Originally Posted by
Oldtimr
Why didn't you shoot the sow? At 10 yards I wouldn't have been shooting into the ground. I had one I thought was dead get up and charge me at less than 15 feet, I drew and fired my handgun in one motion and killed him at my feet, I was lucky. Why didn't I use my rifle? Because it was on my shoulder on a sling while I was taking photos of the hog.
There were too many cows around, there were a few in the woods behind the pig.
I won't chance injuring stock unless things are critical.
She was not aggressive yet, just wary. It was time to change the situation before things got ugly.