Don't fret none Myrtle, ain't no pig ever charged me

[Live2hunt]

I watched the video over a dozen times and I noticed that the terrain is very steep. On the trail the ground levelled out a bit. The spot where the guy rolled down was a steep drop. When the guy with the pistol open fired, the other guy already slid down away from the firing line.

If those guys spotted the boar from a distance and moved in for a shot, why the hell did they bunched up in three together? Probably it was a fully guided hunt of two hunters/one guide where the guide wanted everybody together. Not the way I like to hunt. They should have split up. And why the hell did the guy that rolled moved back inbetween the other two guys and inbetween the boar and the guy in white clothes? He should have moved up above the trail just like the other two guys. When the hog stopped behind the brush, there must be a hole that the guy in white could have shot through if the rolled guy was not in the fire line.

 

[shoungl]

Don't know why the guy in front jumped off the trail. Perhaps he felt the hog was coming at him too fast and he had to get out of the way. Chances are he wasn't real confident w/ his rifle.
I noticed when the pistolero started shooting the guy in front was actually out of the line of fire. From the camera angle of course you really can't tell. But as the pig tumbled downhill it looks like the rifleman rolled towards the line of fire. That's where it got real tense.
I think the pistolero should have stopped shooting by then. But again, maybe the rifleman was really not in the way. Camera angles can be deceptive.
Anyway, that pistolero was mighty fast on the draw !
On a steep hillside like that if the guys spread out they still would have to watch out for another guy being in the line of fire.
I don't want to be an armchair quarterback, but I think there were too many guys bunched up on the trail. Luckily no one was hurt.
That pig was pretty big, though. Would have liked to know where this took place.

boarhuntr

 

[AmericanPitBullTerrier]

I posted this topic on another forum about hog hunting...... some one else showed me that hogs aren't the only thing that'll charge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRJ8UlpPDYI...rch=lion%20hunt

 

[Surfswest]

It seems to me that the lead rifleman is probably one of those wannabe hunter CEO's that thinks a hunt will make him more of a man. he has no clue what he is doing out there, doesn't know how to handle a rifle, and is unprepared to handle said rifle. Pistol man is in my opinion looks like a guide that can handle a gun and saves the other guys' ass!!!!

So what should the tip be for that guide??

 

[shoungl]

After watching the video a couple of times I still don't understand why the lead rifleman wasn't able to bag the hog. He had plenty of time, and the pig didn't look like it was a bullet train.
Like others here I suspect the rifleman wasn't very familiar with his weapon. Hell, the hog was close enough he could have just swung his rifle and clubbed it ! Maybe he was a novice hunter.

Boarhuntr

 

[Surfswest]

oh yeah, sounds like 5 shots, 4 pistol and 1 rifle. Cannot tell who shot the rifle.

Frosty