Convoy c8 and javelina.

I was walking my dogs early this morning and ran into a family of javelina (mom, dad and baby). They started running towards as gully and all seemed well so I steered my dogs towards the left of the area. I thought we were home free when I heard a stomping sound behind me. It was the male charging me; to help me move along faster. I stopped and stood my ground; which actually did not work. I then turned on c8 and blinded the pig and made a lot of noise. At that point he turned back and went into the bushes.

Moral of the story; don't let anyone make fun of us for collecting flashlights.

Well thats quite dangerous actualy- i was like a month off work due to a female pig protecting her offspring( it was like 10-11 years ago), we were chasing a jackal party and the pig was hiding in the bushes, we didnt expect for it to be there so the atack came out of the blue : my biggest mistake then was that i left my glock in home that day
Since then i alwasy carry it when i go hunting or field /woods walking/camping.

Wow
Googled the animal, we don’t have them but the swine can be very dangerous, glad you’re OK!

Well those aint that dangerous Miller, they are like small hogs, yet they smell like hell : they have a mucus gland on their back
We do have those in here/Eu too, they imported them for hunting like a decade ago yet they can be found only in private hunting grounds only, EU regulations and protecting the nature you know…

A 150kgs angry female pig is quite a lovely creatire indeed

Lovely when it's butchered and in my freezer!

I don't I don't know what they would taste like some people make sausage

Sausage is great! Bacon ain’t bad either…… :wink:
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Meat from a source like what's represented, not having eaten it, makes me wonder what it "would" taste like. A wild taste, yes, but hard for me to imagine. I'm a fairly avid hunter.

They are range fed, but they eat literally everything. Not like corralled, farm fed at all.

All that I have had has been quite tasty. Sausage, bacon, & hams that were smoked…. it has all been very good.
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Edit: To be clear, I am referring to wild hogs/boars…. not Javelina.

glad I am not the only one who had to google “javelina”; those look quite nasty. Guess I am too acclimated to city life, the worst creatures I get to see are mosquitoes.

I was referring to wild hogs. If I do ever get the opportunity, I would like to try it.

What state are you in? If they are not there yet…… Their on the way…… :frowning:

I live in WA. I have heard of some hogs invading in the S.E., but not many. They have to be plants is my thought.

Well you are way behind the curve up there in the PNW…. but check this out….

And by S.E., if you are talking about the Southeast USA…. it is far, far beyond “plants” in many areas of many states. Texas is eat up with them…. a major problem. Here is a link that tells a bit more.

Here is more reading about Texas & porkers of the wild variety…

Your C8 is bright enough to blind a hog? :slight_smile:

Yep…. if you back up that bright beam with some well placed hot lead. :wink:

I am indeed out of the news curve. Until they become more newsworthy as a nuisance, I wouldn't waste the time to go where they are here in WA...yet. I should have been more clear. I do that sometimes and just start rattling thinking people just know. Sorry, I meant S.E. Washington. Some nights, on the weekends, I search Youtube for good hog hunt vids. I can sit and watch them for hours if there's enough excitement. The videos coming out from Texas, that part of the country IS infested bad. Some day I'd like to take a trip there and join in with a hunting party. That would be a kick! I like watching Coyote hunts too that are in other regions. Nothing like that where I am.

No, I meant you were behind the hog invasion curve in the PNW…… not the news curve. :slight_smile:

Yeah, I like watching those videos too. Lots of action.

Ok, SE WA… that does seem to be about the only part of your state they have been reported.

I know what you were meaning. You just experienced my lack of info fulfillment as I mentioned earlier. Not intentional, but I sometimes am the reverse to a speed-reader.

I was just summing the invasion up to, when it becomes more pronounced in the news, I might consider making a trip to go help provide the necessary injections ;) :D

:+1: …. I hear ya’ ARsee. :slight_smile: … “Injection Administration” is the fun part…… :wink:
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