big pig

[waidmann 105]

domestic pigs/ferral pigs can be pretty wild after a short time,but i would not compare them with "wild born" (sus scrofa). as with most animals the wild ones are tougher in body and mind in my limited experiance of them.

neither to belittle.

 

this "monster" was a product of a farm if i recall rightly. the fat swelling over is not typical of a wild living pig(they do get alot of the white stuff on them but i have never seen a "wild pig" that "out of shape")

 

i'm not going to question the ethical points of the lad chasing it through the bush shooting at it with a handgun(how many shots?)as i know that they use them for hunting in the u.s.(it seems a tad strange to us,which does not make it wrong).

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

I'm sure there are lots of big wild ones. I said the ones in the dramatic big pig stories like the one mentioned. Are you saying they are wild and not the result of releases or cultured 'game ranch' boars? If they are bred for release for hunters they are domestics.

Cheers.

 

 

Ok, we are on the same page ... Any pig that surpasses 400 lbs. , by and large, has been fed and penned at some point .

 

But I would not consider a pig that has been trapped and relocated a domestic pig.

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

i'm not going to question the ethical points of the lad chasing it through the bush shooting at it with a handgun(how many shots?)as i know that they use them for hunting in the u.s.(it seems a tad strange to us,which does not make it wrong).

 

 

When using dogs, I usually have a handgun in a holster as opposed to a long gun. Just so much easier when dealing with the dogs to have the revolver in a holster and out of the way. Even if we are going to catch the pig live or use spears or knives to dispatch, the revolver comes along anyway .

[waidmann 105]

i have always done the same bud,when in the thick stuff a rifle is just too long(young beech and pine etc) to swing it around.

i meant going out with a handgun to hunt.

waidmann

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

i have always done the same bud,when in the thick stuff a rifle is just too long(young beech and pine etc) to swing it around.

i meant going out with a handgun to hunt.

waidmann

Edited March 15, 2010 by Aaron Proffitt

[Ned Makim 116]

I'm sure there are lots of big wild ones. I said the ones in the dramatic big pig stories like the one mentioned. Are you saying they are wild and not the result of releases or cultured 'game ranch' boars? If they are bred for release for hunters they are domestics.

Cheers.

 

 

Ok, we are on the same page ... Any pig that surpasses 400 lbs. , by and large, has been fed and penned at some point .

 

But I would not consider a pig that has been trapped and relocated a domestic pig.

 

No worries Aaron,

My use of the word domestic is probably wrong. I am trying to indicate the difference between what I consider genuinely wild and those that have had human involvement (based on the definition of the word feral...) I appreciate what you are saying. I do think a relocated boar is different to a pig that knows it's territory from birth but that would change depending on how long the relocated boar had his new range and whether or not he was fenced in.

 

Re handguns, they are illegal for hunting here so it's just knives for us.

Cheers.

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