Compromising run-in with wild boar... what would you do?

[gummy]

I was hunting for deer last year and was lying prone looking at a creek bed. When I had been there for an hour or two, I started to hear the wind rustling through the leaves of the trees off behind me. I waited for the breeze, but it never came. Then more leaves rustling, but as it got louder, I realized it was coming from the ground, not from up high.

I slowly turned my head back as far as I could. Then out of my peripheral, I saw several wild boar come scurrying through the underbrush behind me. There were 5 or 6 of them, about 20 feed behind me. Meanwhile, I was still lying prone on the ground, holding my 270 facing the other direction. I held as still as I could, and they didn't seem to notice me.

Then after they had made their way through and been gone for 5 or 10 minutes, another boar came along, and he definitely noticed me. He stopped in his tracks and stared at me. Then he started grunting and snorting at me. Once more, I held as still as I could. My heart was racing because I was in a vulnerable position. My hands were both on my rifle, and I had my PPQ at my right hip. I knew for sure I wouldn't be able to flip around and aim the rifle at him in time if he charged, but maybe I could do a quick flip to my back and whip my PPQ out in time.

Anyway, he eventually got bored of me and left. But my heart was thumping for a while there.

What would you have done? Would you have shot at them?

 

[Moonpie]

Shoot til slide lock.

 

[gummy]

I probably should have. I was also worried about scaring off any deer. But we didn't see any that day anyway...

 

[Younggun]

Depends on a lot of details that probably couldn't be easily conveyed by words. Exact distance, temperament of hogs, was the hog named Inigo Montoya, etc.

I had the same situation in mind recently while hog hunting on the ground. Luckily, I didn't find myself in the situation. I had planned to shoot prone but ended up kneeling instead.

If hunting in a hog prone area on the ground it's smart to have a sidearm of a moderate caliber or a maneuverable semi auto or lever action rifle.

 

[Younggun]

Shoot til slide lock.

Didn't know BP guns had a slide.

 

[Younggun]

Also, start carrying one of those head mounted GoPros. We want video next time.

 

[gummy]

Depends on a lot of details that probably couldn't be easily conveyed by words. Exact distance, temperament of hogs, was the hog named Inigo Montoya, etc.

I had the same situation in mind recently while hog hunting on the ground. Luckily, I didn't find myself in the situation. I had planned to shoot prone but ended up kneeling instead.

If hunting in a hog prone area on the ground it's smart to have a sidearm of a moderate caliber or a maneuverable semi auto or lever action rifle.

Yeah I'll definitely change some things next time I'm out there.

 

[gummy]

Also, start carrying one of those head mounted GoPros. We want video next time.

Haha that would have been awesome.

 

[Dawico]

I would have killed every one of them.

Just think "John Wick".

 

[Moonpie]

Didn't know BP guns had a slide.

sigh

 

[skfullgun]

I had a run in with a herd of hogs in a wildlife protection area. About 20 of them - 3 large mommas and a buttload of little corkscrew -tailed babies. The g/f and I were on a hike in the middle of nowhere. I had left my 1911 in the truck and only had a j-frame since I was not supposed to be carrying on this property.

Talk about some tense moments! They came out of some tall grass and were pissed we were there. Grunting. Snorting. I put the g/f behind me and aimed at the most aggressive momma, while feeling completely stupid for being under-gunned.

After the longest 30 seconds in my life, they turned and disappeared into the tall grass.

 

[gummy]

Just think "John Wick".

I would have been out of luck if I did that. Haven't seen that one yet.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Makes me think of something that happened to my mom when I was a kid.
She was cornered in the alley behind our house by a pack of javelinas while she was taking out the trash.

 

[Younggun]

I remember when I was young, I was in a tree trying to snag a wild hog that my old yellow lab mut had cornered. Nearly had one when I fell from the tree. Hog got my leg pretty good but that dog went after the hog and saved me.

Later we were forced to put the dog down after driving off a rabid would that attempted to attack my mother. That was the best dog gone dog in the world.

 

[TxStetson]

I remember when I was young, I was in a tree trying to snag a wild hog that my old yellow lab mut had cornered. Nearly had one when I fell from the tree. Hog got my leg pretty good but that dog went after the hog and saved me.

Later we were forced to put the dog down after driving off a rabid would that attempted to attack my mother. That was the best dog gone dog in the world.

Boo!

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Boo!

Been too long since I've seen that one, didn't even click.

 

[Younggun]

Sometimes I wake up calling his name..."old Yeller...come back Yeller!"

 

[TxStetson]

Sometimes I wake up calling his name..."old Yeller...come back Yeller!"

You’re on a roll today. Got Yeller and Shane into the same thread.

 

[Moonpie]

Sometimes I wake up calling his name..."old Yeller...come back Yeller!"

Lay off that Who Hit John and you will not have this problem.
It was better when you saw Soviet helicopters.

 

[Younggun]

Lay off that Who Hit John and you will not have this problem.
It was better when you saw Soviet helicopters.

That fucker was real. It was a Hind.

Probably heading somewhere to meet with the Clintons.