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Last night my youngest son, who lives about a mile down the road from my wife and I, found 8 javelina running rampant on his property as he drove up. It was total chaos, his trash cans were all torn up, shrubs were destroyed, his dog was bleeding, and there were holes all over the yard.
He immediately tried to get his german short hair out of the ruckus, but when he got out of his truck they started charging my son. Right off the bat, one swept his leg with his tusks. Didn't get through his clothing, but it took him down and he injured his knee as a result. So injured, he then managed to make it inside the house and got his 22 LR to attempt to scare them out the now open gate, by firing several rounds straight into the ground, but that didn't work. Not wanting to wake his neighbors with a shotgun at 1:00 AM, he decided to use his bow, and stuck one, hoping that would get them going on their way. As he did so, the sheriff showed up, seems the neighbors had already reported the gun fire.
As the sheriff's stepped out of their vehicles they found their selves up to their ear's in charging javelina, to which they immediately got authorization to start dispatching the javelina with their 40 cal. sidearms. It seems the javelina had a moment of clarity, cause as soon as the LEO's drew their sidearms, the javelina decided to leave. This whole event lasted for about a 1/2 hr., and had been going on significantly longer prior to my son driving up on the scene. But there was still one on the ground that had 3 arrows in it that was getting up and falling down, so just as a sheriff was taking aim, it took it's last breath.
The dog is fine, apparently the blood was javelina blood, them short hairs are tough and very capable dogs. My son not so much, his knee is swollen up pretty good, his yard looks like a war zone, and all he got out of it was a badly shot up javelina, not much edible meat left on it.
A few weeks ago a woman was attacked and injured by a small herd of them. We've had a lot of problems with them, dogs and people getting injured on a pretty regular basis. I had problems with them last night also. They dug under my chain link fence, yet again, and I have a good fence with wire reinforcement at the bottom, so does my Son. But when they want in, they'll get in, it's a nightly event out here. And it doesn't help that the tree hugging neighbors feed them, as if they are humming birds.
GS
He immediately tried to get his german short hair out of the ruckus, but when he got out of his truck they started charging my son. Right off the bat, one swept his leg with his tusks. Didn't get through his clothing, but it took him down and he injured his knee as a result. So injured, he then managed to make it inside the house and got his 22 LR to attempt to scare them out the now open gate, by firing several rounds straight into the ground, but that didn't work. Not wanting to wake his neighbors with a shotgun at 1:00 AM, he decided to use his bow, and stuck one, hoping that would get them going on their way. As he did so, the sheriff showed up, seems the neighbors had already reported the gun fire.
As the sheriff's stepped out of their vehicles they found their selves up to their ear's in charging javelina, to which they immediately got authorization to start dispatching the javelina with their 40 cal. sidearms. It seems the javelina had a moment of clarity, cause as soon as the LEO's drew their sidearms, the javelina decided to leave. This whole event lasted for about a 1/2 hr., and had been going on significantly longer prior to my son driving up on the scene. But there was still one on the ground that had 3 arrows in it that was getting up and falling down, so just as a sheriff was taking aim, it took it's last breath.
The dog is fine, apparently the blood was javelina blood, them short hairs are tough and very capable dogs. My son not so much, his knee is swollen up pretty good, his yard looks like a war zone, and all he got out of it was a badly shot up javelina, not much edible meat left on it.
A few weeks ago a woman was attacked and injured by a small herd of them. We've had a lot of problems with them, dogs and people getting injured on a pretty regular basis. I had problems with them last night also. They dug under my chain link fence, yet again, and I have a good fence with wire reinforcement at the bottom, so does my Son. But when they want in, they'll get in, it's a nightly event out here. And it doesn't help that the tree hugging neighbors feed them, as if they are humming birds.
GS
