You are right they are like a bulldozer, but *can't* jump is wrong. They don't tend to jump in an attack, they either take a couple of bites on the way by or sometimes they may faint and/or dart in and out a couple of times. I've seen Sows come in head high, front feet off the ground, a boar tends to do most of his damage below the knee. Sows can come in crotch high, mouth wide open and the first thing they encounter gets bitten hard.

I've also seen them running through fallen timber clearing 30" tree trunks. And have seen them pop right over an electrified fence. Three feet is about their limit, maybe four feet, depending on how big the Hog is. They can also climb pretty good when they have to.

I was helping a farmer put up an electrified fence to protect his wheat field. It is a hot day and we had strung a single wire about 18" high, I start stringing another wire at around 30" and he says, we don't need that, "Hogs can't jump". I wasn't going to argue with him, I was hot and sweaty and wanted a cold brew. The next morning I watched a 20 Hog sounder go over his wire like it wasn't even there.

I've popped a few in the head with my rifle muzzle when they got a little to close. I use my rifle barrel like a spear and aim for their eyes, a holdover from my military bayonet training. This in on the littler ones, the big ones I get the heck out of way.

I found this one to be interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjesULrRFtk

And this one makes me wonder how the cameraman always seems to get away with just standing there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uCVhHYJXC4

baby's jump, Big Boars bull doze!

Eh, I wouldn't count on one not being able to jump somewhat. Id have to guess that 30" would probably be about as high as they could get up. I've seen them jump to make crossings but never upwards other than to try to take a bite out of the "male anatomy". Seems hogs even know what scares men the most don't it!

Well, hogs can certainly be airborne when they run, but I don't know that they get all that much altitude. However much it is, it is too much!

http://i627.photobucket.com/albums/t...20hogs%201.jpg

I have a game trail on my lease that has likely been used for a thousand years . Looks like a rutted road, but only has one rut right down the middle. A really deep rut and dirt spread a yard or more on either side. I call it my Hog autobahn. There is some fallen timber laying over the trail, old old pines. When I shoot at the bottom of the hill the Hogs head up that game trail full out and sail over those fallen logs. The little ones usually go under, the one and two year olds jump over and the really biguns kind of jump and scramble over. I always thought they weren't much for jumping, until I watched them do it. They must not clear by much, there is actually a groove worn into the logs in places. The whole side of that hill near the game trail kind of looks like mulch, any fallen branch of any size has been trampled into small pieces.