I spent a lot of "time"around domestic hogs. Too much in fact if you ask me. They are a strange animal. One thing you learn.. never take them for granted or take your eyes off them.
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Hogs can and will hurt you bad. Have been charged by wild hogs three times.One was by a big wounded boar, another was by a boar in response to the distress call froma sow i had wounded. Another time i was walking to a tree stand and got between a sow and her pigs. Did not shoot at that sow on her first pass, i just got out of her way. When she turned to come back she ate a .240 grain XTP.
A friend had a close call last year. Thankfully, he was wearing a .45 M1911 on his leg. A big sow made an unprovoked charge knocking him down;the muzzleloader landed several feet away out of reach. That hogturned and came charging backto getblasted with a .45. Afterkilling that hog, my friendlooked up and there were three other hogs staring at him from a few yards away. He had several small cuts on his legs and face.
Last weekend at our place in Garvin county, i was after the fresh tracks of a huge black boar i have named Osama bin Laden. Followed the tracks into a big plum thicket.When that hog started grunting, me and my muzzleloader leftthatthicket in a hurry. That is the only time i have ever backed down from a hog. The hair on the back of my neck stood up and i was visibly shaken.Nexttime i will have my AR-15.