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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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 Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:10 am Post subject: Korean wild pigs killing people |
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I go hiking and see where they've wallowed in a mud pond they dig with their cleats, hoofs, whatever. I've seen their burrows where they sleep at night, and left an Awake magazine at the entrance. I only saw one once, and that was only the grass moving as it bowled away. Yeah, just like a bowling ball thru tall grass. Big animal.
I don't tent/go camping much because there's no internet connection out there, or fridge to raid. But, if I did, what's all this talk about Korean wild pigs killing people? Yeah, that's right. The Korean co-teacher said it's true, they do that. I said I don't believe you. She said no more.
I know they're nocturnal. They're quite interesting, actually. But I don't know if I want one attacking my tent and boaring me to death. Yeah, camping can be boaring. Maybe that's why the 'Korean wild pigs kill people' story is so catchy. That and Koreans don't camp and, if they do, it's with the entire extended family. The Alpha Ajumma would clout it dead like a mousquito. Then they'd all dance around taking a stab at it with chopsticks.
Serious answers only, please. |
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gypsyfish
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 4:59 am Post subject: |
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| Probably seeking revenge for the brother pig that was drawn and quartered at the army base protest. |
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Nicco61
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: North Carolina, USA
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:32 am Post subject: |
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I don't think that there has been a confirmed case of a human being killed by a feral hog but they can mess you up.
Feral hogs have an excellent sense of smell, are lightning fast and have sharp tusks. The tusks mesh together thus being perpetually sharpened. During mating season male hogs fight for females and develop an "armor" sheild on their chest that has been known to deflect bullets!
I have hunted hogs and have seen the damage they can do to a dog. Many hunters carry a stich kit with them to patch up their dogs as well as using leather vests for their dogs.
The easiest way to avoid a hog attack is to climb a tree...you only need to get 3-4 feet off the ground.
Oh yea...feral hogs taste great!! unless you get an old one.
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Woland
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:09 am Post subject: |
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| Someone had a thread last year about a wild hog running through a bar in a suburb of Seoul, so don't think staying out of the woods will keep you safe. That thread had a bunch of good 'hog runs into a bar' jokes. |
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| Nicco66, let's say you don't have a gun/bow, how would you kill a wild pig attacking you? With a machete, a spear, a weiner roasting stick? |
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kimchikowboy
Joined: 24 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:59 am Post subject: |
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A look back at the newspapers from the past reveal just how extensive wolf attacks upon humans were. According to the Japanese Police Bureau in Korea, in 1928 28 Koreans were killed and 53 three were seriously wounded by wild animals, with most of the attacks done by the top-five predators.
Predator................Human Victims.................Cattle Lost
Tiger...........................1.......................................103
Leopards....................3.......................................272
Bears.........................0.........................................26
Wolves.....................48.....................................3,396
Boars..........................4........................................33 |
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?article_class=2&no=362934&rel_no=1 |
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Nicco61
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: North Carolina, USA
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 11:25 am Post subject: |
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| captain kirk wrote: |
| Nicco66, let's say you don't have a gun/bow, how would you kill a wild pig attacking you? With a machete, a spear, a weiner roasting stick? |
Since you asked there are hunts using knife, spear, sword etc. However just the the *beep* out of its way.
http://www.a-wild-boar-hog-hunting-florida-guide-service.com/
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Hunting
Sport with Dogs.�"How the Wild Boar is hunted by means of Dogs." Facsimile of a miniature in the manuscript of the Livre du Roy Modus (14th century).
Roman relief, c. 3rd century of hunting wild boar.A full sized boar is a large strong animal armed with sharp tusks which defends itself strongly; so hunting has often been a test of bravery.
Historically, boar hunting was done by groups of spearmen using a specialised boar spear. The boar spear was fitted with a cross guard to stop the enraged animal driving its pierced body further down the shaft in order to attack its killer before dying. Specialised boar swords were also used in boar hunting, and also large hunting dogs, which would usually be equipped with heavy leather armour. See also medieval hunting.
In Persia aristocratic hunters used elephants to chase the boars and encircle them in marshland. The hunter would then use a bow to shoot the boars from a boat. Elephants carried the bodies to the hunting camp. The rock reliefs of these scenes have remained largely intact in Taq-e Bostan.
In India, hunting from horseback ("pig-sticking")[4] was popular among the maharajas, and with British officers during Victorian and Edwardian times. Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouting movement wrote a book[5] on the subject.
Currently wild boars are hunted both for their meat and to mitigate the damage they cause to crops and forests. It has been said that one "only gets one shot" at a charging boar, because its hide is quite thick, its bones are quite dense, and anything less than a "kill shot" will allow the boar to continue its charge, which it will: hunters have reported being butted up into trees by boars that have already taken a glancing shot.
Generally dogs are used, sometimes now wearing Kevlar vests, to track and subdue their quarry, which is then despatched using a knife, rifle or bow. In several countries such hunting is a popular recreation, known as "pig hunting" in Australia and New Zealand[6][7], and "hog hunting" in the South of the United States[8], where the Blackmouth Cur is one breed of dog used. |
This isn't Babe...Maybe your should try to pet one!
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captain kirk
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Nicco66, that's what I was thinking, some kind of spear but the article also says a spear with a guard. To stop the boar from running into the length of the spear and attack, skewered like that, before dying. I actually don't think about being attacked by boars, but they are around, so why not think about it? Like, 'what would you do if...'.
They have strange tusks, the ones on the bottom bent backwards. The tusks on top bent outwards. How do they work? The bottom ones don't look like they can stab, being bent backwards. |
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Nicco61
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: North Carolina, USA
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Return Jones
Joined: 06 Feb 2004
Location: I will see you in far-off places
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