Author Topic: Best Hog Shot Ever (Read 1367 times)

Darrell H · « **on:** February 28, 2005, 02:06:09 AM »

I was slipping through the woods last weekend and I came upon a fresh hog "nest" and these little fellows popped their heads out of the leaves. I was able to take this "shot". I'm sure mama was around close but I never did see her. Thank goodness!!

X

longwinters · « **Reply #1 on:** February 28, 2005, 12:08:02 PM »

Great Shot X! What are the odds that you could come upon a nest. The closest I ever came is looking in my kids bedrooms. I call em "a boars nest". :lol:

Long

Redhawk1 · « **Reply #2 on:** February 28, 2005, 01:19:25 PM »

Looks like 2 sausage rolls.

mikemayberry · « **Reply #3 on:** February 28, 2005, 04:26:40 PM »

X-Caliber,

Thanks for sharing this great photo with us. They are cute at that age and will soon grow up. I read somewhere that you need to harvest 75 percent of a hog population a year to keep it from growning given the breeding rate.

Mike

Ditchdigger · « **Reply #4 on:** February 28, 2005, 04:45:10 PM »

That picture brings back memories of the time I took 3 of them away from their mother,(she ran off and left them.) They made the darn'st pets you ever saw. Digger

mikemayberry · « **Reply #5 on:** March 02, 2005, 04:59:12 PM »

X-caliber,

That photo would make a great cover for Boar Hunter Magazine. You ought to contact them and see if they would use it.

Mike

nemesis · « **Reply #6 on:** March 02, 2005, 05:05:08 PM »

great pic of them wee porkers

Darrell H · « **Reply #7 on:** March 03, 2005, 01:46:18 AM »

Glad you enjoyed the pics guys. They sure are cute little fellers aren't they!

BTW, there are actually three pigs in the photo. If you look real close you can see the back of a third pig between the two obvious pigs.

X

myronman3 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 03, 2005, 12:33:09 PM »

sorry, but all i can think of is....
"i want my baby, baby,baby....back ribs." :lol:

DaveP · « **Reply #9 on:** March 05, 2005, 11:37:01 AM »

Quote from: Ditchdigger

That picture brings back memories of the time I took 3 of them away from their mother,(she ran off and left them.) They made the darn'st pets you ever saw. Digger

We came across some little ones in florida a few years back.Still kicking myself for not bringing a few back home.Could have fed them onions and BBQ sauce,and vinegar for drinking.Basted from the inside out.Hmmmm.Dave

rockbilly · « **Reply #10 on:** March 06, 2005, 07:07:46 AM »

:eek: You are lucky mama wasn't a bad one. I had an old sow try to run up my leg because I got to close to her babies. You can never tell when one will turn on you.

They do breed quick. A sow will usually breed twice a year having usually, about 4-6 pigglets. I have seen one old sow with 10 pigglets trailing her. I don't know if she was the mama of all of them, but all of them were trying to get a shot of milk from her.

PEPAW · « **Reply #11 on:** May 18, 2005, 10:54:09 AM »

Thanks for the photo. I
Funny how their hair changes just like a fawn's.

pepaw

JeffG · « **Reply #12 on:** May 19, 2005, 09:06:08 AM »

I see all hogs framed in a seeded bun! :-D :-D :-D

Zachary · « **Reply #13 on:** May 21, 2005, 01:59:10 PM »

Those really are the cutest things I've ever seen. It's amazing how ugly and nasty they are going to get in about a year - and I won't mind shooting them then.

Zachary