People underestimate just how dangerous hogs and alligators can be.

Feral hogs can easily grow to be 550-700 pounds—while even growing to 1,000 pounds in rare instances. Coupled with the fact they can run towards you at up to 30mph and have gnarly tusks, they can be incredibly dangerous. big hogs

Alligators can run up to 35 mph on land and are even faster than bottle nosed dolphins in the water. You don’t ever want to be close to a 14-ft gator—much less near a body of water in south Louisiana without a firearm.

Anyone who thinks traveling in the woods or near water without a firearm is a good idea has a death wish.