Hogs dangerous? Read on...!

Ouch... That must have hurt! If a pig was charging, what would be better? Slugs or 000 buck? At that point, its not about the meat... Its about YOUR HIDE!!! :eek::D
 
I don't know that it clears up the discussion on whehter hogs attack or flee as they do both (I have only seen the latter), but it fully verifies the potential risk involved.

Here is a statement I made on THR in a discussion on the myth of hogs being dangerous.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=100001&highlight=hogs
I would guess that most of you who are claiming that it is a myth that hogs are dangerous game have never been downed by a hog.
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Thanks for the post hogdogs. You seem fairly fortunate for a guy where a hog has gotten you down on the ground.
 
A sow with young will attack unprovoked. I saw a buddy of mine once hit a hog with a 30-30. It charged him and he had nowhere to go. He just stood there cranking rounds out of that 30-30. He hit it six times. The last one went through the brain and it fell dead at his feet. It happened real fast. I had a 30-06 but my buddy was in my line of fire. By the time I moved enough to do any good it was all over.
 
I was charged by a small boar in the Nantahala Ntl Fst in '83 after answering nature's call in a thicket and kicking leaves over the evidence. it came down a hill out of thicket just hauling bacon on a very cold morning about 9a.m. I suspect at the sound. I had a Ruger 10/22 (my buddy I stayed with just told me 'bring a gun' he should have said 'bring a BIG gun') and had to grab it from where I layed it down while doing my duty and empty 10 of 11 shots (MiniMag) into it to down it. weighed just little over 100 pounds field dressed.
wised me up considerably. we roasted it over coals on a split oil drum cooker fine eating - it had been feasting on the considerable mast that year.
 
Double naught... That weren't me... It is a cajun feller. I took the liberty to share it here. He is lucky. I have not been downed but had a few nicks on hands getting just grazed by a tusk when loading them on the top of the dog box and 2-3 times got a thumb or finger to close to the mouth and got bit. They don't nip...:o They clamp down like a bulldog...:eek:
I have been looking for pics of a story from a guy who shot one with a decent size rifle. The hog had run into the brush and the crawled in the thicket and thought the hog was dead but it raised it's head and ran him over cutting one thigh from knee to groin gored his belly for gobs more stitches as well as his hand. The guy was a hog dogger so it ain't like he was clueless... they are just faster than folks realize. The pics seem to be lost in cyberspace due to changes in forum provider.
This thread was not debate if or not they charge. It was intended to back up why I suggest a POWERFUL caliber/gauge and DRT shot placement.
Brent
 
I think to best stop a charging hog a .45acp, .44mag, .45lc in a handgun for the considerably faster draw. If I had a shotgun on my back just for this duty it would be 00 or 000. Either one at close range is likely going to slow him down or turn him if not put him down. I would not hesitate emptying slugs either but once closer than 30-40 feet it might be hard to hit him:o
Brent
 
OK, time for my "funny" hog story:

I was stationed at Ft. Polk, LA in the mid-80's, back when 5th Inf Div (M) was still there. We spent an insane amount of time in the field.

One night the Plt Sgt was bringing around hot chow after 3 days of nothing but MREs. He was driving around the training area delivering this based on the grid coords we had radio'd in, and he want us to meet him on the closest dirt road.

Since I was the section leader, I had to go out and meet him. This was around midnight. We did not have NVGs, and were supposed to maintain light discipline, so no flashlights. It was DARK, must have been clouded over. I get out to the dirt track that I thought he was coming on. Along the "road", it was just light enough to see that I could make out a huge mud hole in the middle of the road.

So I am standing there, minding my own business. No commo gear at all, since we worked out of our vehicles.

All of a sudden, I hear "snuffle, snuffle, GRUNT GRUNT". I about freaked out. So I yell at them (there was more than one, at least by sound) and there is some squealing and they run off.

Apparently, the wind was wrong for the hogs, so they weren't sure what I was. They freaking circled around behind me, quiet as you please. All of a sudden, less than 10 yds behind me SNORT, SNORT.:eek:

I whirled around and lit up a 30 round magazine of BLANKS on auto. That ran them off, but also caused my guys to start maneuvering toward me, trying to flank the "enemy".

About the time my guys linked up with me, the chow showed up. We had a great laugh at my expense.:o

I decided that pig hunting in the dark with blanks was not a good idea after that...
 
Unless you are a lease owner you don't want them feral hogs on your place.
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Awful nice of you to make that decision for everyone else. In my state, hunting on private property without landowners permission is poaching. I understand your situation but you seem to have a total disrespect for other peoples property. If they don't want you or your dogs on their property that's their right!

I can't believe that because you get off on chasing hogs with your dogs you somehow have put yourself above other folks rights of private property.

Maybe you should get yourself a gun or a bow, or maybe some respect for other peoples property.
 
I've run people off my property at gunpoint before. They're not coming on my place without permission.
 
If it can get to me after 4 shots of .30-06 then 8 .40's, then it's not any pig that lives and walks in the natural world I know.
 
Holy Crap.. it goes on? Florida has certain laws in place. If you don't want my dogs on yer place you can chase them off or call the number on the collar or wait until I get there. To be retrieving my dogs will only get me a ticket. If I have a land owner's permission for a parcel in the area the leo will see I started out on another piece of land especially if my truck is there.

I should have been more clear saying only a hunting lease owner might want (most do not) feral hogs due to the damage and disease risk... I should have said any LOGICAL landowner... Pay for 10-20 thousand dollars worth of landscape after a herd hits your place a time or 2. Or livestock catches a disease...
No I do not like my dogs to end up on off limits land. I do enjoy runnin' hogs but I am also a service provider. Permitted to do so. I am not a wanton poacher... trust me i would get alot more hogs that way.
Brent
 
This post has taken an interesting turn. I don't have any experience with hogs, but I do have experience with dogs and landowners. Growing up, I used to run racoons. I lived on a small farm that had coons everywhere, but I never even thought about putting my dogs down in the back 40, because they obviously wouldn't have stayed there. Being a responsible hunter means you respect private land, and you don't walk on, drive through, or let your dogs go on land that you don't have permission to be on. It's open and shut, I don't understand how you can even try to rationalize it. Like you said, Dogs can't read 'No Trespassing Signs", so its the handlers responsability to not run their dogs where they are going to end up on posted land.
 
Yeah it sure has... I have only had to go retrieve my dogs a few times and do go as far as possible to avoid it. First I use short range currs that have to be put on tracks/sign 30 minutes or so old. I use silent dogs that only bark when bayed so as to not let the hog get too far ahead. My currs are small stature and fast runners. I have no use for a hound as it is a sure thing they will get off the land I am on. I hunt on 300 to 3,000 and larger parcels and it is rare my dogs get across a fence but if my dogs are closing at all they ain't gonna quit a hog. I worry alot more about a dog getting car hit than a neighbor farmer having a problem with me on their place. Never had a problem with a confrontation thus far.
Brent
 
No joke, hogs will rush you. I shot one in an open field with a 30-30 and he came after me. He wasn't cornered, he was pissed. He took 4 30-30 rounds in the head and shoulder, I only brought 4. I pulled my .38 as he got closer, gave him another 4 in the face (one of which hit him in the eye) before I had to tackle him. I dug that muzzle into his spine and fired TWICE! I jumped off of him, cause I "knew" that killed him. He moved a little as I did, which I figured was nerves. WRONG, he stood up and started towards me AGAIN. I had a bowie knifed with about a 10 inch blade on it. I tackled him again, and I carved that mother good. I didn't stop till he was a PEZ-dispenser. Just so everybody knows, a hog doesn't have to be cornered to come after you.
 
If ya'll wanna stay off the topic of a hog huntin' injury, and will a hog run you down, start your own dog trespassing thread! Leave mine alone!
Brent
 
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I took the photo on my only pig hunt I went on and no it wasn't a paid hunt it was on WMA where you aren't allowed to take live game home. I might be wrong here; but in Louisiana I believe when hunting with dogs you are not allowed to use any other firearms than pistols and then only one centerfire per party. One of the dogs swam off the island we were on and got hit. So yes dogs travel distances and pigs will F U up if needed
 
Hogdogs, no disrespect meant, I've read a lot of your posts and you know your stuff. Great story to start this off also!

Spctim11, cool pic! That really looks like a good time. Was this with an outfitter?

But whitedemon89, was that a joke? you got 4 shots off at a charging hog, had time to change guns and fire 4 more rounds, and a mortal creature takes all of this lead to the head and spine and keeps kicking? Hmmm...
 
I know one of thems Dad and he knew I wanted to try it out so he put me in contact with his boy and I went out with him. I dropped a 200lb with 6 shots from my .40
 
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