Call of Nature
Hunting is more than the pursuit and cold-blooded murder of Miss Piggy or wanton slaughter of Bambi for fun as some animal rights people may want you to believe. At least not in my book. Hunting is a great excuse to be in and enjoy the great outdoors far away from civilization. Hunting is at times communion with nature. Or just another reason to get away from it all and play caveman. Or Rambo? True, a quick visit to a private ranch and a guided hunt falls far short of such ideals. They are more commonly found in the wilderness where a hunter faces extreme difficulties to live up to high expectations of friends and family to bring home the bacon. Few wild pigs in public wilderness and forests!
Animal voices are an important part of nature. Boar and wild pigs as social beings contribute their share at times with overpowering, deafening effect. Such as during feeding chats, angry rants and when scared. That can make the roar of a jet taking off sound like child's play.
But there are also more intimate and tender moments to experience together. From pig to pig I mean. Like a friendly conversation during feeding time or a sow calling her piglets to come to dinner. Let us not forget a down to earth cat fight.
If you run out on a guided hunt to get your 800 dollar wild pig in two hours, you never hear it. Yet, if on the other hand you spend a weekend on an unguided hunt on a ranch with a good wild pig population, you may just have the privilege of listening to the sounds of a sounder when young and old, wild boar and wild pig celebrate the discovery of a rich source of fat grubs with a cacophony of happy pig sounds. All together now . . .
(Boar voices come to you courtesy of participating animal artists under contract with http://www.tierstimmenarchiv.de/webinterface/guest.php, junglewalk.com and http://www.sounddogs.com/sound-effects/. These sites have large archives with sounds of animals.)
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