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Old 12-27-2016 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Champlain Islander
Never hunted them...sounds like there is a lot more to it than shooting a little piggy. We don't have them here and the F&W department made game farms illegal so we won't be getting them in the wild that way. I do love bacon though......
Not really CI. Just there is a LOT of underestimation when it comes to the aggressiveness of a wild hog. As tall as I am with my super long legs, my femoral artery is pretty much outta reach for all but the biggest of hogs. They don't tend to jump into an attack. They pretty much bulldoze and try to swipe with their tusks and those buggers are deadly sharp. Even though my height gives me a kinda safety window, when hunting brush, I STILL wear Kevlar Chaps! And Snake gaitors under those! Had one of the guys I hunt with laughing his bloody arse off when I donned those chaps. Danged if he didn't take a tusk swipe from a 270 pound boar that afternoon that opened him up 11 inches up the side of his calf and ALMOST took out the whole muscle group! He wasn't laughing anymore! Calf muscle hanging out, bleeding like a stuck hog (Hogs revenge), screaming like a 3 year old throwing a fit. Had to carry his boohooing rear all the way back to the truck over my shoulder. You can bet he don't laugh at my chaps anymore, especially when putting his OWN on!
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