Highbird70 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=503314526440553 What would you do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delburt0 Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Not wear earmuffs for one, so I could hear the little porker trotting up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Dropped flat and pulled my knife at the same time as it leapt I would have got it in the vitals and had it skinned on the way up!! Sissy shooting it that close and unsporting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I would have given it another shot a lot sooner Then I would dig a hole and bury my pants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Dropped flat and pulled my knife at the same time as it leapt I would have got it in the vitals and had it skinned on the way up!! Sissy shooting it that close and unsporting! :lol: Hi Lapwick......please don't take it as disrespectful....but have you ever been close up with a wild boar??? I have....a knife would not help you I would have given it another shot a lot sooner Then I would dig a hole and bury my pants. AHAHHAHAHHAHHHAHhhahahahahahahahaha....spoton Fenboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffryn Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 I would have given it another shot a lot sooner Then I would dig a hole and bury my pants. Agreed maybe even a third shot - in fairness the bloke must have been shaken up a bit though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remmyman Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Dunno what all the fuss is about. When I worked on a pig farm, all you had between you and a stroppy 'just weaned' sow was a 'pigboard'! A 400lb boar feeling a bit P----d off was no fun either, especially when you were both in a 8ftx8ft pigpen!! Then again, I am rather hard! Regards remmyman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 :lol: Hi Lapwick......please don't take it as disrespectful....but have you ever been close up with a wild boar??? I have....a knife would not help you AHAHHAHAHHAHHHAHhhahahahahahahahaha....spoton Fenboy Ninja training!!! Can't say too much! Knowing me I would have **** myself and missed it with the rifle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ste eibar Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 He was quick on the draw. I would have probably missed with a shotgun and been ran over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 The ear protectors were a hindrance rather than a help, but why was he concentrating on such a narrow field of vision? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) was it just me or did the boar pick something up from near his feet incidently i think i would of **** myself too Edited February 27, 2014 by aga man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 Ninja training!!! Can't say too much! Knowing me I would have **** myself and missed it with the rifle! When I go shooting wild boars.....always near a tree.... :lol: and a spare set of underwear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted February 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 The ear protectors were a hindrance rather than a help, but why was he concentrating on such a narrow field of vision? Jdog....they are shooting in dirty ground, not like in Germany where you can see them in the clear, in those conditions, you practically shoot in very small clearances, in between brambles, bushes and so on, that its not a typical driven wild boar shot, they are using hounds to flush them out, a give away to a hunter, to know if a beast its approaching, its the dog barks changing tone or pitch or the hearing of the bell on the collar. I think he was expecting the boar from the front right side.....maybe due to some dog sounds. was it just me or did the boar pick something up from near his feet incidently i think i would of **** myself too NO NO......that boar its not picking anything up....that is a classic move of a boar.....I'm about to gore you son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 About the same as he did I suppose and hope, I think you will find those are electronic muffs (he likely heard it before he saw it because they increase you hearing at lower levels). Shooting big calibre unmoderated rifles without hearing protection is dumb, they are so much more damaging than a shotgun. Yes, that was what looked like a classic attack response from the pig- scary but I suspect what makes it appealing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbietherimmer Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 lucky guy- that beast would have killed him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereside Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 (edited) I have been close to boar and they are so switched on and really they are not scared even of the dogs, the bigger keiler trundle along like that in the clip on there own watching and listening for the guns and dogs. sometimes they turn and other times they move off. a few weeks ago in sweden one chap tracking with the dogs had one turn on him and luckily it hit his wallet which ripped open. saw a picture of a chap who was not so lucky and he had a new *** torn. interestingly when you track one thats in thick cover you here them sharpening there teeth in readyness for what they know is going to happen. when wounded a boar will track into cover then it will walk parrellel to were it came in then back track and lay in wait for you to go in, alot of guys in europe use a spear or knife on a thick pole to finish off a boar rather than a rifle, that guy did not have alot of time to think about aiming and the second shot looked a good strike but a pig with full on adrenalin takes some stopping, atb wayne Edited February 28, 2014 by mereside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I have been close to boar and they are so switched on and really they are not scared even of the dogs, the bigger keiler trundle along like that in the clip on there own watching and listening for the guns and dogs. sometimes they turn and other times they move off. a few weeks ago in sweden one chap tracking with the dogs had one turn on him and luckily it hit his wallet which ripped open. saw a picture of a chap who was not so lucky and he had a new *** torn. interestingly when you track one thats in thick cover you here them sharpening there teeth in readyness for what they know is going to happen. when wounded a boar will track into cover then it will walk parrellel to were it came in then back track and lay in wait for you to go in, alot of guys in europe use a spear or knife on a thick pole to finish off a boar rather than a rifle, that guy did not have alot of time to think about aiming and the second shot looked a good strike but a pig with full on adrenalin takes some stopping, atb wayne You partially right Mereside, but believe me, I never seen anyone going in the bramble holes with a knife attached to a pole, we normally crawled in the brambles with the shotgun loaded ready to fire, to finish the wild boar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereside Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 last week in france I watched two go in one with a rifle the other with a knife on a pole, my choice would be open sighted rifle every time, the one i shot needed a follow up shot i was using 9.3 but i had to get down off the mirridor as the jack russel jumped onto the boar which needed removing before i could get a second shot, atb wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highbird70 Posted February 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 last week in france I watched two go in one with a rifle the other with a knife on a pole, my choice would be open sighted rifle every time, the one i shot needed a follow up shot i was using 9.3 but i had to get down off the mirridor as the jack russel jumped onto the boar which needed removing before i could get a second shot, atb wayne Different countries different ways, I definitely wouldn't ... No way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mereside Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 No i am with you on that one, the guys i have met in sweden tracking boar seriously use kevlar trousers and jackets and well trained dogs you knew what the hound was tracking by the tone of there voice a deep bark for boar and a higher pitch on moose once the dogs get onto the boar and depending on size the dogs bayed into cover teasing the boar getting that bit closer each time till the boar strikes. as you will know the speed in which they reach in a few feet is incredible. the dogs again wearing kevlar would make the boar strike out into the open for a good shot. Or if the dog was really experience would rush the boar and hold it by the nose and these jamthund are really powerfull dogs will hold a large boar so the handler can dispatch. I was really impressed with the teams out there. in france they used smaller dogs which when hit by boar just flew off without damage but they seemed to just yap at anything and you had no idea what they were onto, atb wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wraivi Posted February 28, 2014 Report Share Posted February 28, 2014 I would have given it another shot a lot sooner Then I would dig a hole and bury my pants. Adrenaline is brown! I went on a few hunts in New Zealand, dogs and knives! I thought they were pulling my leg till we caught up with the first pig, the dogs are mad, they bring it to bay and the mad kiwi guys are straight in with a 12" blade, to deliver the coup de grace. Takes some nads of steel and a sharp blade, but thats real back to basics hunting. One dog got raked badly, but got stapled up by the vets that night. When it was my go, I chickened out and ensured the big sow that came squealing down the track ran into a piece of an air borne copper and lead marvel, which we modern men call a bullet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Cool....loved it...good shot. U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheruk Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 It's behind you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooter Posted March 2, 2014 Report Share Posted March 2, 2014 Adrenaline is brown! I went on a few hunts in New Zealand, dogs and knives! I thought they were pulling my leg till we caught up with the first pig, the dogs are mad, they bring it to bay and the mad kiwi guys are straight in with a 12" blade, to deliver the coup de grace. Takes some nads of steel and a sharp blade, but thats real back to basics hunting. One dog got raked badly, but got stapled up by the vets that night. When it was my go, I chickened out and ensured the big sow that came squealing down the track ran into a piece of an air borne copper and lead marvel, which we modern men call a bullet! I hunted like that when I lived there. Used to do the whole weekend in the bush sleeping under the stars with lads from the local police force and their dogs. Absolute adrenaline when the dogs kick off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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