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Cold Steel Boar Spear saves woman's life

Great story- thanks for sharing it. Can't believe I had never heard about it before.

Piercing the lungs and heart is impressive.
 
Art_Vandeley said:
This is why you should have a large dog when you live out of the city or suburbs. A dog will warn you and if its the right breed aid in defending you and your loved ones. Imagine if the guy hadn`t turned off his chainsaw...

Nonetheless, great story and she was real lucky to survive.
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Well, dogs often will attract predators (especially small yappy ones)... bears don't like 'em and cougars regard them as a tasty snack. I'd go with the boar spear... or a .30-06 or a 12 gauge pump loaded with alternating buck and slugs.
 
I actually believe my (at the time-now long gone :() German Shepard saved the day when I stupidly wandered from my campsite in the Jemez, many years ago, and left my 30-30 against a tree and my .357 in the tent to go check something? out across a stream and then noticed something further on to look at. The dog suddenly stopped, the hair on it's back standing up, and just growled. I impatiently said "common Tan" but he would not budge. I looked where he was looking and saw a "painter" (mountain lion) at the top of a hill maybe 50 feet away, looking right at me. :eek: I (with Tan) backed slowly away toward the campsite. I believe the cat decided that the large dog + human = too much and did not spring. WHEW, I would have loved a CS Boar Spear just then. ;) This was AFTER surviving booby traps, ambushes, etc. in 'nam just a couple of years before (how quickly we can forget). :rolleyes: People can be careless; dogs (big ones) are great. :cool: I have NEVER been in condition "white" since. :thumbsup:
 
Revolverrodger said:
Are you ?
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Apparently..


I know no matter where I lived I tended to have a medium-large dog alongside me. My Golden Retriever spooked off a young Black Bear when he was young himself, maybe 2 or 3. The bear didn't appear to be a danger to me, but Maxwell saw him long before I did. His pacing and barking spooked the bear off pretty quick. Now the husky I got now would more than likely run right to it just to find out what it is(he's a curious bastard, porcupines and skunks seem to be his favorite toys, haha).
 
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Pilsner said:
Quite. I’m questioning the interwebz automatic flow chart. That is quite the break through in academic study. I’m intrigued. :)

Go on, chaps, teach us some more.
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Oh an academic ! How quaint
Lol
Are you a student of medieval weapons perhaps?
 
Alberta Ed said:
Well, dogs often will attract predators (especially small yappy ones)... bears don't like 'em and cougars regard them as a tasty snack. I'd go with the boar spear... or a .30-06 or a 12 gauge pump loaded with alternating buck and slugs.
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It's the dog's job to get the bear to the ten yard line. After that it's up to the human.
 
We have a ferocious "Pit Beagle" . Always tries his best to aggressively scare off intruders , from behind his yard fence . Recently a huge wild turkey flew into land in the yard with him . He boldly ran into his house and hid ! :p
 
Art_Vandeley said:
This is why you should have a large dog when you live out of the city or suburbs. A dog will warn you and if its the right breed aid in defending you and your loved ones. Imagine if the guy hadn`t turned off his chainsaw...

Nonetheless, great story and she was real lucky to survive.
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Don’t matter the breed of dog, how big, or how well trained. It will help defend you from a Mountain Lion as well as a newborn baby could. A stiff fart may be more useful.
 
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