I think there was some kind of glitch in evolution and slavs were meant to live in Australia because they seem to be really good at making friends with dangerous animals
Lots of them are hunted in Texas but my family gets pissed when people shoot them in their fields and pastures leaving them to rot because they have to remove them. They draw other prey animals to the area especially during calfing season. And sometimes those fuds hit the livestock.
I remember when we were camping, one night father crammed us all into the car because we saw piglets. It was in Crimea - no serious predators, except for boats :)
My best friend’s dad took a tusk to the calf while hunting. This was before cell phones. The man had to wrap his leg as best as possible and crawl on his side through a small swampy area, then up an embankment, and it was probably 150 yards on a trail to the cabin from there. He was a good hour + drive from the hospital. He killed the boar, though.
I was chased once by boars while mountain biking. I was going downhill fast and they were right behind me for a solid 30s. Buttcheeks were clenched that time.
The reason boar spears often had/have lugs behind the spearhead? Because a wild boar, when it gets impaled on one of those suckers, will *keep going* down the haft to try and murder the hunter before it dies. A boar spearhead from the late 14th/early 15th century:
You ever touch a boar? That ain't exactly fur. It's bristles. Way less fluffy. Thing is it makes it so they can't really scratch themselves. Hence they LOVE scritches.
Also good to remember that this isn't exclusive to wild hogs. Normal pigs can and will fuck a person up good, they're just a little less ready to throw down at a moment's notice.
Reminder of a story about a farmer who, at least from the pigs perspective, was underfunding them So one pig went behind the farmer, the other pushed him over and they ate the farmer instead
A friend of mine had a couple of domestic pigs. In a pen. One day after feeding them he slipped in the mud in the way out of the pen. One of those pigs decided to eat him. It took a chunk the size of a grapefruit out of his upper thigh before he managed to kick it off and hurl himself over the fence. It took him months to recover. First day back on his feet he walked out there and blew that fucking thing away.
zeacorzeppelin10
Going hog wild
LaffertyDanie1
I think there was some kind of glitch in evolution and slavs were meant to live in Australia because they seem to be really good at making friends with dangerous animals
WellThatsJustWhatWeCallPillowTalkBaby
TheUtahn
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secularink
Dellaaa
Lots of them are hunted in Texas but my family gets pissed when people shoot them in their fields and pastures leaving them to rot because they have to remove them. They draw other prey animals to the area especially during calfing season. And sometimes those fuds hit the livestock.
daliamonra
I'd rather be chased by wolves than an angry boar.
QuartzPoker
I would honestly rather take my chances with the boars I have seen than a pack of wolves. The boars I have seen are tiny
pt2016
When you hear them bark or growl it’s pretty terrifying, like a V8 engine revving.
mormacil
TheDiscoVampire
A survival hunter and his pet boar.
pleaseuseotherdoor
A soldier and his MRE.
TeelMoobeel
It's good to see Ukrainian fighters finding something fun in all that snow and misery.
ImAGrower
Imagine praying to whatever god or such you do. Or just hoping for a companion during a war and a wild boar befriends you... would feel surreal.
Sabattwo
I don't see "I like your dog" as the #1 comment. There's something wrong here.
choppedliveraldente
I farted.
ThatOtherMacAvoyWoman
Pumba, there are children watching.
SeledkaRunner
I remember when we were camping, one night father crammed us all into the car because we saw piglets. It was in Crimea - no serious predators, except for boats :)
CeterumCenseo
Can I pet that dawg?
Ktet709
Bacon.
TMCybersnark
As long as you stand upwind.
bobbersonbob
pretty sure that why he gives him his scratches with a branch.
TheRicM
I hear they have a very boaracious appetite as well
bobbersonbob
they're emotional eaters and they only do that when they're wildly board.
PocketCleric
Booooooooooo
TheRicM
oooooooaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr
ThomasTheWankEnglne
i scratch my hog with rag on a stick..heeel heeel heel
dabbycats
Ok Bart
ardtay
ThomasTheWankEnglne
Барт Simpsonski
swedeonamoose
Always good to remember tho that those fuckers can split your leg open like nothing with their tusks, and they aint usually the friendliest animals.
slamEVIL
Yeah but these guys have guns
GabbyJayYay
cmdshift3
My best friend’s dad took a tusk to the calf while hunting. This was before cell phones. The man had to wrap his leg as best as possible and crawl on his side through a small swampy area, then up an embankment, and it was probably 150 yards on a trail to the cabin from there. He was a good hour + drive from the hospital. He killed the boar, though.
Etherealvalentine
Wow. Thanks for sharing that. Glad he made it.
dabbycats
I’m guessing this one was raised by humans for awhile so he gotten spoiled with belly rubs
TheRealSauceBoss
My old man hunts and told me how he climbed many a tree when he saw a few piglets approaching him.
jesuisgur
I was chased once by boars while mountain biking. I was going downhill fast and they were right behind me for a solid 30s. Buttcheeks were clenched that time.
swedeonamoose
I wear kevlar pants when hunting in areas with boars, i aint taking any chances
dabbycats
Because the mama pig would be close by, smart move
circlebreaker
MrOne2
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Meltemi
The reason boar spears often had/have lugs behind the spearhead? Because a wild boar, when it gets impaled on one of those suckers, will *keep going* down the haft to try and murder the hunter before it dies. A boar spearhead from the late 14th/early 15th century:
pareidoliaperson
well fucken ´ell.
zookeeBandit
Look up knives with “wild boar” or “wild pig hunter” in the name and you also get the idea
ActualTttony
They say anyone who hunts hogs with dogs doesn't like dogs.
cronkey
Hence the stick?
NeoNeanderthal
You ever touch a boar? That ain't exactly fur. It's bristles. Way less fluffy. Thing is it makes it so they can't really scratch themselves. Hence they LOVE scritches.
Aslatra
Also good to remember that this isn't exclusive to wild hogs. Normal pigs can and will fuck a person up good, they're just a little less ready to throw down at a moment's notice.
swofromtherock
Friendly reminder that the main difference between a wild hog and a normal pig is the fence and feeding.
BuiltonSin
Reminder of a story about a farmer who, at least from the pigs perspective, was underfunding them So one pig went behind the farmer, the other pushed him over and they ate the farmer instead
CongratsYouAreHereNow
They will go fru bone like bu’ah
ardtay
Wonkable
Hence the saying, as greedy as a pig
LookAMonkeyInAHat
An agent of righteous vengeance
LookAMonkeyInAHat
A friend of mine had a couple of domestic pigs. In a pen. One day after feeding them he slipped in the mud in the way out of the pen. One of those pigs decided to eat him. It took a chunk the size of a grapefruit out of his upper thigh before he managed to kick it off and hurl himself over the fence. It took him months to recover. First day back on his feet he walked out there and blew that fucking thing away.
dorpjorp
Ngl, I kinda feel bad for the pig. Pig was just doing pig things. Anyway, hope your buddy is doing well.
LookAMonkeyInAHat
Yeah I understand your response. I think we were all just shocked at the reveal.
BarryTheCyborg
... Why do you think they had the pigs in the first place? The pig just moved himself to the top of the menu
Silversalvation
if pig ate man... then man ate pig... does that mean man ate himself?