You guys are something else LOL. A 805 lb Sow was Taken in Coffeville,Al. back in '87....after it was weighed,it was dropped on the side of the road(hiway 69) She was all black,and had a lot of ear cuts as well,long tusks.No one in his right mind would want to eat one.I saw this same hog a week earlier in my field down on the Tombigbee river.She was rooting up my green patch.I told a friend about it,and he said he would take care of the problem,I guess he did.I have feral hogs behind my house in a swamp along with deer and turkey.This story brought out all the anti-hunting nuts....why kill a defenseless hog?
Big boar! 780 pounds bagged in north Mobile County
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Speaking of "hogs"...we use to take deer to a cleaning place in Evergreen,Al..The guy that cleaned our deer had some hogs next to the shed.When he started dressing out the deer,he would toss the legs and entrals to the hogs! I asked if the hogs would eat a "does" head,he said "sure"...then he tossed it to the hogs,and they begin to ravage the head.....last time I took him anything to dress....:barf:
Yep. I talked with Rob a little while ago. He cuts the tusks off of "Homer" about once a year, but it needs done again. Right now, the tusks curl almost back to his ears.
Homer's about the same size as this hog is claimed to be, so I'm thinking if it was truly a "feral", it'd have a bit more tusk than that. Even worn down I think they'd be bigger and heavier.
Might have to have himi send me a picture.
Daryl
Daryl, the feral hog is influenced by both genetics and environment in regards to tusk length.
I am betting "homer's" "wetters" need left alone a few times he cuts. They are not growing back as fast as the cutters so they are curling back.
when you see aboriginal peoples of many locales, they will have a near circular "bone" in their nose. This is created by breaking only the wetters and come butcher time the cutters are overgrown creating the "nose jewelry" we so often see.
Brent
I am betting "homer's" "wetters" need left alone a few times he cuts. They are not growing back as fast as the cutters so they are curling back.
when you see aboriginal peoples of many locales, they will have a near circular "bone" in their nose. This is created by breaking only the wetters and come butcher time the cutters are overgrown creating the "nose jewelry" we so often see.
Brent
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Feral or not, that's one big pig. I think I would have been putting on a fireworks display also if it came up to my blind.
Double Naught Spy
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If not feral, then it is sort of like shooting a small cow, isn't it?
When it comes to hogs 'hogdogs' is right once again. Years ago, a distant relation(Calvin) had some market hogs on his farm in which he got to old to take care of the fencing. Long story short, Calvin, depending on some other rather useless, neighboring relation(relation Calvin help to feed
) to mend his fences and feed hogs in the winter months was surprised to find out that all his hogs had been loose all winter. Years after we would go rabbit/pheasant hunt Calvins property and often dispatch one of these hogs. Over time these hogs re-grew tusk`s, offsprings head narrowed,snout and ears got smaller, and they where hairy`er. Two moral`s to this story: 1 is domestic hogs will reproduce tusk`s/adapt to the wild and the off-spring will look more feral than parents. 2nd moral is just because a useless person is a relative, doesn`t make him/her any less useless:barf:. The hog in this pic. hasn`t been feral long.
) to mend his fences and feed hogs in the winter months was surprised to find out that all his hogs had been loose all winter. Years after we would go rabbit/pheasant hunt Calvins property and often dispatch one of these hogs. Over time these hogs re-grew tusk`s, offsprings head narrowed,snout and ears got smaller, and they where hairy`er. Two moral`s to this story: 1 is domestic hogs will reproduce tusk`s/adapt to the wild and the off-spring will look more feral than parents. 2nd moral is just because a useless person is a relative, doesn`t make him/her any less useless:barf:. The hog in this pic. hasn`t been feral long.Para Bellum
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Close to us a farmer has domestic pigs with over 500kg, 1100#. That's more than a spanish fighting bull (these are actually small bulls).
Feral in Hawaii
I've only seen feral hogs in Hawaii. Mostly at Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA). They're small and fast and run through your camp on the way to God knows where. But I did see one (while flying tour helicopter) at the base of Pu'u O Umi caldera (blown out volcano vent). It made this hog look small. It had the coloring and size of a Jersey cow. It was eating vegetation at the edge of the pond created by the water from the falls of the pu'u. It looked domesticated also but from what other pilots told me they have lots of feral hogs wandering around in those valleys that are of that size. It's like a jungle of vegetation on the North Shore so plenty to eat without all the rooting around.
I've only seen feral hogs in Hawaii. Mostly at Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA). They're small and fast and run through your camp on the way to God knows where. But I did see one (while flying tour helicopter) at the base of Pu'u O Umi caldera (blown out volcano vent). It made this hog look small. It had the coloring and size of a Jersey cow. It was eating vegetation at the edge of the pond created by the water from the falls of the pu'u. It looked domesticated also but from what other pilots told me they have lots of feral hogs wandering around in those valleys that are of that size. It's like a jungle of vegetation on the North Shore so plenty to eat without all the rooting around.