Thread: Be careful....

"Associated Press in Berlin Monday 4 December 2017 19.20 GMT Last modified on Monday 4 December 2017 20.28 GMT
Police in Germany say a hunter has died after being attacked by a wild boar he was trying to shoot.
The 50-year-old man was on a boar hunt with a dozen others near the north-eastern town of Greifswald on Sunday when he was attacked by the male boar.
Witnesses reported that he fired off a shot and then moved into some reeds, where he apparently encountered the pig.
Police say the man suffered serious injuries to his left thigh and fell into nearby water. He died at a hospital and has not been identified.
Police say the boar’s whereabouts are unknown, and it is not clear if the animal was injured.
About 500,000 wild boars are killed each year in Germany. Experts say that is not enough to stop the population from growing."

Ouch. The pig must have got his femoral artery. If up near the groin it's very hard to stop the bleed, and hard to apply a tourniquet, only a few seconds to act in (and likely spent on fending off the pig) before passing out. Only hope is if hunting mate got to him immediately and knew what to do. Likely dead well before he got into the ambulance.

- Some essential serious trauma kit.

And 500,000 shot a year and still a problem? You need to believe it:

- On Usedom, an island half Polish and half German, they have a Wildschweine problem. They get fed white bread on the Polish side of the border, get shot on the German side of the border. One German Hunter tries to define the problem as, "we know where they are, but not when". This is waaaay over the top.



Another video with more footage, point is made the pigs stop being nocturnal, lose fear of people, etc. Warning about getting too close to piglets or momma pig might go for you: