Ewest, That sounds like fun, climbing trees and all. Of course at my age and weight I may need to stand on a hog's back to climb a tree.
There was a TV show that had a couple of pretty gals that would go out and catch wild pigs. Since then I haven't been overly concerned about it. Of course I have only come across 1 pig/hog out in the pasture. Not going to take pigs/hogs lightly, but not going to worry about them either.
I did have one experience that made me a little nervous. I was about 20 years old and walking to a deer stand early one very dark morning. As I walked I could hear a large animal walking on the other side of a narrow tree line. It seem that it knew that I was there and wasn't bothered by me. It certainly bothered me that it seemed unafraid. After sitting in a tree stand all morning and seeing nothing, I walked past the same location and found a single cat paw print about 1/2 the size of my hand. That got my attention for awhile. When you are 20 years old your imagination sometimes gets a crazy.
