Need knife for trail clearing and boar protection.

straitr said:
Nobody said anything about "hunting" with a knife. The OP asked about a knife for trail clearing and wild hog protection. If anyone sticks a folder in their pocket and a handgun on their hip when they go to the grocery store, it's the same thing, just for a different kind of animal.

Last I checked, humans are not on the endangered species list as opposed to many considered dangerous game, so I'm not sure why you think dangerous game will "win out in the end". It's only through conservation that any are walking the earth today.

I don't know why people are jumping down this guys back for asking about a woods knife that would double as a defensive blade against hogs? I sure as hell carry a big blade for the same reason because spooking hogs sucks. I'd carry a howitzer if it was practical, but 45 and big knife will just have to do if he/she decides fight over flight. It's not a macho thing, it's self preservation.
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Most animals that are on the endangered species list are there due to their habitat being destroyed or from poaching.

Hardly like some human going out in the bush empty handed against nature..... Humans need guns or other weapons.....
 
Some of the federal reserves near NOLA and near Wiggins MS allow long guns but not hand guns. When hiking to fish in these areas it is necessary to clear brush and sticker bushes with a machete or something similar. Makes it hard to rely on having time to unsling a rifle if you happen to come across a boar.
 
Thanks. Sounds good as I don't want to startle a hog or use a knife to defend against one but am realistic about the dangers they pose.
 
Here's my vote:

Kershaw Camp 18
3/16"(ish) thick blade. Plenty stout, plenty pointy. Light enough to swing all day. Have had this for about 6 months now. Love it!
 
Forget about it. I went boar hunting with my buddies late last year and saw first hand how tough these things are. Each hog they shot took three shots of 30-06 rounds to put them out completely. The last one, my buddy shot it once in the mid section, and second time RIGHT in the eye.... and it still wasn't dead yet. He had to go up close and finish it off. They can run FAST too.

If you ever get attacked by one, I doubt you can defend yourself with a knife.
 
This guy takes out a small one with a air rifle.

[video=youtube;juiHFT_9TaI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juiHFT_9TaI[/video]
 
But, if a large hog attacked I agree a knife would be nearly useless because they're so fast and strong. They kill them with knives all the time, but dogs have them pinned and the hunter can stick them right in the heart. Doing so on a attacking one with a knife with no dogs would be nearly impossible.
 
I guess the soundest advice is to carry a gun any way. The old adage that it is better to be judged by 12 than carried by 6 applies here. Or stay out of areas that do not allow firearm carry. As a defensive tool, a knife of any size or length is always a weapon of last resort. But like many have mentioned' there are a plethora of options that will do a better job against a hog attack than your incisors.
 
Seriously, has the internet taken over reality? Boar, and especially feral hogs will mess you up, kill or maim you before an unskilled person with a blade can stop them. You get between a mother and her young.....You are screwed. Humans are smart but squishy. And yes, boar spears were designed by people that do not have guns and were taught at a young age on how to use one, because it was survival...

If I was going into an area that there was a chance of encountering a wild boar or feral hog....I will bring a friend and a gun.....he can clear, and I will back him up with whatever gun is legal in that area. There is no freakin way I would even consider any type of blade as my main defense against them.
 
I would carry a boar spear (and a medium sized knife like a BK-7) where firearms are not allowed if I was worried about it. Have no idea where to buy such a thing, but that is what I would search for. Otherwise, I would have a firearm with me along with the medium sized knife or machete. It's hard to combine the trail clearing function and the "sticking" function, but there have been some reasonable suggestions already made.

For trail clearing, I would drop the medium sized knife and carry a machete along with the handgun. It depends if the trail work is incidental to being out or the primary task.
 
This thread has taught me the secret to our survival to this point as humans: our ancestors did not have the internet.
If they had, they would have all rolled over and died, because they did not have guns, ATV's, GPS, and all the other things the internet says humans need to survive. :D
 
22-rimfire said:
I would carry a boar spear . Have no idea where to buy such a thing, .
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http://www.coldsteel.com/Product/95BOASK/BOAR_SPEAR.aspx
Better than nothing.
With money, I'd still go for a bespoke heavier Masai design, for light bush cutting & large animal defence, not throwing. Dual purpose.
 
Long before humans used gun powder we figured out how to hunt mammoths, with spears made of bone rock or wood. Humans dominated this planet with ingenuity long before we had firearms, internet,and metallurgy just look at the Africans who kill lions with spears. Seems people get disconnected from reality by spending to much time on the internet.
stabman said:
This thread has taught me the secret to our survival to this point as humans: our ancestors did not have the internet.
If they had, they would have all rolled over and died, because they did not have guns, ATV's, GPS, and all the other things the internet says humans need to survive. :D
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All you have to do is think Rambo (First Blood). What would Rambo do? :D

I recommended something that I have only seen pictures of. Funny. Maybe a cross bow? :D
 
stabman said:
This thread has taught me the secret to our survival to this point as humans: our ancestors did not have the internet.
If they had, they would have all rolled over and died, because they did not have guns, ATV's, GPS, and all the other things the internet says humans need to survive. :D
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Our ancestors (cavemen) probably had an average lifespan of 20 yrs old. And the ones who survive into adulthood are probably in much better shape and skilled in hunting than your average American couch potato who can't run a mile to save his life.
 
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