Comments on Ferrous Lands: Celtic boar hunt

Well, figurative speech aside, I'm sure you got th...

2009-05-20T13:50:31.128-06:00

Well, figurative speech aside, I'm sure you got the jist. Domesticated meat was available enough, was my point.

-Eli

I hate to be pedantic (actually I quite enjoy it),...

2009-05-20T13:14:01.166-06:00

I hate to be pedantic (actually I quite enjoy it), but there is no evidence that the pigs were kept in pens. The herd would have been roaming the woods for most of their lives.

I love the idea with the scar. I am embarrassed to...

2009-05-20T00:57:12.345-06:00

I love the idea with the scar. I am embarrassed to say that I have had to do this more than once, even adding a few scars to conceal my cover-up even better.

I can imagine that Iron Age Celts were no less practical than other societies, being far more civilized than we commonly give them credit for. Why risk energy, resources, good fighting men and weapons when you can just grab pork

You have a farm in France populated with wild boar...

2009-04-14T11:50:00.000-06:00

You have a farm in France populated with wild boar?! Cool! I know someone with a Scottish deer hound. It has such a relaxed and friendly personality. Great dog. I would love to have one as a pet, but it would never fit in our small house!

I'll take a photo of the dog with a 1/72 celt.

Hunting a wild boar on foot armed only with a spea...

2009-04-13T16:29:00.000-06:00

Hunting a wild boar on foot armed only with a spear must be a frightening experience and, having come face to face with one, I think you might end up with a bit more than a small scar if you poked one with a sharp stick!

The local Farmers hunt wild boar on our farm in France and they have a lot of respect for them; there are always at least half a dozen people with rifles. One year they