Summer Hogs

[PickettSFHunter]

Hog shooting has wound down for the year with all of the acorns that have fell. I had intended on sharing these but just hadn't. These are a few that either me or me/buddy shot this Summer. Ended up taking 13 off this place but really didn't dent them. The biggest boar had been notched twice and castrated so I know certain people will be mad that it was killed but it's my land and I will kill them. Mostly killed with a 300 Blackout and a few with a 350 legend.

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[Carlos Viagra]

Way to go, that's a start on them anyways.

 

[Omega]

Man, that is some nice sausage there. I wish I had a place to get one nearby, but I definitely don't want them to come here.

 

[Andy S.]

Congrats Stephen!

I am not in the know with boar hunting, so can you elaborate on this statement: "the biggest boar had been notched twice and castrated so I know certain people will be mad"

I suppose you are saying the local guys want him in the herd so their dogs can continually run him, but what does notched twice mean, and why would someone castrate one?

 

[PickettSFHunter]

Congrats Stephen!

I am not in the know with boar hunting, so can you elaborate on this statement: "the biggest boar had been notched twice and castrated so I know certain people will be mad"

I suppose you are saying the local guys want him in the herd so their dogs can continually run him, but what does notched twice mean, and why would someone castrate one?

Some of them will notch each time they catch them, course dogs tear the ears up too sometimes. Castration supposedly makes them grow bigger, I'm not sure if it does or not but that's the thought.


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[Andy S.]

Thank You!

 

[Pilchard]

Thank You!

After he has been cut, it's called a barr hog.

As soon as you eliminate their ability to breed they focus all of their energy on feeding. This practice will also turn a rank nasty boar hog into the most delicious pig around- after some time of course. If you spend enough time around them you can actually tell a barr hog by the shape of the animal without seeing his rear end to see if he still has the goods.

Notching the ears, as mentioned, is a way to tell if the pig has been caught before.

 

[megalomaniac]

Glad you got them out of the state.

I seem to recall.... to keep the population stable, 50-60٪ of the standing population has to be removed each year. Less than that and their numbers are increasing.

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[ROVERBOY]

Nice. Congrats. A friend of mine killed a barr last year during muzzleloader season. He said he didn't know if he had been caught and cut or something like an injury had happened.