Choctaw
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Well done, Flintknapper.
That's a bruiser!
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Update on this animal:
I had not seen this hog again for several months but it showed up on camera a couple of days ago. It was by itself (formerly with a group). Easy to recognize since it was missing its tail and both ears.
I shot the hog last night but went to examine it more closely this morning in better light. As previously suspected...the hogs tail had been cut off (clean cut very obvious). I noticed also that the hog had been castrated (testicles removed), something I had not noticed before in the videos. I knew the hog was missing both ears but wasn't exactly sure the cause.
Looking at the animal closely.....it was plain to see the loss of the ears was the result of 'Catch Dogs' crushing the ears when they took hold of the pig. The ears were damaged so badly that the tissue became necrotic and fell off. Sadly all the way up to the skull on both sides.
Everyone knows I have no love for Feral Hogs....but I am loath to understand how anyone could intentionally mutilate an animal like this and then let it go. Either kill it....or let it be.
The hog was in good physical condition overall.....but surely compromised by such a barbaric act. I understand fully that most 'Hog-Doggers' would not do this, but someone did... and it is inexcusable.
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Flint, Its been a while since I been on but have loved watching your thread about hogs for a while now!
I actually moved to E.Texas not long ago and looking for these guys out here!
Any recommendations?
Well, I keep visiting my favorite thread here, Flintknapper, but it appears that you all have been on a bit of a vacation! I hope all is well with you and yours, and that you will get back to posting your escapades in the Land of The Hog soon. Best wishes from the Pacific Northwest.
but I can relate the story of how it happened if anyone is still interested in that kind of thing.
Hello all, long time reader. First time poster.
Here in Australia, we have over 20 million feral pigs. Plus all the other hard hooved creatures. Deer, horse, donkey and camel. .
Flint, Its been a while since I been on but have loved watching your thread about hogs for a while now!
I actually moved to E.Texas not long ago and looking for these guys out here!
Any recommendations?
Thanks for posting this.
Love the way those smaller guys bluff charge you here and the bigger pigs is prior vids actually ram the cage.
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I'm not ordinarily for wanton killing and waste of fish and wildlife but hogs are a VERY different story. I wonder if burying them rather than making them vulture food is more a viable and less stinky solution?
It seems as if Florida's problem isn't as big as it is in Texas, and Florida has opened select WMA's for off season hunts, good deal there.