And here is why Hogs have that shield!

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I can't hardly stand hunting shows anymore. They are almost never even remotely close to the kind of hunting I do. Also most of the hunters come off as idiots on film. I can see why people say hunting shows make us all look bad.

I know basically nothing about hogs, I've never hunted them. We raised a total of 8 hogs growing up, and we sold them all before they got big. But I don't think those hogs in the video were very wild. My understanding is that wild hogs that get hunting pressure are scared of people. Those ones weren't, even the one at the very beginning that wasn't fighting.

Now, do I think it's wrong to hunt tame/semi tame pigs? Not really, they are going to be killed one way or another, if people want to pay a farmer to come do it, I'm not going to say that's unethical. But filming it and putting it on a hunting show so everybody can see it is a poor choice I think. It isn't fun to watch, and gives a bad impression to a lot of people.
 
they dont look wild to me, wild hogs have straight tails
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That's a myth.
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Right. It isn't a diagnostic trait.

If wild hogs have straight tails, you have to ask yourself about what it is that would cause hogs with previously curly tails to then have straight tails. You would also have to ask was "wild" means. Just because a hog gets loose for a while will not cause his tail to straighten. Also, how curly is curly.

I have shot feral hogs with curly tails and with straight tails.

It may be that after numerous generations of being in the wild that the tail of the hog reverts back from being curly to being straight because of there being no pressure to keep it curly, the pressure being domestic breeding programs. The same has been seen with uniquely horned domestic goats where escaped offspring with the trait survive for several generations in the wild and the unique horn curl is lost back to being the standard curl.

Wow pikid89, it is like watching you grow up before our very eyes!

Quite possibly a straight tail is advantageous to hogs in the wild and so hogs with curly tails maybe do not live as long or breed as well because of this trait (as with coloration, easily spotted hogs don't tend to live as long as those that have pelage best adapted for their environment color scheme), but I doubt tail curliness is all that critical to survival or reproduction.
 
Regardless of whether they were "wild or not" neither of those boars have the appearance of having been in the wild for long. Big long floppy ears tend to get beat up and shredded pretty quickly (and if you watch the fight for long you will see why). They also are "soft" in their body type, not the exhibiting the road worn body that most hogs that are not hitting the trough show. Neither showed any big old scars which boars of that size and age should have from other encounters like this one. I don't care if folks shoot penned up hogs or not, but these two sure show the signs of being real fresh outta the feed lot. (And I grew up raising registered yorkshire and duroc hogs, as well as hunting wild Russian/ferals as well)
 
I couldnt care less if these dorks want to shoot farm pigs and video tape it but calling this a "hunting" show is a joke.
And it kills me when people think pigs cant be killed with any thing less than anti aircraft weapons.
 
I was surprised with the hog I shot. It was 180 lbs and the shield was probably 2 inches thick. I shot him at 60-70 yards with a .30-06 180GR winchester SP. The shot cut the heart in half but the bullet didn't exit, in fact there wasn't much left of the bullet, the biggest piece I recovered was 40GR
 
Hay freedom. If you have the upper hand a 22 mag is plenty of gun. I know some old timers down in south florida that have killed more hogs than all of us and he uses a 22 hornet for around 50 years. The old man would fly a piper super cub in to one of his camps. That 22 hornet was his goto gun for deer, hog even a couple bear. Now if i was superized by a 400+lb hog in a palmetto thicket then give me a big bore rifle. But that ain't the case very often. I friend shot a 458lb piggy in the bear island unit down there that was shoot at 20feet with a 32-20 rifle handload. Good thing it was bogged up in a flag pond but it did not walk out. Piggys can be tought at times but there not super aromor plated and a level head is worth more than many calibers.

There are so many hogs that have domestic blood mixed in that it can be hard to find pure euro hogs anymore. They have been mixing up in the south with domestic stock for ever. If it ain't color its body build , but its mixed in. Look at a pack and most allways something other mixed in there somewhere.

Good video
 
placement of the shot is critical.

I have killed many hogs in texas with just my bow.

I went to OK to visit family and took a couple nice 50 pounders with just my single shot contender in 30/30 (super 14 barrel in pistol configuration).... I have seen my cousins take nice size hogs with .223 HP's and .218 bee while we were out yote hunting. I am moving to bama soon and plan on bowhunting for hogs again (a 100gr slick trick BH shot at around 300fps does wonders on a hog if shot is placed correctly)... also, a 45acp with a 200 or 230 gr HP like a remington saber or speer gold dot shot from a 5" 1911 has taken many many hogs and is my favorite if close encounters with multiple hogs are to be considered.
 
I've killed a few feral/wild hogs shooting (1 small black russian male on the edge of Nantahala NF in WNC with a 10/22 and 10 shots of minimags) muzzleloader .50 and bp revolvers from a ground blind over bait and also a Marlin Camp .45acp (deadly on 2 head shots)
one hunt I was on I didn' get one but another hunter took a nice large dry sow with .22 Mag headshot when we skinned it out there was a sort of 'cyst' in left front shoulder bone and scar tissue in the 'sheild'. upon digging around found a .38cal swc soft slug evidently a 158 gr slug stopped on the bone of shoulder. digging around seemed the shot was a front sideling (quartering?) shot that didn't make it to the innards.
.357 mag hunter maybe? dunno?
anyway they can be tough to kill. not to play around with IMO.
anything over 150 lb can do damage to you/
 
They look too fat to be wild to me. The boars we kill around here look nothing like that, body symetry-wise. I smell canned hunt.
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Uh, yeah, I have only seen hogs like that in a pen
Nice Highroad reply, enjoyed the pic's
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+1

BTW, I personally have killed many of these nigh invincible animals with a .243
 
Google "Spotted Poland China Hog" ... you'll see some more photos of hogs like those ... but they are still in the small pen. I'm sure that there are some "real" wild Spotted Poland China hogs out there....somewhere.... those in the film appear to be "store bought" wild hogs!
 
That video is the perfect example of why I HATE hunting shows with every fiber of my being. I get so sick of seeing people shoot half-tame animals, gut shoot animals, stick arrows in deer then go back the next day to look for them....disgusting.

When I was a teenager, we raised hogs. Dad sort of on a commercial basis, and I raised them to sell for show prospects. Like JimKirk said, those boars are both Poland China's or ""Spots" as we called them, or some cross thereof. And I can tell you without a doubt those boars were both pen raised. I know if for no other reason than NO wild hog I've ever seen here in Texas would let two "hunters", both of whom were talking and a cameraman walk within a few feet of them.

That video is one more reason I'll never watch hunting shows again.

35W
 
I know if for no other reason than NO wild hog I've ever seen here in Texas would let two "hunters", both of whom were talking and a cameraman walk within a few feet of them.
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I have no doubt they were pen raised also but you would be suprised at what some hogs will let you get away with. Especially if they are wild in a semi-urban environment. My buddy got a funny video of hogs that were feeding along side the street in a nice community and they let him walk to within 2 feet of them. All they did was look at him and grunt. When he got a little to close they'd just take a few steps back.

I've gotta get a copy of it so everyone sees just how mean these human-eating hogs are here in the U.S.
 
Actually, Ive killed dozens of them with a single shot Sears .22 LR. Of course they were in a "Trap"...lol
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PREPOSTEROUS!!!!

everyone knows you need at least a .460 Weatherby Magnum but preferably a .50 BMG, to kill a wild boar hog lol
 
.22 LR is plenty to kill ANY hog in a trap. Cross the ears and the eyes, pop, lights out... Trust me, I have done it thousands of times.

Hogs are not as tough as everyone makes them out to be. Yeah, they are tough, but the places that the shots need to go do not require a heavy caliber. Shoot behind the ear into the skull if they are facing away, or cross the eyes and ears if they are facing you. When they are feeding (they are always feeding) take your shot as they lower their head. It will increase your odds of a pop and drop and also give you a couple seconds for a follow up shot if they don't go stiff and drop instantly.

If you are hunting boar, I would assume you are not going to consume the meat. If the animal is being simply exterminated, I could see how heavy calibers could aid in more sloppy shooting and increase the number of dead animals at the end of the day.
 
^ i know lol i was kidding about the bmg...ive killed them in the trap with 22s

what is wrong with eating boar meat...straight up its nasty but grind it up with some italian sausage seasoning and some free pork fat fromt he publix meat section and voila... delicious italian sausage
 
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