Suppose I had a wild piglet and would like to use it as a locator for hunting oportunity in the area. does anyone have any experience with tagging atransponder on the boar and releasing the pig to find its lost mates? leaving the transponder pig and BBQ the rest? does it have to be a male? or will all pigs go find each other? how much does one cost to track it and how exactly does it work?
"I thought most boars were anti social and liked to be left alone, (atleast the males)."
I have killed a lot ofmale boars: Every male over 80 poundswas alone when I killed it.The sowmay kick the males out of the family group, not sure on that.Sometimes I seetwo or moremature males together, usually with one or more sows orin a big sounder. Hogs are wide ranging animals and are hard to track.If a hog becomes lost from its group, it is just as likely to jointhe first group of hogs that comes along.I have seen the same red sow with at least three different groups of hogs.
Big boar hogs are likely to be seen any time of the day, especiallyat a water hole when the weather is hot.
I would place on a female since she will run with others and if shes around a big boar will be too at some point. Im in texas and the boars are generally loners or are in small groups of 3 or 4 unless they are BIG and they are usually alone but the females may be in groups of 40 or more including piglets so pick the female and find out where she hangs out and the big boars wont be far from there!!!!!!!
Hogs are wide ranging animals. Some wildlife folks I know have transponders on wild hogs. Tracking them is a chore in rough terrain. One sow never got with a sounder of hogs. At one time she was seen running with three large pigs, not hers.
I use a special transponder that I use to track hogs. It goes off 4 times a day at 7 and 8 a.m. and 5 and 6 p.m. It is called a feeder. Put up a game camera and you will get a lot more info than a transponder.
In all seriousness I have a female friend that tracks turtles in the ocean with a gps transponder with all kinds of gizmos. They would work great but they are a tad pricey at 16,000 dollars each. But they are very accurate.
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I thought most boars were anti social and liked to be left alone, (atleast the males). But I could be wrong
From my experience, yep. Once the testicals drop, they become nomads. Or that has been my experience. Ive only seen young boars, whose little brothers havent moved south,running with sows.
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