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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 ...
A 14th-century depiction of boar hunting with hounds. Boar hunting is the practice of hunting wild boar, feral pigs, warthogs, and peccaries.Boar hunting was historically a dangerous exercise due to the tusked animal's ambush tactics as well as its thick hide and dense bones rendering them difficult to kill with premodern weapons.
A bear or boar spear from Germany or Austria, c. 1425-50 Bear hunt. A bear spear was a medieval type of spear used in hunting for bears and other large animals. The sharpened head of a bear spear was enlarged and usually took the form of a bay leaf. Right under the head there was a short crosspiece that helped fix the spear in the body of an ...
Since Boar’s Head recalled their meat earlier this summer, almost 60 people have been hospitalized, and 10 have died. Nearly 700 pounds of ready-to-eat meat have had possible listeria ...
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The Boar's Head outbreak, which has led to the deaths of at least 10 people and sickened dozens more, occurred after USDA inspectors turned up dozens of violations at the company's Jarratt ...
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Boar's Head by the family of a man who, they say, contracted listeria after consuming the company's deli meats. As of Sept. 25, at least 59 ...
It was also very easy to over-penetrate, bringing the wielder into danger from the animal's claws and teeth. Around 1500 AD, a solution was reached by replacing the thin point of the estoc with a standard leaf-shaped boar-spear head, in essence creating a one-handed short spear. To prevent the blade from over-penetrating, most were fitted with ...