OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us.

Only the second time to have this happen to me but we got charged last night while taking a stroll through the country. My girls are about to be heading up to Michigan for a couple of weeks to visit with family and we decided to enjoy the evening in our favorite woods since a cool front made it bearable and the ground was soaked from recent rains.

We were tooling around in the jeep and enjoying the sunset when my oldest girl saw wild hogs crossing in front of us. We got out and approached on foot but they hit the heavy timber before we could level on them. She was wearing shorts and flip flops so we decided to walk to the open pasture for another chance.

We scoped the pasture and didn't see anything and decided to cross about a 300 yard stretch to reach a clump of trees that hides a small pond down the hill on the other side of the trees. We almost made it when I saw this pig coming out of the tree line to intercept us. I took a knee and she placed the BAR on my shoulder as I put a finger in each of my ears. The hog had stopped to look at us and I figured she'd have a good chance at it considering it was about 35 yards away. Then, the dam thing took a charge at us. As soon as it started I saw the barrel go up and my daughter said, "shoot it Dad"! She had the rifle in my hands before I knew it and I leveled out on him as he filled the scope.

First shot steered it to the right and second shot laid him down at 10 yards from us. This one got my heart pumping considering I had my daughter with me and we were in the open. Glad I keep that ole BAR clean and oiled. It's all we had between us and wild hog rodeo!

I'm not sure what's going on but the hogs on this particular property are becoming more brazen. The land owner told me she's been walking up and getting uncomfortably close to some of these hogs without them running. Hopefully this was the only "charger" of the group.

Well gee....pigs gotta eat too ya know!

Nice pig.

Rick

Was this shot in Michigan?

That has to be a "harrowing" experience, and I'm not talking the kind you pull behind a tractor LOL !

Darn good reason to keep your firearm in good working order, are those prone to or do they jam periodically, well ones that are not kept clean, maintained ? think my friend has one in a .308, I've only seen him here with it once, says he was never fond of it for some reason. He's had firearms since a kid like most of us here, something about this rifle, he scoped himself with it, which was really odd for an experienced shooter, could have been stitched, think they taped it though, happened one afternoon here, maybe that is why he did not like that rifle.

Those darn things don't seem like anything to fool with, would seem to be a good reason to carry my Springfield M1A, as heavy as an old infantry rifle like this is, it either fits me well or I shoot it the same, on a fast draw, I've never missed a target, deer, chuck's, even a muskrat undermining a culvert, last two is kinda overkill, heck I used to grab those muskrats bare handed out of the water and squeeze em hard.

I cannot imagine what those tusks do to flesh, has to be worse than an encounter with a chainsaw, tough to sew up ! Are the wild ones good eating or what is the deal with that ?

Naw Sourgum, this was shot over here by Palestine, Tx. We were just out and about spending a little time together before her trip up to visit family up there.

I keep my old Bar clean and ready to go. It's a 30-06 and it's a hog slayer to say the lest. I prefer my .270 for deer hunting down here with a 150 grain hornaday sst, but for these hogs, 30-06 winchester soft points do a fine job. I do believe I'll carry a side arm from here on out though. We just got caught up in the moment and were not really prepared for a hunt.

They are good eating. Boars are too but if they're hot and breeding the meat can be tainted.

I decided to leave this one to the coyotes though. He just didn't act right and I'm not sure if something was wrong with him. If I need more pig meat, it's a matter of a 15 minute drive and just a little looking around to find one. (sad but so.).

Ugly hog Pretty Girl

like a chain saw with a bad attitude!!!!!!
i remember someone saying that if a pig eats cucumbers it will kill them is that right? anybody know?
al

Great story, great daughter, great gun, great Jeep, ugly a** hog. Ever see those videos when they"re shooting them from helicopters? Holy cow. I want to come down and blast a few myself. Glad they"re not up here. Will 44 mag or 45 LC do the trick?

I've got a good friend that I've seen take several hogs with his .44 mag carbine. It will do the job!

(quoted from post at 12:31:11 06/23/11) Great story, great daughter, great gun, great Jeep, ugly a** hog. Ever see those videos when they"re shooting them from helicopters? Holy cow. I want to come down and blast a few myself. Glad they"re not up here. Will 44 mag or 45 LC do the trick?

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You can take a pig with a .22.....if your bullet placement is perfect! the .44 and .45LC will kill them but there are stories about it taking 5 or 6 shots to put one down. Know a guy who shot, point blank range a Russian Boar in the head 4 times with a 10MM and didn't kill it. I had a 400 pounder shot off my heals a few years back.....guys round that area still call me "piggy bait".

On the other hand Spec Ops have been experimenting with different rounds that can be fired on the M16 platform that are a better combat round than the 556. They have been having real good results with both the 6.5 and 6.8SPC. I've got a Ruger Mini14 in 6.8. I think I would be carrying that down the there. My M1A is just too heavy to be carrying all the time!

Rick

i was only charged once while quail hunting...#9 shot is not the best choice for hogs, it took me climbing a tree and emptying mag---last shot was made with my arm wrapped around tree....i now carry my judge pistol when in the pasture or my 25.06 since it is the mountain rifle...the hog numbers here are getting ridiculous...my neighbor has lost 5-6 goats and a good anotolian shepherd in the last few weeks..state trapper is sending the helicopter...stay safe out there, we are thinking about setting our traps again.

I have a ranch in SE okla next to the wildlife area. I have trapped 7 hogs in the last month. I gave them to a guy who raises them for food. They are sure rooting up my pasture. Roy

That's a big ole' pine rooter! They come around my place north of Jefferson, Texas here in Marion county. I'm right on Black Cypress Bayou and the dang things can up root the world in just one night. Problem is they only come around about twice a year and you can't figure which night!

Mmmm.... bacon. And lots of it.

When I first looked at the pic I thought the gun was a Remington 742.

Hogs are suppose to be taking over Michigan. Not too many from most of the hunters I talk to. A guy did take a 400 pounder 6 miles from my place, but thats the only one close.

Rick

Thats a heck of a hog there. That rotted tree trunk reminds me of something when I was stationed at Ft. Hood. I don't remember why, but took a seat on one, same color of red where the bark was stripped. Loaded with scorpions that same color of red all over it that I didn't see until I looked down. Woo Hoo Hoo!!! I was up off of that thing dancing a jig and doing flip flops and brushing off like crazy. Never sat on dead timber out there like that again.

Heck of a hog, and I'm darn proud of your daughter. Take care.

Mark

Glad everything worked out okay, but I don't think it's wise to be going out after a wild boar in flip flops....

I've fed cucumber to hogs by the bucket full, aint killed one yet.

Not up to date on some of the terminology, I guess- What does BAR stand for/mean?

I remember my dad talking about carrying a BAR in WWII- but that was a Browning Automatic Rifle.

(quoted from post at 11:35:49 06/24/11) Not up to date on some of the terminology, I guess- What does BAR stand for/mean?

I remember my dad talking about carrying a BAR in WWII- but that was a Browning Automatic Rifle.

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I'm sure your Dad was referring to the M1918 BAR. Not the same as the BAR we use and nothing alike, yet, still a BAR.

the BAR of WWII was a fully automatic light machine (not really light, but requires one man to operate). Modern BAR is a semi-automatic rifle that is real handy to have so you don't have operate bolt for follow up shots.