I carry two speedloadeers with my .44, and practice using them frequently.
I personally know of one hog attack where a lady lost a kneecap and a couple tendons. This was a few years ago, and she made a good recovery. Her little dog, however, is still dead. The dog ran onto a sow with pigs, went running back to mom, and I think mom got between them to bad effect. No gun was present at the time, unfortunately.
I will not be surprised when we hear the first report of a fatality. A rip up the inside of a thigh with the "tushes" some of them carry could easily get the femoral artery, and that's a ticket out of town in a very short time.
The danger has not been adequately published. I would hate to hear of a hog hunter getting killed, but what I really don't want to happen is someone with a fishing pole and a grandkid ending up as hogfeed.
Nothing else in our environment, despite stories about cougars, coyotes,
Bigfoot, and other real or alleged local critters, is as likely to actually kill someone. CB
Quoted for the absolute truth! Alot of people think of pigs as lazy and cute. These things are out of control pretty much in every state now. Me and a fishin buddy was catfishing on the Washita River one night and had one come up on us. No guns were present so it didn't take us long to get out of our chairs.