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Wild boars rampage through village
Reuters ^ | 11/28/06

Posted on 11/28/2006 12:15:42 PM PST by Paddlefish

A pack of wild boars fleeing hunters went on a two-hour rampage through a small southern German village, biting people and damaging cars and shops.

The weekend mayhem began during morning shopping hours in the town of Veitshoechheim, a police spokesman said Tuesday. Three boars were shot by police, a number of others were killed in traffic accidents and several bit pedestrians.

"One wild boar entered a boutique, scaring the daylights out of a saleswoman," local police said in a statement.

"She tried to hide behind the cash register. When the animal ran out of her shop it smashed the store's inventory, causing 1,000 euros ($1,314) damage." The animals caused further damage to cars amounting to several thousand euros, police added.

(Excerpt) Read more at today.reuters.com ...


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I thought that wild bores were DUmmies. ;-} But I did have an experience in Scottsdale where a male javalina challenged 2 golf carts to protect his family as we were driving down the fairway.
1 posted on 11/28/2006 12:15:45 PM PST by Paddlefish
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Probably too many Muslims in that village.


2 posted on 11/28/2006 12:18:06 PM PST by Brilliant
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Probably too many Muslims in that village.


3 posted on 11/28/2006 12:18:08 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: Paddlefish
Hakuna matata

5 posted on 11/28/2006 12:19:05 PM PST by evets (Beer)
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Where's the .357MAG when you need it.

Damn.


6 posted on 11/28/2006 12:19:13 PM PST by roaddog727 (BullS##t does not get bridges built)
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To: Paddlefish

And what I want to know is...why, oh, why couldn't it have been Mecca?


7 posted on 11/28/2006 12:20:30 PM PST by RichInOC ("Stampeding hogs." "That's not much of a crime." "Through the Grand Mosque?" "Kinky. Sign here.")
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Three boars were shot by police, a number of others were killed in traffic accidents.

It would be a shame to see them just go to waste.

8 posted on 11/28/2006 12:22:12 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Note: Sell Diebold Stock.................NOW!!)
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This sort of thing happens daily in these here hills. I think it might be the water. Both boars and Leftists are strongly affected.


9 posted on 11/28/2006 12:22:35 PM PST by GOP_1900AD (Stomping on "PC," destroying the Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
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To: Paddlefish

2 XP's apiece.


10 posted on 11/28/2006 12:22:35 PM PST by Shellback Chuck
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To: evets

Macacca!! Munchin Moore, and Mother Shemale must have been on holiday in good ol Deutschland recently.


11 posted on 11/28/2006 12:23:41 PM PST by Cheapskate ( You got your pitchfork and I got my gun, somthin's got to give !)
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Where's the .357MAG when you need it.

I am not a firearms expert, but if I was charged by a boar, I'd feel more comfortable with something that goes "bang" a little louder.

12 posted on 11/28/2006 12:27:46 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: Cheapskate

Flags in Arkansas were lowered to half staff today...


13 posted on 11/28/2006 12:28:11 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (BTUs are my Beat.)
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To: Paddlefish

14 posted on 11/28/2006 12:28:27 PM PST by Dysart
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To: Michael.SF.

Where do I get those ingredients, like Juniper berries? On the other hand, will this taste like the curried goat I tried on the Cayman islands? ;-}


15 posted on 11/28/2006 12:28:39 PM PST by Paddlefish ("Why should I have to WORK for everything?! It's like saying I don't deserve it!")
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A well placed shot with a .357MAG will do the trick. Mind you, WELL PLACED.


16 posted on 11/28/2006 12:39:45 PM PST by roaddog727 (BullS##t does not get bridges built)
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To: Dysart
Yikes, Representative Nose- Hair himself
17 posted on 11/28/2006 12:50:24 PM PST by Cheapskate ( You got your pitchfork and I got my gun, somthin's got to give !)
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Did this swarm of wild boars through the town send all the Muslims fleeing? If so, I say send these creatures running through ALL the streets of every village and city of Germany.

Remind the people who claim Islam as their salvation that Europeans have a long-standing high regard for swine and the products made from them, both as a source of food, and the manufactured products used in lederhosen and other items of daily use.

Composted pig manure is an extraordinarily good fertilizer for food production and ornamental plants. If Muslims understood just how MUCH the products of swine husbandry touched their everyday lives, they could not draw an untainted breath while in Germany.


18 posted on 11/28/2006 12:55:24 PM PST by alloysteel (Facts do not cease to exist, just because they are ignored. - Aldous Huxley)
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BBQ TIME!!
My son in law once told me that he didn't shoot because raising the window would scare the hogs off anyway. I told him to compare the cost of prime pork chops,to a piece of window glass.


19 posted on 11/28/2006 2:12:13 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (BUAIDH NO BAS)
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Yeah. Definitely that with a mere .357, as I'd be pissin' myself with anything less than a .41 200 hard cast (HC) loaded to the max. A .357MAG just doesn't meet minimums on either range or muzzle velocity even with 180 hard cast (HC), Hornady Xtreme Terminal Performance (XTP), or Nosler Partition Handgun Bullet (PBH) hand-loaded to the max except for anything but the best placed head shot at very short range. Why bring a boy to do a man's job? A plausible 500 lbs mass of solid bone, meat, sinew, and rhino tough hide charging at 35mph, having up to 8" tusks, one essentially has about a 4 second reaction time. From what I've seen of boars in Germany, the first thoughts would be that nothing less than a 12ga 3" mag slug would get the job done. Definitely don't let 'em get too close to ya, as they can be pretty nasty; a boar would think nothing of circling a tree'd human for 12 hours non-stop, rooting and a snorting at the base of the tree for the whole time (and he'd think nothing of it - he merely just getting started).

A hog's skull in thicker than a bull's, and at 20yrds a 30-30 loaded with 170grn will only gave a bull a nose bleed, and piss him off. Now on a charging pissed off animal the first mistake is shoot the head, WRONG!

One should aim for the neck because a charging animal's head will be down, or for a bigger target between the shoulder blades. Keep that in mind and you'll never come close to pissing yourself (very often). Any shot placed between shoulder and jaw/ear should drop a boar nicely. Boar hogs have CAPES of hardened skin in the shoulder area, and this skin can be as much as 3 inches thick. Shoulder shots must take into account a boar's massive legs, bones and the rib cage (and often there is fatty tissue there also). The demands on a bullet for such shot become greatly increased.

A quartering forward shot is not recommended with a pistol in that the vitals are well protected and hard to hit. However, a .44 mag using 240-300 HC is suitable for QFS at ranges within 75 yds.

Anal shots are suggested akin to counting to five, six, or more (or less than two) before throwing the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. However, in some situations - in defense of dog and man - it may be absolutely necessary. The goal of such shot is to break the pelvic bones and disrupt the spine, this will allow one to dispatch the boar with a coup de gras point blank range shot placed behind the ear.

The only pistol adequate for an anal shot is the .454 casull using 280-300grn PHB, XTP, Sierra Full Profile Jacket (FPJ), or HC with extra-heavy load.

In general, against boar, .44 mag Ruger Super Redhawk 9 1/2" bbl using a 240 grain HC SWC HP bullet is the tool that gets a man's job done (all shots except anal). Mr. Boar isn't going to be arguing with that piece of equipment within 75 yds (provided one can get a shot off w/in 4 seconds, else one's position will be overrun by several hundred pounds of meanness dicing one's legs up like a chef chops cabbage for a salad).

20 posted on 11/28/2006 3:15:37 PM PST by raygun (Whenever I see U.N. blue helmets I feel like laughing and puking at the same time.)
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