wild hog attack

[Wayne County Hose]

Well this is one hunting post here on TBN that the Peta folks will like. Sounds like somebody got ambushed. Glad you didn't get hurt. Might be time to think about a sidearm too.

 

[dmccarty]

Years ago I was taking photos at a state park in FLA which had been a very large ranch. So large it had its own runway. There was one road that ran into the place from the state road and ended 5 miles or so at the back end of the place near a lake/canal. I spent the day walking in the swamp and cypress heads taking photos. The park was full of palmettos. Palmettos can grow so that there is just now way through them but in the park they had not grown too thick so you could walk around in the pines. But the palmettos did form a maze among the trees.

Late in the afternoon I was walking into a new area on the west side of the road in the maze formed by the palmettos. All day I had been large areas of ground that the hogs had rutted up. Rutted up a foot deep. Some very big pigs had been playing bull dozer. As I walked in about 50 yards from the road, the man on my shoulder started getting nervous. The farther I walked the more Shoulder Man got nervous. No reason why. No smells. No sights. Nothing to hear. I had been walking in the same type of woods all day. No reason to be suddenly nervous. After awhile Should Man was insisting I should get back to the road. So I did.

Back on the road it was getting towards sunset so I was standing around to see what the light would do. I had moved about 100 yards south of where I Shoulder Man had persuaded me to leave the woods. I was looking at a huge thunder head miles to the south to see if the sunset would light it up nicely. For some reason I turned around and looked north.

Crossing the road was a big black bear. Except it was not a big black bear. It was a big black pig. I swear it was at least six feet long and 3+ feet tall. It walk right out of the woods at the same spot I did. Shoulder man was right. Always listen to Shoulder Man. I am sure that pig was hiding in a bunch of palmetto bushes and I walked right by it twice.

The pig moved off to the east and right about that time a guy drove by in a jacked up pickup full of hunting dogs. The dogs hopped out to the truck, which was going 15-20mph, and took off after that pig. The driver was a cuss'n. If the dogs caught that pig those dogs might have been a cuss'n.

The only thing I had to fight of that pig was a very heavy solid Benbo tripod. Somehow I don't think it would have helped much. There were not any trees I could climb either.

Later,
Dan

 

[Western]

This exactly why you should hunt pigs at I-Hop or Denny's. Pig is safer, comes pre cooked and is basically a minimal threat. Although you may "see" a sow or two, they are usually busy eating pre cooked sausage.

 

[deerefan]

Well this is one hunting post here on TBN that the Peta folks will like. Sounds like somebody got ambushed. Glad you didn't get hurt. Might be time to think about a sidearm too.

I have one on me at all times when hog hunting, a ruger super blackhawk .44 single action. I went back out last night around 9 and saw a few more. I stayed in the brush and was as quiet as possible. I use night vision, and when I turned to scan my surroundings I saw several scattered in the trees around me...gave me goosebumps. It reminded me of a Charlie Daniels quote from one of his tunes..."Well, partner, this is the end, where I come from we don't go down without a fight." I decided on a new weapon for last night, my semi auto .223 w/ a 40 round clip. I found that 2 hogs were hovering around my escape route. I shot one, it dropped and the other bolted. After the shot hog fell, I swung around and thankfully the others had beat feet away from me. I sat still for about 5 minutes and scanned w/ night vision again an could see them about 15 feet inside the brush surrounding their watering hole. Knowing I couldn't possibly kill them all, I quietly retreated to a safe distance and observed some more. These hogs, known as pine wood rooters in my part, are very bold. They went right to my previous spot, sniffing and pawing the ground. I maintained my position and picked out a nice sow and shot. I know I hit her, but she bolted, along with the rest of them. I went back to the house and surfed the Cabela's and Academy sites for a stand. In all my years doing this, I have never been surrounded or seen hogs act so brazen. They have become a large nuisance in my neck of the woods. I have killed, cleaned or given away 43 since January of this year. I am really not an avid hunter. I do not hunt deer, turkey or duck. This hatred for wild hogs came from a good mutt my grandfather and I had that used to go check traps with us. He was attacked by a boar 30 feet behind my grandfather's house, dying almost instantly. It has been my personal mission to make their life as miserable as possible since. I lost me grandfather in May 2005 and before he died I promised him I would carry on our mission. One thing we DO NOT DO BY ANY MEANS is kill for sport. Every hog is either given away or cleaned and frozen. We donated a lot of it to several needy families in our surrounding area. I will try to start posting pics of hogs killed for you guys to see. Some of them push 300lbs or more. I attached a pic for example. This is not either one of us.

 

[gsganzer]

I have no way to validate this, but someone was telling me that there have been some cases where some misguided people have been breeding Russian Boar into feral hog populations. They've been doing this to help increase the size of the hogs for hunting.

Unfortunately, russian boars have a really nasty temperament and they're prone to attack.

I might google around and see if I can find any credible stories about this happening.

 

[J_J]

Some of you have seen this video.

YouTube - Giant Pigs Caught ~AMAZING~

 

[Bird]

I have no way to validate this, but someone was telling me that there have been some cases where some misguided people have been breeding Russian Boar into feral hog populations. They've been doing this to help increase the size of the hogs for hunting.

Unfortunately, russian boars have a really nasty temperament and they're prone to attack.

I might google around and see if I can find any credible stories about this happening.

I'd hate to be the fellow identified as doing that. I'm afraid a lot of people would want to tar and feather him.

 

[J_J]

Here is a place you can hunt Russian boars.

Wild Russian Boar Hunting - Hunt Russian Boar In South Carolina

 

[deerefan]

I haven't heard of that going on in my neck of the woods but it did happen in the spillway just outside new orleans and in easetern new orleans, which are both over 2 hours from me. The ones in eastern new orleans wound up in city park right after Katrina.

 

[Redbug]

We do have hogs down here with Russian blood. The Russians have an extra tooth in the lower jaw between the front teeth and back molars. Feral domestics lack that tooth.

I think the sow that attacked you had piglets nearby and she was only doing her thing protecting them. I have had that happen to my dogs, before. And I had to beat one off with my pole saw, once.

These hogs have learned to lay low in the brush and not spook or run. That's how they survive. No telling how many you walk by and not know it...and only a few feet away. If you have a dog, you would be surprised how many you could locate by watching your dog alert to their scent.