I went javelina hunting down on the Mexican border several years ago.
As I walked through the desert, I continuously flushed out groups of Mexicans. I am talking, hundreds if not thousands of them over the course of the day. Every single wash you walked though was covered with trash from Mexicans making camp there.
I didn't run into anybody that was hostile towards me, but the possibility was there. I decided at the end of the day that I wasn't going to camp there and drove all the way home (like a 12 hour drive).
Now that I think about it, that brings up another funny belt gun story:
In Arizona they have what they call a HAM hunt. HAM stands for Handgun, Archery, Muzzleloader. You can use any of those weapons to harvest a Javelina during that season. So, I was armed with a .50 muzzleloader and had a Ruger Super Blackhawk on my belt. I hadn't walked 50 feet from where I parked before I heard a javelina grunting like a pig. I had never done this before or ever been around one of these animals, so I told myself that I was imagining things. I probably walked no more than another 50 feet and I saw one down in a wash. I went down in the wash where I thought it would come out and waited. I stood there for no more than a couple minutes when here it came. It was facing directly away from me, and I decided to wait until it turned to take a more traditional profile shot. In retrospect I should have shot it in the rear end. The .50 muzzleloader would have gone clear through it from any angle, but I didn't. I waited and I waited as the javelina rooted around and fed. Finally, it turned broadside at no more than 25 yards. I fired and missed it completely.
In my own defense, I am a pretty good rifle shot. I have won a few local matches etc. I don't know what happened. Buck fever ? Amazingly, the javelina didn't run right away. It acted like nothing happened. I stood there thinking to myself, there is no way I can load this muzzleloader without spooking that thing. Then I realized I had nothing to lose, so I started loading the rifle and of course it spooked and ran away. Maybe 10 minutes later as I walked along a thought hit me like a ton of bricks. I had a pistol on my belt and could have easily shot the javelina but it never even occured to me at the time. :banghead:
What an idiot.