donw

Cayugad, your info on javelinas is pretty accurate. This is my third - the others were handgun shots. I have found myself (while deer hunting) in the middle of a heard, between a mama and her piglets. Piglets were squeeling, and the mother came running. I quickly ran up the mountain. Once in a while we see news reports of attacks on owners walking their dog - dogs usually torn up. The one I shot (shown here) was with two other ones that ran over the hill. I started calling with my wounded piglet call, hoping my hunting partner would get a shot. We couldn't see them but heard from another hunter watching through a spotting scope that they kept coming but stopped every time I stopped. Of course, I ran out of breath soon. If you go to javelinahunter.com, you can see several stories of hunters calling them back, having them almost run over by javelina. Javelina are stinky critters - inside and out - but I've not heard of any other reason to wear gloves while cleaning them.