I for one have never wore gloves while hunting or cleaning game. During my time with Wild Boar USA, there were many weeks where I was handling, scoring, and cleaning dead hogs almost daily. I love wild pork and shooting pigs and it makes up a decent part of our annual meat consumption each year. I wear enough latex gloves as a cop and just never saw the need as a hunter.
Last week I heard from an old friend of a friend who I hunted with a few times 10+ years ago. This guy was a very successful business owner, entrepreneur, and dedicated family man who was always either in the woods, or working hard at his business. Turns out he was cleaning a hog after a hunt and contracted swine brucellosis. He fell sick within the week and the bacteria spread to his organs and brain. It left him debilitated and almost killed him. He has had to shut down his business and is still not doing very well and will never be back to the man he was. It saddens me, but also embarrasses me that I'm cocky enough to take that chance with my family's future by not putting on a pair of gloves. Never again.
Just want to pass it on... It may save one of us from going through the hell that this guy has.
Last week I heard from an old friend of a friend who I hunted with a few times 10+ years ago. This guy was a very successful business owner, entrepreneur, and dedicated family man who was always either in the woods, or working hard at his business. Turns out he was cleaning a hog after a hunt and contracted swine brucellosis. He fell sick within the week and the bacteria spread to his organs and brain. It left him debilitated and almost killed him. He has had to shut down his business and is still not doing very well and will never be back to the man he was. It saddens me, but also embarrasses me that I'm cocky enough to take that chance with my family's future by not putting on a pair of gloves. Never again.
Just want to pass it on... It may save one of us from going through the hell that this guy has.
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