On 06/02/2012 09:17 AM, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 01:35:58 +0200, Emery Davis
wrote:

Well, histrionics aside, I must say my adrenaline has got pumping. Was
just out to, er, fertilize the edge of the field before turning in, and
a great snorting and barking started perhaps 20m away. Couldn't see
anything in spite of the bright moon, but it certainly interrupted
programmed activities! I ran back to the door and sent the dog out,
he enthusiastically ran in the wrong direction. The beasts took off
into the woods to the north side, and were well away when dog came back.
He made a stab that way and I heard another one canter off back the
other way.

Stirs the blood proper... the boar here in Normandy are too hunted (and
too smart) to get very aggressive, but instinct says otherwise!

Twenty years ago we were charged by a boar that appeared from out of a
corn field between Toulouse and Carcassonne. We had stopped to help
two teenagers who had had a car accident. We just beat it to our car.
It chased us down the road for some distance. It was completely
unprovoked.

Yikes. It chased your car?! That thing was completely mad.

I believe that the one danger is with the Mamas, which will protect the
young at any cost. Where I heard it is actually a regular run, we
sometimes see them early in the morning from the bedroom window, running
past with a handful of marcassins. I think it's a bit early for that
though. I guess this was probably a group of young males, too
inexperienced to avoid the lights.