The reportage was filmed by Pam. Another PB. (I was hiding behind her...
Human Shield!
:-O)
I'd laced the track behind us with cut apple and carrot. In the film, it seems the "gang" get a spurt on in response to the scent of the food. (After a bit of "play-fighting.")
We had an encounter a week or so before, at near dark. We weren't expecting such an early meeting. Mindfull that we might meet a casual observation ahead of us, on the track at twilight, coming to scattered bait. It seems we ran into a gang of "teenagers" on an early "prowl."
Ben's documentation of "heart-pounding moments" is redolent. But he was near a Sow and her young! Brave indeed, and his images and videos show great fieldcraft. :t:
Previously, in Poland, I have been nervous in Boar Situations. But they are hunted there, and Humans are not friends to them.
In the Forest of Dean, we came away with great respect for a superb Mammal, which is deserving of some helpful publicity. And truly belongs in these islands.
After all, they do their upmost to avoid us. And in encounters such as these, they would rather run, than confront.
It was our forbears that did for them, a natural part of our forest's eco-systems. It is up to us, and our children, to welcome them back.
They are, after all, long lost fauna. Lost through no fault of their own...:cat:
ps The Internet is open to all, and Wild Boar are shot for profit in England. So no exact location is given. If trusted BF members want some help in seeing Wild Boar then PM me. (Also about the birdlife of the Forest, timing, etc.)
pps
http://www.britishwildboar.org.uk/
ppps This is worth buying! :t:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wild-Boar-Britain-Martin-Goulding/dp/1873580584
