has anyone ever encountered one of these things? and also, how do i avoid getting killed by one?

>>2829498 (OP)
All the time. They just run away.

>>2829498 (OP)
Yeah I've seen them but they've always been elusive and scared. I've seen videos of boar attacking people and it is always a losing-battle. They can tear your shit up. I don't know much about them though. Maybe they're only mean in the rut or when you're perceived as an aggressor to their young. Like any other wild animal though, you can either bring a weapon or learn about the animal to avoid conflict, the latter being your safer option but the forming being more badass. One thing is for certain, though. Animals with hooves don't climb trees.

>>2829523
>rut
Pigs don’t have a rutting season, they have a heat cycle and breed throughout the year. Really interesting group dynamics. The sounder is led by the most charismatic, well liked pig. They’re usually old, but not the oldest, and usually big, but not the biggest. They’re just the most liked by everyone else.

And the sounders are all female. Males are run off when they mature. They come to different groups to mate but aren’t allowed to stay. It’s a strict girls rule/boys drool society.

Males are mostly solitary, but will link up with other males to hang out. It’s males they’re just friends with. Just hanging out with the bros, rooting around for truffles or whatever.

>I heard they attack people
lol
LMAO

I mean, sure, it happens. They have the ability. But they’re mega smart and see people as a threat. They take off before you even realize they’re around.

And it’s nuts to see them run because they’re heavy and not nimble like a deer. Deer hop and dip around through the underbrush with grace. Pigs just run straight through it like a wrecking ball.

Never met a boar because I'm not a Southern subhuman, but I've encountered moose 3 times. Basically just mind your own business and so will they. None of us are predators of each other, usually, so just relax and move on, and they'll do the same thing

>>2829534
>I'm not a Southern subhuman
Plenty of boar out west and up north too

4 people have died from boar attacks in the entire history of the US, and a whopping zero from javalina. I don't think they are worth worrying about. I have heard that javalina fucking hate dogs though, and will attack them on sight.

>>2829498 (OP)
There's a ton of them in my area despite a lot of hunting.
You won't encounter them unless you're actively trying to find them because they will be running away from you. They will be smelling and hearing you long before you can.
Attacks are very rare and pretty much all the attacks I've heard of happened during hunts because a wounded boar will try to fuck you up if it can in order to defend itself.
You'll be fine.

>>2829531
>I mean, sure, it happens. They have the ability. But they’re mega smart and see people as a threat. They take off before you even realize they’re around.
if it's just one or two of them they'll leave but if it's a whole group with multiple sows, males and multiple children yeah they'll attack.

>>2829534
Wild hogs are all throughout the united states. They move in a giant loose herd. There was a map a few years ago going around that showed how many there are and where. It was just a big black fucking mass

>>2829634
No they fucking won’t you god damn idiot
>groups with makes
lol
LMAO
I’ve seen sows run over piglets while fleeing from me in terror. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

>>2829637
ok

>>2829637
literally multiple videos on youtube of hog attacks
you're a faggot and you talk like one too
https://youtu.be/oTEOtxZBebo?feature=shared
it wouldnt surprise in the slightest if you were a larping faggot knowing this board

Central Sweden

Yes
>be me last fall
>dusk, wet snowfall
>been out foraging on an island with no bears/wolves
>following what increasingly seems like an animal trail
>suddenly, across the trail, there lies a freshly shat most boastful turd
>identical to turds of men in stench and shape
>No snow – The defecator must be moments away
What?
>I walk 5m/yds further, cresting a ridge
>10m/yds ahead, a huge black mass
>it’s rummaging
”Too big for a boar” I think
>instantly believe Sweden has blackbears
>the mass looks up
>it’s the lord of the boars
>later learn hunters say he’s >230kg / >500lbs
>he turns towards me
>he then sort of charges at me?
>I freeze
>at 5m/yds away he turns off the trail in semicircle at full speed to get back on the trail behind me where the turd is
>stepping in his own shit, he turns back on the trail and scampers off casually
Thus I learned 1. They have shit sight and hearing 2. They’re not shy 3. They’re not aggressive 4. They’re bigger than you think 5. They like their trails

>>2829640
that didnt happen
lol
LMAO
I've seen it myself the hog just runs away ive had multiple encounters

>>2829640
Also since then I’ve went back a few times in the summer at dusk.

They’re always there. Not him though, but a family group. They run off when they see you but come back quickly. There’s also a herd of large deer that like that area. The boars get REALLY hostile if the deer get too close to them.

>>2829639
>cornered animal attacks person
>retard who’s never even seen a hog is shocked by the video
Yes, this board is lacking in experience. It’s why peoples go-to evidence is YouTube videos rather than things they’ve actually seen and done.

>>2829643
those arent real hogs
lol
LMAO

>>2829644
you're a fucking retard dude.

>>2829641
It did. I think I got close because I was downwind from him. But it was weird that he’d rather run around me really close to me to get back to his trail rather than just run forwards. It was late dusk and snowing though so maybe he barely even saw me?

(Pic is not him this is a smaller female)

>>2829641
He got false charged. Pigs do that, though generally they just run off.

>>2829643
See: >>2829531
The big solitary one you saw is almost guaranteed to be a male. They usually travel solo.

I don’t know if they have feral hogs in your country, but they get bigger than wild boar. Most of the feral hogs in the US are a mixed breed of European wild boar and domesticated pigs. Domesticated pigs are way bigger than wild pigs, so the mixed breed ended up bigger as well. Plus everything is fatter in America.

>>2829646
Excellent contribution to the discussion, and a solid argument which proves your point as it relates to the subject at hand.

>>2829534
Based retard

>>2829652
>false charge
Maybe, but he seemed kind ’too peaceful’? No aggressive noise, not that fast charge. I guess they do varying degrees and this was more ’I could charge’ and less ’I am charging’.

And the size is some local hunters estimating from a trail cam. It’s near the swedish hunting record so I dunno if/how much they exaggerate for a better story.

Boars were extinct in sweden and only recently became common again so they’re a danish/german type. Afaik they’re way less mixed with feral pigs than in the US and they’re usually much smaller here. And they move way more smoothly than the ones in the US hunting videos. It surprised me how much more deer-like than pig-like these boars move.

You are given a long sturdy spear and put in a closed arena with a wild boar. Who comes out alive?

>>2829798
Me (and butt-pregnant at that)

>>2829498 (OP)
Yeah they're super common here (SW France) you can see them casually walking on the roadside at dusk, lots of them are mixed with pigs because of our retarded hunters who breed and feed them so they aren't afraid of humans
Closest I've seen was on a forest trail, there was a female with piglets just after a bend, she was staring at me so I walked back and went away

>>2829517
This. I tin across them on my land from time to time. Usually there's a while sounder, but every now and then I come across a loner. They always run. I've killed maybe half a dozen myself and my brother had killed a few a well. Unfortunately they breed like crazy, so it's damn near impossible to get rid of them. In terms of "not getting killed" just carry a gun or be good at climbing up a tree.

>>2829498 (OP)
Yes, several times. Down to at least 3m (closest I've ever stumbled across one), they run. Well, the european ones, at least - some of the tiny asian ones in Japan just started oinking aggressively at first, and only ran when I took another step.

>>2829798
Make it a short spear, and I'd say me.
Hunting boars with short spears or swords isn't that hard, provided you can stop them from running away (usually with dogs, or other hunters - boars aren't interested in fighting). The classic "sidestep - stab through the lung at 45° and down - nail to the ground with the spear - wait the 30s or so until it's unconscious - open throat and bleed" works reliably.

>>2829640
>sweden
What you saw was a real wild boar, not the feral pigs that yanks see

>>2829652
>they get bigger than wild boar
That depends. Feral pigs shrink after a couple generations if they descend from enormous domestic pigs because that size becomes a disadvantage. They’re only bigger if they’re first or second generation

>>2829498 (OP)
hehe
pige

>>2829531
I wonder who could be behind this post.

Kill first

>>2829634
Neither groups with babies nor single adults ever attacked me. They don't always run away either mostly they just ignore me.
However I know someone that was almost killed by a suprise attack by single pig out of nowhere.

>>2829498 (OP)
make noise while approaching, don't scare them, don't run at their children and they will run away from you

>>2829652
>I don’t know if they have feral hogs in your country, but they get bigger than wild boar. Most of the feral hogs in the US are a mixed breed of European wild boar and domesticated pigs. Domesticated pigs are way bigger than wild pigs, so the mixed breed ended up bigger as well. Plus everything is fatter in America.
IS it true the feral hogs are too full of parasites to eat?

>>2829546
Javelinas will apparently attack horses,too. I was reading Teddy Roosevelt's book about his exploration of the Amazon, and one of the horses in his group had to be put down after a javelina slashed it's leg open. Their horses couldn't handle the thick vegetation very well, and the riders were in constant fear of the wild pigs.

>>2830072
that's a baby
>>2829652
most feral hogs are not a mix between european boar. they're just straight up feral farm hogs.the ones that are mixed with boar are heavily diluted anyways, maybe like 20% boar at most. this also depends on where you live obviously. most are nowhere near as aggressive as european boars, which will attack anything that comes near unless they are used to people from a young age. americans just love to LARP like with anything else.
> MUH wild boar charged me! had to shoot his ass!
this happens but it's rare. they usually run. most areas with hogs aren't even real "invasive habitats" anyways, it's motherfuckers with fish in a barrel hunting land they rent out, adn they intentionally let the invasive pigs breed for more money. lmao. they do the same shit with deer. this is why I hunt, but I don't have any friends that hunt. most of them are fucking fudds who ust like killing shit instead of actually eating meat.

>>2829498 (OP)
Had a neighbour who kept them in his yard as sort of cattle, they're very aggressive creatures. Out in the wild I've seen them on holiday In France but they were skittish then. Over here where I live now I've never seen them, but we have a lot of bears and I think bears >boars

>>2829498 (OP)
They run away 99.99% percent of the time. In the case of an attack, just climb a tree, 2m from the ground is more than enough.