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

Originally Posted by outlander

Lots of things cornered will be absolutely determined to go over you. I've had this happen to me from a reed buck. Came out at a dead run to my left. A boar over in Africa will definitely gore you if you miss him. Over there, they do kill and eat people fairly often, if they have the advantage.

If it runs at you, what's the best thing to do if there are no trees around? Jump? Put a boot in its face? I was holding a heavy bolt action rifle. I held the rifle in the ready position toward the bush expecting it to run out and my arms became tired very quickly. Funny thing is, the first thing that came to my mind was... I wish I had my AR15 (which had been handed back to Police of course). I would have felt far safer with that.