Sam Minewire <ingest_pain@yahoo.com> wrote in news:0d5ee2f0-2b45-40a6-84f6-
b531a4bb32cd@j8g2000yql.googlegroups.com:

> I'm hunter and I want to hunt wild boars with spears.
> 
> How can I create a wooden spear???

Well, for boar you *really* don't want a wholly wooden spear, unless you 
fancy geting real up close and personal with a wounded wild boar.  
Classically, boar spears were short, with wide blades on a long steel head.  
The head should also have a strong central rib to keep it from folding or 
breaking in the boar.  The blades were wide (and sharp)to maximize the 
chance of cutting some major artery.  Also, and this is kinda critical, 
boar spears had an iron crossbar maybe a foot long a little below the head.  
This was to keep the boar from charging up the spear to gore you while you 
are congratulating yourself on a successful spearing.  A little practice on 
a dummy beforehand is a good idea too, since you have exactly one shot to 
hit some vital organs.  If you miss, you're toast, one way or another.  Oh 
- you will want to use something like ash or oak for the shaft.  It has to 
be strong and not brittle because if the shaft breaks with the boar on one 
end  and you on the other, you're toast.  One other thing - the classic 
boar spearing method is to kneel and let the charging boar impale himself 
while you hold the spear steady and well-braced.  That is really the only 
way to get enough power behind the spearhead impact to stand a chance of 
getting a killing blow - you can't throw a spear hard enough to kill a wild 
boar, or even mortally wound one, and you gotta ask yourself if you want to 
be within spear-throwing distance of five hundred pounds of pissed-off, 
lightly wounded wild boar.  Hope this helps - if you survive, be sure to 
write and tell us about your hunt.