Creek Bends: Tales in pursuit of a wily wild boar

Chasing The Coal Boar brings lessons-learned and a surprise ending

The author with the Coal Boar, a razorback just shy of 6 feet from the tip of his nose to the tip of his tail and pushing 200 pounds. Photo by Kelly Bostian/KJBOutdoors

A toast to The Coal Boar:

I named you after the outlaw Cole Younger, who managed to survive being shot and escape authorities countless times.

You lived up to that moniker.

Thanks for teachi…