Yup - nasty, nasty! Blech nasty.
My brother would hunt them with a 218 Bee! - Me, I prefer 45/70 myself, these (nasty) buggers would hang out in some pretty heavy brush when I hunted in the SoAZ area.
Did I mention they are NASTY? - And not really worth eating.
I was hunting deer in a stand last Saturday waiting for a really nice 10 pt buck that hung out in the area to emerge.
Finally he started to come out. I could just see his antlers in the brush, but not his body.
Just then, three javelina came into the sendero looking for some deer corn. Game, set, match. The buck left.
Instead of doing the right thing and shooting them, I hoped they'd leave and the deer would emerge again. They stayed.
Javelinas are definitely not on my Christmas card list.