Hog hunting Doesn't have to be dangerous.

Safe hog hunting is a matter of not provoking a hog that knows where you are.

A hog will charge if danger gets too close or if it is wounded or cornered. A hog with a way out, usually takes it. Even if a charge is used against an imminent threat, the hog will still look for an escape. It's the old "Terrify & Run" Technique. It works! But if it feels the threat is to be delt with, hogs can do some real damage to a person. They are capable of killing Tough hunting dogs, even Mountain Lions. Wild Hogs must be respected! Hogs don't corner well or climb. Trees are our best friend when it comes to getting away from hogs. Either by climbing or if you are running, hook your arm around a tree and swing around to the other side. The "Swing Techinque" enables the person to out-corner the hog abd gets the person out of the path of the charging hog. The hog will rather keep running for safety, ending the charge. Rarley does a hog stick around if it has an option to get away.

Here are some tips for safe hog hunting.

1. Hunting from a tree stand is a safe method for harvesting a hog.

2. Keep a safe distance. Approaching hogs can make them feel threatened and they may charge.

3. Stay near somthing to climb. Humans are pretty good at pulling their legs up, out of the way, when danger's afoot. We don't run fast ... but pigs can't climb.

4. Always hunt with a buddy to back you up if needed.

5. Cell phones and walkie talkies are great to call for help.

6. Wear a big knife as a last measure of safety.

7. Where a pistol. .357 caliber is a minnimum and not a .357 sig. That is a .40 cal necked down to .357 with not enough power against a big hog. . Get a real gun. A .357 Magnum. It is bare minimum against big hogs. If you are capable of accurately shooting and carrying a larger pistol you should..

This video show some wild hogs making light work of a Leopard!

Now if a Leopard has trouble with charging boars, people should try not to provoke a wild hog.

 

Incase of attack

If a hogs attacks it is fast and furious! This is a great time for bad judgments like, pulling out your gun or bow and firing toward the person who is dealing with the hog. This is probably more dangerous than the hog attack.

Shooting at a hog while an attack is in progress may prove fatal to your hunting partner. Hogs move quick and shooting towards a person is never safe. Know that if you have to save a buddy who is being attacked, you can, providing the hog is small enough for you to do this, grab the hind legs of a hog and lift them off of the ground like a wheelbarrow. Don't let go. Use a tight grip with your hands, but allow your arms to go with the hogs kicking. It won't be but a few seconds and the hog will tire from doing a "handstand" for too long. This renders the hog unable to move as it wishes.

Hogs cannot bite their own back-ends. So the safest place to be if there must be contact is the back end, where there are no teeth. It sounds crazy, but it is better than letting a hog bite someone. There are professional hog catchers who use one dog and the hind leg technique to catch small hogs alive. Sometime the hog has friends who come to the fight and the hog catching man finds himself in more hog trouble than he bargained for.

Practice Safety and drastic measures will not be needed.

Push your luck and hog push back with little provocation.

 

The hog decided I was too close and came running! I jumped off the embankment into a Blackberry bush hoping the hog would keep to the trail and leave, instead the hog turned into where I was tangled in the thorny berry branches and started to charge me. I began kicking at the hog while on my back. With both feet I kicked and pushed the hog away only to have one foot get bit and one leg get cut. The hog work its way around to my right side where I could not kick. The berry bush prevented me from turning fast enough to avoid a charge toward my head. As the hog closed the gap I was sure I would have to sacrifice my arm to avoid a bite to the head and neck. In that instance, a white arrow came ripping a few inches over my chest and into the forehead of the hog! The hog dropped on top of my chest and everything came to a halt. I wasn't sure at first what had happened. It took me a minute to realize that Chase my hunting partner came through with an amazing shot to put an end to what could have been much worse! I thought about all the days I spent helping Chase learn to tune and shoot his bow and how it paid off in a way that was beyond my expectations! I will always be thankful for Chase's quick thinking and great shooting.