Posted on 10/19/2015 2:33:35 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A hunter has bled to death after being attacked by a wild boar he was about to shoot in northern Spain.
Another man dies after horrific goring at fiesta (14 Aug 15) Two Spaniards die after being gored by bulls (25 Jun 15) The hunter, 59, who has not been named, died on Sunday morning after being found unconscious near the village of Laza, in the province of Ourense in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia.
The attack happened after the hunter shot the boar, injuring the animal who was then surrounded by his hunting dogs. When he approached the injured beast to finish it off, the boar charged and gored him in the leg.
Local police sources quoted in Europa Press called it an "unfortunate accident".
Before the hunter could stab the boar, it charged, piercing his right leg. The man managed to call emergency services for help, but was unconscious and "not breathing" by the time they arrived.
Teams from the two ambulances and the emergency helicopter that arrived on the scene shortly after midday on Sunday were unable to resuscitate the man, who was from the nearby city of Verín, where he worked as a policeman.
He died due to loss of blood from a "severe tear" in his right leg.
Man vs. Beast. Sometimes the beast wins. I’m okay with that.
Oh, and place your shot well. But Col. Cooper need not say the latter...
Not much of a hunter, was he?
Am I the only one that is more surprised that a person actually has a gun in Spain?
Yep they are not a joke.
Which is why I dont hunt them with a knife.
Here in Florida there are people who hunt them with a knife. The dogs corner them and then they go in and stick the hog.
I bet this guy was doing that.
Pig led to slaughter?
Sometimes you get the boar sometimes the boar gets you.
I’m guessing that my wife’s facebook will soon have memes congratulating the boar for switching the tables on the hunter.
That Snout how it should have ended.
Reminds me of the old restaurant joke that ends “Sometimes the bull wins”.
Boars are extremely dangerous.
What kind of gun was he using is the question. Some kind of pea shooter or low power shotgun?
“The attack happened after the hunter shot the boar, injuring the animal who was then surrounded by his hunting dogs. When he approached the injured beast to finish it off, the boar charged and gored him in the leg. “
That will wake you up.
When I hunted them on a cattle ranch near lake Kissimmee I used a Saiga .308 with 180 grain Remington core lokt soft point, which got the job done. I wouldn’t use a knife either.
Spain has a robust hunting culture, and the Eibar region has some excellent shotgun makers.
Sounds like his femoral artery was punctured.
I can’t imagine not finishing a boar off from a distance. My 1st husband used to hunt them with a .44, and I thought he was insane-but he never got close to one he’d downed until he made damn sure it was dead...
I avoid wild hogs completely-if I see their tracks by the river and on the trails when I hike in the woods, I leave that trail and find another one-which is what I do if I see mountain lion tracks, too-but they are delicious, especially if they have been eating well...
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