--- title: "Attacked By A Boar" date: "2007-02-12" modified: "2021-02-01" authors: - name: "Outdoor Life Online Editor" link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-online-editor/" url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/survival/node-1006030080/" categories: - "Survival" --- # Attacked By A Boar ![]() *Marcus Field, of Tampa, Fla., was attacked by a hog, chased up a tree, then saved by his dog. Read the whole story in this month's "This Happened To Me." Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorthtmmar074_410.jpg]() *As the tree gave way under my weight, I fired my revolver, but again, Nothing! As the hog Turned to fend off my dog, I saw my chance, leapt from the sagging pine and bolted. Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorthtmmar072_472.jpg]() *The boar charged, swinging his head back and forth. My only option was to hurdle the pig! Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorthtmmar073_925.jpg]() *I scrambled up a small pine tree, but the tusked devil was hot on my heels. My dog was hot on his. Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorthtmmar074_410.jpg]() *As the tree gave way under my weight, I fired my revolver, but again, Nothing! As the hog Turned to fend off my dog, I saw my chance, leapt from the sagging pine and bolted. Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorthtmmar075_102.jpg]() *I called off my dog and we ran. Thankfully, the big boar abandoned the chase. Once back at camp, I threw out every piece of old ammunition I owned. Outdoor Life Online Editor* Marcus Field, of Tampa, Fla., was attacked by a hog, chased up a tree, then saved by his dog. Read the whole story in this month's "This Happened To Me."