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Stirs the blood proper... the boar here in Normandy are too hunted (and too smart) to get very aggressive, but instinct says otherwise! Interesting info about British populations .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_boar -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK We have wild boar`s living here in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. I have not seen them but have seen the damage they have done. Locals say they are a common site but I would not walk or ride in the Forest but then I am a coward :-) kate |
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blood chilling encounter!
On 02/06/2012 22:35, Christina Websell wrote:
"Emery wrote in message ... 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! -E When I visited my friend in rural Lower Saxony, I thought I was quite keen to see some wild boar so we sat beside a pond in the gathering dusk watching bats swooping over the water. It was the height of summer, idyllic. Until I heard the definite sounds of wild boar approaching probably to drink at the pond and then I was up and away hightailing it back to the house 1/4 mile away. Instinct kicked in, Emery, like you say. They are very common there. Almost every field has a high wooden tower so they can be shot from it, especially the potato fields. It's a very rural area, there is not much other work available other than farming so the boar are a real nuisance uprooting the crops. There's quite a lot of forest everywhere there, and the boar come out during the night into the fields that people are trying to scratch a living from. So, I was too wimpy to see one..I really did want to but something in my psyche said "you are out in the countryside with nothing to protect you, with wild boar coming. Run!" So I did. Tina Since boars are in the Suidae family, it would clearly have been suicidal to stay ;~) -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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"Spider" wrote in message ... On 02/06/2012 22:35, Christina Websell wrote: "Emery wrote in message ... 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! -E When I visited my friend in rural Lower Saxony, I thought I was quite keen to see some wild boar so we sat beside a pond in the gathering dusk watching bats swooping over the water. It was the height of summer, idyllic. Until I heard the definite sounds of wild boar approaching probably to drink at the pond and then I was up and away hightailing it back to the house 1/4 mile away. Instinct kicked in, Emery, like you say. They are very common there. Almost every field has a high wooden tower so they can be shot from it, especially the potato fields. It's a very rural area, there is not much other work available other than farming so the boar are a real nuisance uprooting the crops. There's quite a lot of forest everywhere there, and the boar come out during the night into the fields that people are trying to scratch a living from. So, I was too wimpy to see one..I really did want to but something in my psyche said "you are out in the countryside with nothing to protect you, with wild boar coming. Run!" So I did. Tina Since boars are in the Suidae family, it would clearly have been suicidal to stay ;~) -- Spider If I'd been up in one of the towers I would have stayed but I got far too wimpy hearing them approach, although I thought I would be brave with wild boars, I wasn't when it came to it. I f*ckin ran. |
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"Kate Morgan" wrote in message o.uk... snip Stirs the blood proper... the boar here in Normandy are too hunted (and too smart) to get very aggressive, but instinct says otherwise! Interesting info about British populations .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_boar -- Regards. Bob Hobden. Posted to this Newsgroup from the W of London, UK We have wild boar`s living here in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. I have not seen them but have seen the damage they have done. Locals say they are a common site but I would not walk or ride in the Forest but then I am a coward :-) I thought I was brave enough to see them in Germany as I really wanted to see wild boar. But I was a coward too when I heard them approaching I changed my mind about seeing them. I ran back to the house. I was such a wimp but something kicks in to tell you not to do it. I would have liked to have seen them, but not beside a pond a long way from the house. From one of the towers. Tina |
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