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Pigsticking is a form of boar hunting done by individuals, or groups of spearmen on foot or on horseback using a specialized boar spear. The boar spear was sometimes fitted with a cross guard to stop the enraged animal driving its pierced body further down the shaft in order to attack its killer before dying. In India, pigsticking was popular ...
Boar spear head, c. 1430, length 42 centimeters (17 in). A boar spear is a spear used for boar hunting.It is relatively short and heavy and has two "lugs" or "wings" on the spearsocket behind the blade, which act as a barrier to prevent the spear from penetrating too deeply into the quarry where it might get stuck or break, and to stop an injured and furious boar from working its way up the ...
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To place pigsticking in the same genre as cock and dogfighting is deplorable. Spearing boar is the traditional and most humane way to kill them. It is done on foot, or sometimes from horseback, as chasing the boar might tire some hunters, also being mounted can protect the hunter.
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The Boar and Bear Hunt is 13 ft 3.5 in by 33 ft 6 in. [3] On the left side, the boar hunts take place and in the centre and the right side, the bear hunts take place. [3] [2] The men are shown carrying spears, which have cross-bars designed to stop the charge of the boar and keep its tusks at a safe distance. [9]