Well, he was down in Leakey Texas, a few hours southeast of me.I killed him several months ago, and posted the pics in the photo gallery, but this topic made me think about it again.
The rancher had one mean ol' dog and me...we ran him for a couple of miles, then he came to a fence corner. He had his butt in the corner and all his razor teeth pointing at me and the dog. They rancher said, "when he(the dog) runs in, you'd better be right behind him, he'll grab hold , but he can't hold him for long, you need to get in, stab and get out". The getting out part was the easiest. The dog grabbed a mouth full of his left ear, as the pig was trying to cut him up. He did cut him a bit on the chest, before I started stabbing, but I ran in , brandishing a 4&1/2" cold steel hunter. I grabbed a bunch of bristly hair on his shoulder with my left hand, reached over to his heart area, and commenced to jab. I stabbed fast and furious, hitting him as many times as I could in the heart. Blood was really flowing, all over me , the pig, and the dog. He was kind of hooking at me in a cirlce, then he'd hook at the dog a bit. The knife was burying to the hilt every time, and it was only seconds until the pig knew he was in trouble. At almost the exact second, the dog let go, I ran out and the pig was stumbling to the ground. I don't think it took more than 10 to 15 seconds for him to die. The rancher said he'd seen a lot of rifle hunters not kill that fast. Me and the dog both were checked for damage, as there was blood on all of us. We were ok. I had a small cut on my arm, he had one in his chest. This hog had killed 2 dogs only a few months before. ( they told me that afterwards)
We took him to the ranch headquarters, and skinned him. He had 7 stabs in a 4" circle, right at his heart. When we gutted him, one guy there said it looked like it had been hit by a shreader.It was really pretty exciting, and my heart pumped pretty good for a while.
I've killed hundreds with a gun or bow, but that, by far, was the most exciting. The rancher told me I'd ruined it for him, he'd have a lot of trouble getting excited about a gun hunter killing one, or even a bow hunter. It was a lot of fun and something that you should try if you want to get your heart pumpimg......Randy
Yeah that 2nd pic does look like a nice angle. Thannk you for all of your time and help fellas.