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Title: Not what i thought I would find
Post by: Rock7 on March 07, 2020, 09:40:26 AM: Went out with the family the other day and found a dead pig. Don't know if it was dumped, escaped and turned wild or what. I have hunted and killed a lot of pigs in my travels and this guy was huge. I also found a nice elk antler, probably last years since the one side was sun bleached.
Title: Re: Not what i thought I would find
Post by: Bango skank on March 07, 2020, 09:48:46 AM: Feral pigs are the last thing we need here. The way this state is there would be an initiative to classify them as a state endangered species :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Not what i thought I would find
Post by: KFhunter on March 07, 2020, 09:51:30 AM: I'm going with dumped, nasty old boar

was it near a road? If not, that would be very interesting.
Title: Re: Not what i thought I would find
Post by: Rock7 on March 07, 2020, 10:03:22 AM: :yeah: was close enough to a road to be dumped.
Title: Re: Not what i thought I would find
Post by: KFhunter on March 07, 2020, 10:12:18 AM: Quote from: Rock7 on March 07, 2020, 10:03:22 AM
:yeah: was close enough to a road to be dumped.
It looks like a breeding boar, they usually have a restricted diet, to the point their growth is stunted so they get that bony look to them.

If fed like a sow they'd get really big, too big for breeding younger sows.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 07, 2020, 10:21:00 AM: I would go back after it gets picked clean and get those cutters!
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Post by: KFhunter on March 07, 2020, 10:25:49 AM: I roped and neutered a boar like that once, trying to see if I could make him edible.

It worked sorta, bacon was freaking tasty but you had to chew and chew and chew...it was like like bacon shoe leather. but the flavor just kept coming so you kept chewing!

but ya, sore jaw :chuckle: near gave myself TMJ
Title: Re: Not what i thought I would find
Post by: Tbob on March 07, 2020, 05:00:07 PM: Yeah that’s pretty crazy! Nice finds though.
Title: Re: Not what i thought I would find
Post by: nwwanderer on March 07, 2020, 07:17:57 PM: Coyote or dogs working that boar? As domestic go, not all that big. Certainly not being managed will, you never let tusks go like that. Just a very bad wreck that would always happen.
Nice antler, thanks
Title: Re: Not what i thought I would find
Post by: KFhunter on March 07, 2020, 08:11:22 PM: Quote from: nwwanderer on March 07, 2020, 07:17:57 PM
Coyote or dogs working that boar? As domestic go, not all that big. Certainly not being managed will, you never let tusks go like that. Just a very bad wreck that would always happen.
Nice antler, thanks

Ya, slapping sows with them cutters :o
Title: Re: Not what i thought I would find
Post by: Rock7 on March 21, 2020, 05:03:18 PM: Got another
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Post by: Tbob on March 21, 2020, 06:06:27 PM: Daaaayum!!! That thing is a dandy!!
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Post by: Buckhunter24 on March 21, 2020, 07:29:38 PM: Good find :tup:
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Post by: AL WORRELLS KID on March 22, 2020, 04:36:29 PM: Rock7, Nice Tusker!
Pig's have always had a special place in my heart, (as well as my Grandpa's). :tup:
Doug