Eureka Reporter | 1905-04-28 | Page 6 | Wild-Boar Hunt in Japan

WILD BOAR HUNT IN JAPAN savage animal provide good sport fop hunters shoal s quietude has just been dis by a big wild boar hunt says a japanese paper lately the cold weather has driven the wild boars down near the villages the other day a party of hunters routed out seven or eight boars on the hills A hunter named krahel wounded one ol 01 the unsightly creatures and the animal started down the hill to upset things generally He aching the tiny village ot Furus ekl he rushed through a flour mill and attacked a woman who was cleaning wheat in a shed hard by injuring her somewhat badly A farm er named ito hearing the woman s cry for help rushed to her assistance and struck the boar ith his mattock thus drawing the an mal s attention to himself the noise now drew others to the spot and when the hunters reached the village they found that the peasants had succeeded in giving the boar his quietus and that a huge feast was in store tor all