Comments on: Medieval Arrowheads https://www.isegoria.net/2013/05/medieval-arrowheads/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:25:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2013/05/medieval-arrowheads/comment-page-1/#comment-846877 Isegoria Thu, 09 May 2013 22:23:11 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31648#comment-846877 It looks like the French have traditionally used shotguns for boar-hunting, but they’re moving toward rifles, as in Germany. Either one should do the trick.

]]> By: Wobbly https://www.isegoria.net/2013/05/medieval-arrowheads/comment-page-1/#comment-846741 Wobbly Thu, 09 May 2013 20:00:05 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31648#comment-846741 No idea what they use for the boar, but I can find out. Likely pretty much the same except nothing in military caliber. And you’d have to be as macho as Robert Baratheon to use one of those boar spears.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2013/05/medieval-arrowheads/comment-page-1/#comment-846695 Isegoria Thu, 09 May 2013 19:18:15 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31648#comment-846695 By the way, there are folks bowhunting hogs in the US.

]]> By: Isegoria https://www.isegoria.net/2013/05/medieval-arrowheads/comment-page-1/#comment-846580 Isegoria Thu, 09 May 2013 17:36:51 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31648#comment-846580 Traditionally, you hunt boar with boar spears — and lots of dogs.

Modern hog hunters in the US use guns, of course, with traditional deer rifles being joined by modern tactical rifles — combined with suppressors and night-vision.

]]> By: Wobbly https://www.isegoria.net/2013/05/medieval-arrowheads/comment-page-1/#comment-846504 Wobbly Thu, 09 May 2013 16:29:06 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=31648#comment-846504 We have boar and deer and it’d be impressive if the local chasse went out with those swallowtail broadheads instead of shotguns.

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