Wild Pigs Kill More People Than Sharks

[pilar]

I've got a pretty good scar on my calf just above my boots that a boar gave me and I've been bit by a couple of sows also. All were the product of dispatching said pigs after my hog dogs had caught them. Point being, a pig can and will hurt you if you get carless around them or if they're fighting to get away.

I have had some friends get bitten while doing hog control, but they are doing live catch to sell them

 

[steve white]

"Hunters of Man" by Capt. John Brandt contains multiple stories of asian hogs killing humans, often in unprovoked circumstances such as attacking women on public roads, etc. One involved knocking over an ox cart and killing the driver. One woman was virtually cut in half at the small of her back. Evidently there are hogs--and then there are hogs! Some subspecies are just more lethal. But even a domestic hog can get the better of you in a pen.

 

[cajunchefray]

I have had some friends get bitten while doing hog control, but they are doing live catch to sell them

A guy in the hunting club carries a 1911 .45ACP, because he is concerned about hogs. I carry as well, for the 2-legged varmints.

I worked with a guy years ago, that walked with a noticeable limp, from being gored by a boar with big tusks. Hunting pigs in the swamp, in thick cover.
His lower calf was halfway gone, due to blood loss and the muscle dying.