Hercules merely told Eurystheus that he wasn't fast enough. Eurystheus believed that catching this beast would be the ideal assignment for Hercules to die. Hercules pursued the Erymanthian Boar through the deep snow, exhausting him before capturing him in a net and transporting him to Mycenae. Here Eurystheus ordered his men to kill the boar, but when they tried, it was immune to their weapons. In an effort to defeat him, Eurystheus had captured the Erymanthian Boar using his own weapon against him: a sharp rock. But because the rock was too small to kill the boar, he instructed his men to find something bigger. One of them found a stick about this long with a stone attached to it. They threw the stick at the boar, but once again, it didn't kill him. Frustrated, they went back and got another stick, this time with two stones attached to it. Again, they threw it at the boar, but this time he took flight into the mountains. He ran all night without stopping until he reached a lake where he could rest. The next day, Hercules returned to the lake to look for the boar but didn't see him. Then he heard noises in the distance and saw that there were two boars fighting. He chased after them but they outran him. When evening came, he returned home empty-handed.