A boar spear is a
spear used for
boar hunting
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 diffic ...
. 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
The wild boar (''Sus scrofa''), also known as the wild swine, common wild pig, Eurasian wild pig, or simply wild pig, is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is n ...
from working its way up the shaft of the spear to attack the hunter.
See also
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Bear spear
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 fi ...
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Bohemian earspoon
The Bohemian earspoon ( German ''Böhmischer Ohrlöffel'' or ''Knebelspiess'', Czech ''ušatá sudlice'') is a polearm featuring a long, broad, socketed spearhead with two out-turned lugs (sharply bent hooks, straight spikes, or triangular guar ...
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Ahlspiess
The ahlspiess (or awl pike) was a thrusting spear developed and used primarily in Germany and Austria from the 15th to 16th centuries. The ahlspiess consisted of a long thin spike of square cross section measuring up to about a metre (39 inches) ...
References
External links
Sunrise River Custom Knives��Jim Casselman's account of a boar hunt with spears.
Spears
Hunting equipment
Boar hunting
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