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stoutfellow) wrote2019-08-06 04:38 pm
stoutfellow) wrote2019-08-06 04:38 pm
Hogwash
Since the problem of feral hogs seems to have come up lately, I'd like to make a brief excursion into Greek mythology.
There are numerous myths involving battles between heroes and monsters. Sometimes it's one hero versus numerous monsters, as with Hercules and the Stymphalian birds. Sometimes the fight is one-on-one, as with Theseus and the Minotaur. Sometimes two heroes will team up against a monster, e.g., Hercules and Iolaus against the Hydra.
I know of only one example where a team of heroes was enlisted against a single monster. This was in the generation before the Trojan War, so the heroes are, perhaps, less well known, but they weren't B-listers. Atalanta; Castor and Pollux; Iolaus; Jason; Laertes (Odysseus' father); Meleager; Nestor; Peleus (Achilles' father); Telamon (father of Ajax the Greater); Theseus; and a host of others. Some of them died in the fight, but they eventually killed the Calydonian Boar.
I don't care how good you are with a semi-automatic weapon, you're not going to take down a group of boars. If you actually have boars coming on to your property, call in the freaking experts!
There are numerous myths involving battles between heroes and monsters. Sometimes it's one hero versus numerous monsters, as with Hercules and the Stymphalian birds. Sometimes the fight is one-on-one, as with Theseus and the Minotaur. Sometimes two heroes will team up against a monster, e.g., Hercules and Iolaus against the Hydra.
I know of only one example where a team of heroes was enlisted against a single monster. This was in the generation before the Trojan War, so the heroes are, perhaps, less well known, but they weren't B-listers. Atalanta; Castor and Pollux; Iolaus; Jason; Laertes (Odysseus' father); Meleager; Nestor; Peleus (Achilles' father); Telamon (father of Ajax the Greater); Theseus; and a host of others. Some of them died in the fight, but they eventually killed the Calydonian Boar.
I don't care how good you are with a semi-automatic weapon, you're not going to take down a group of boars. If you actually have boars coming on to your property, call in the freaking experts!