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

If you are threatened/chased remember always run down hill. Same rule for bears.

Generally they will piss off quickly.
My first experience with pigs, long before I used to regularly go out with a mate and his dogs, was out spotlighting, like yourself.
We ran the light over a paddock and there were 3 pigs on the far side. In a flash they were gone. They went straight thru the nearest fence into the dense pig fern. All we heard was a "ping" sound which we found to be popped staples on the old 5 wire fence. I don't think the fence slowed them down one bit.