has probably hunted in more areas of the world than most of us will see so I really don't think he was just telling a story. Nonetheless, though, does anybody know of a deer disease that might bring on this behavior?
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