Did hunter historically wear some kind of armor?

[darkrose50]

I did a search on Google for "medieval boar hunt paintings" and some paintings have armor and some do not.

Gabensons look to be in some of the paintings, and even some metal armor in others.

"[Arms and Armor in Renaissance Europe] In rare instances, armor was worn for hunting bear or wild boar." https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/rarm/hd_rarm.htm

Metal armor overtook Gabensons at some point. So likely more common in the medieval period?

Here is a picture of a hunting spear:
https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/14.25.321/