Thread: Large boar encounter - How dangerous is this really?

There have been two times I have been seriously concerned about being nailed by a pig. One was putting rings in weaner pigs noses, their mother was climbing the woolshed walls to try and get to us.
The second was a boar the dogs had finally bailed after a long bail-break-bail-break run. When I finally caught up he was chasing one of the dogs in circles. I was about 20m away when he saw me, stopped and stared at me for a couple of seconds, then charged. I had a 30-30 but all the ammo was in my pocket.Thankfully he got distracted by a dog running in front of him, chased her for a while then gapped it. The dogs stopped him again, I caught up, he saw me, stopped and stared at me for a couple of seconds, then BOOM! Then another point blank BOOM to make sure! I tore about 3 cigarette papers before I managed to get a smoke rolled.