As related to me by Murdoch...
Gert (Trail n Tree) and crew came by the farm to chase a few hogs the other day. Murdoch took them down to one of the freshly planted duck ponds and it was ON. A hog crossed the road while they were on the way to the turnout point so Murdoch stopped the vehicles and told Gert to drop the dogs right there. About 2 minutes later the first dog barked and then they heard a roar. If you haven't yet had the pleasure of hearing a big boarhog roar, let me tell you that it is one of natures's very succinct warnings. Like the buzz of a rattler or the raised wings of a wasp. The roar plainly says "Don't fuck with me". Well, the boys hotfooted it across the pond and found the dogs surrounding a massive boar in a briar thicket. Where else?
Being crazy as shithouse rats, Gert and crew bailed in on said hog. Now imagine this picture. In fact let me show you a picture of said hog first...
That is no small sow by the way...
Anyway, imagine the scene as Murdoch described it. "They all bailed off in the thicket with the hog. Surrounding the hog was a mass of pitbulls and traildogs all trying to bite something. Gert and crew rushed in and grabbed the damn hog. Next thing I knew the hog kicked one of the boys about 10 feet up and totally out of the thicket. Looked like a cartoon only this was real. The hog charged another one of the boys and knocked him to the ground. He gathered steam for another charge and someone grabbed him by a back leg. Still snarling, roaring and popping his tusks, he was trying to get at the man on the ground. That boy was on his back scrabbling like a crab and kicking the hog in the face to keep him off while the boy held on to his back leg for dear life.
At this point Gert or one of the other lunatics began stabbing the hog with his knife. Murdoch relates that this really seemed to irritate the boar and he went to work. The boar slashed BigHead (the lead pitbull) nearly severing his shoulder from his body. He then nailed another dog and things started to really get hairy. At this point someone decided enough was enough and they shot the boar in the head. This seemed to slow him down but he still had enough in him for another charge so they shot him again."
Gert tells me that it is, indeed, one of the finest boars he has ever taken and he intends to mount it. We had seen him on the trail cams and knew he was something special. Great tusks and cutters, hell of a mane, and generally the bull of the woods.
I am happy to report that $1000 worth of vet bills later that Bighead is doing well and should be back in the game before too long. Yeah, those boys are crazy...
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