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

Posted by 641Dave on June 23, 2011 at 07:12:45 from (64.221.9.90):

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.



This post was edited by 641Dave at 07:27:41 06/23/11.

Replies:

• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. elmersooner 08:02:39 06/24/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. 641Dave 07:47:37 06/24/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. Mike (WA) 03:35:49 06/24/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. John S-B 19:36:43 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. Mark - IN. 19:29:10 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. Rick kr 18:48:53 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. Louis Torrans 18:42:57 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. lemmond1 18:31:35 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. elmersooner 14:44:43 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. 641Dave 12:55:47 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. Oliverguy 12:31:11 06/23/11 (1)
  • Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. oldtanker 13:17:57 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. 60 Acre Hillside 11:47:24 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. 641Dave 11:01:34 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. Billy NY 10:54:15 06/23/11 (2)
  • Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. Alinark 12:01:42 06/23/11 (1)
    • Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. okierob 20:46:10 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. sourgum 10:23:11 06/23/11 (0)
• Re: OT — Wild boar... It was either him or us. oldtanker 07:18:58 06/23/11 (0)

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