Javelina Patrol this morning...

[JJ]

I pulled the ol' TRAIL CAM too early this morning...and about 6:15am, this herd of about 12 Javelina appeared!!

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

Javelina just means Javelin in espanol.. and yes, that's what people call them all over the South West including parts of texas.. no, it's not a wild pig/boar/hog

there was a short video of one running thru a strip-mall type area recently, I'll see if I can search it up

[Mayor_of_BBQ]

well im not techy enough to just post the video, but it's pretty funny footage

https://www.thecut.com/2020/02/javelina-running-video-arizona.html

[oldbike54]

 No one is arguing that a Javelina isn't a Javelina , only that they are NOT a Razorback , or a Piney Woods Rooter , or what some call a European/Russian Boar . Those last 3 are hogs , and are evil aggressive critters .

 Dusty

[JJ]

Javelina just means Javelin in espanol.. and yes, that's what people call them all over the South West including parts of texas.. no, it's not a wild pig/boar/hog

there was a short video of one running thru a strip-mall type area recently, I'll see if I can search it up

You are correct...and "the Javelin" refers to their very sharp tusks! 

That video of the speeding Javelina is a beauty!  They can run pretty fast as demonstrated!!

[Turin]

They also turn on a dime. I was tasked with chasing one out of an abandoned grocery store. Amazing little critters.

[poorBob]

According to the philosopher Lee Roy Parnell, Javelina makes good sausage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_bnbKo5Sag

[JJ]

Trust me...you DO NOT want to get bitten by these..."JAVELINS!!"!




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[davedel44]

Got stopped in Big Bend National Park by a javelina road block.  They would not give way. No amount of yelling engine revving  horn honking or rushing with bike could get the to move.

Was just about to brave the rocks and cactus thorns to go overland when Park Ranger showed up and herded them out of the way with his truck.

Said it happened all the time because people would feed them, so they milled around in the road till some hapless tourist would come by and feed the lunch.

Dave
Galveston

[oldbike54]

Got stopped in Big Bend National Park by a javelina road block.  They would not give way. No amount of yelling engine revving  horn honking or rushing with bike could get the to move.

Was just about to brave the rocks and cactus thorns to go overland when Park Ranger showed up and herded them out of the way with his truck.

Said it happened all the time because people would feed them, so they milled around in the road till some hapless tourist would come by and feed the lunch.

Dave
Galveston


 If they had been Rooters you would have been lunch 

 Dusty