Caught by mistake

Hog Killer · 07-24-2008, 01:52 PM

I was trapping pigs for a grad student at Kingsville and I met the number I needed after five days. I left 4 of the traps set because I was too lazy to go back to open them. I was going back to pick the traps up the next day. When I got to the first trap the following day with a trailer I had a 350-400 pound pig in it. He was not happy when I showed up. I pick him and took his tongue for DNA sampling and took the head to mount. Once I finish the mount I will post a pic of it for everyone to see.

The Rev · 07-24-2008, 08:09 PM

I hope you killed him before you took his tongue out!!! If not, I won't be messing with you.

huntnma · 07-26-2008, 08:05 AM

thats a big hog.....couldn't you of gotten DNA testing from blood sample, why did you need the tongue ?

Hog Killer · 07-27-2008, 08:18 PM

The truck that I was issued was not equipped with the supplies needed to draw blood. At the time I had 12 traps set on two different ranches with the furthest one an hour and an half drive. There was not enough time to draw blood from the pigs. By taking the tongue there is more tissue that can be used to test DNA if it does not work the first time. There is another student that is using the tongues of Pronghorns to test their DNA also. Its just a cheaper, faster,andeasier way to test when more than say hundred animals are to be tested. The student working on the Pig DNA has over 1500 samples from all over south Texas. I hope this answers your question huntnma. And the ranch that I took the big pig from wanted the pigs removed permently.

huntnma · 07-28-2008, 01:35 AM

yep, that answered it

Thanks