Fri
Jul 4 2008
07:10 pm
By: WhitesCreek
We ran into these critters about a mile from the house around 2 p.m. today. They are in that scruffy stage when they shed the winter coat a few spots at a time, but they looked healthy. The prints were tiny compared to some we've seen.
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They aren't a problem
I've seen a number of them and they are regularly hunted in the surrounding counties. I've walked up on them several times, even several with babies. They are absolutely not interested in messing with a human. I've seen the bow up, snort raise their hackles, and all sorts of stamping the ground, but they alway turn and run.
What OneT saw were more than likely feral domestics. I've seen them in the woods, and yes, they get huge compared to these European boars.
In 19 years here
I have only seen three wild hogs, and that was all at once. Luckily it was on a nearby dirt road and I was in my van. They were lighter in color than in WC's picture and huge, really huge. The three of them pretty much filled the road in front of me. I got the feeling that if they had been so disposed, they could have opened my van like a package of snacks. I just waited until they moseyed on and let me pass.
-- OneTahiti
Do you see a lot of these?
If so, do you consider them a problem?
Depends
I'd say whether or not a wild or feral hog is a problem depends on the hog and the circumstances. A child or weak or lone person caught out on foot by a bunch of hungry hogs might be in trouble: (link...), (link...), (link...), (link...), (link...), (link...).
And they do get big. One down in Georgia was reported as 12 feet long and over 1000 pounds, although later the weight was revised down to 800 pounds. DNA testing on that hog showed it to be a wild/domestic hybrid: (link...)
-- OneTahiti