In this area most of the wild hogs are domestic-wild boar cross. A positiveid is twosmall teeth in the lower jaw. They are present only in the hybrids.

http://www.boartuffoutdoors.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=hog;action=display;num=1141873299

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To begin there is one tooth that can distinguish something about a hog. The tooth in the picture to the left is not used in the aging process. Not all hogs will have this tooth. Only Hybrid Wild Boar will have this tooth. Hybrid is a cross breed between domestic hogs and the Eurasian Hog (Russian Boar). Domestic hogs or domestic feral hogs will not have this tooth.

Don't know much about them either. Just eager to hear about bullet performance.

Old/New

He just sent me some cell phone pics but they are his pics so I want to let him post them. I know that is what I would want to happen.... But remember these are expensive bullets so in my mind they need to work that way.

If he relates to the stories and the doubts that the guides had about this dinky bullet from a ML - you will understand what I am talking about...

He will probably take Monday off from work just so i he can write.

falcon

Thanks for the link - that certainly helped educate me some - I really hate missing out on this hunting...

I would love to hunt them. On the other hand I am glad we don't have that opportunity around here. Having those kind of varmints loose in the fields would just break a farmer's heart.

All I know is when the Wisconsin DNR heard that some were let loose in the southwestern corner of the State and were starting to breed, they went crazy. They arrested one person who swears he did not let them loose intentionally, and they have told hunters to feel free to shoot them (with a small game license of course).

In fact (I just realized)I have a friend that owns an entire valley (he even wanted to buy the county road that runs up the valley but they would not sell)up in the bluffs along the Mississippi over there. I should call him up and have a talk with my goodold college buddy. I could see if he has a piggy problem.

They do not want them to establish a foot hold in Wisconsin. Not with all of our corn, wheat, soybean and oat fields in the south. They would have a hay day.

I spent a lot of "time"around domestic hogs. Too much in fact if you ask me. They are a strange animal. One thing you learn.. never take them for granted or take your eyes off them. One second they can be just a peaceful eating machine, and the next just down right nasty. I can only imagine what a wild or domestic cross would be like.

In addition to being hard on agricultural land I have also heard that they really raise cane with the woods. We had some feral pigs around here a few years back that had escaped from a hog farm nearby. I think someone made bacon out of them.
Art

Nice hog!

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Hogs can and will hurt you bad. Have been charged by wild hogs three times.One was by a big wounded boar, another was by a boar in response to the distress call froma sow i had wounded. Another time i was walking to a tree stand and got between a sow and her pigs. Did not shoot at that sow on her first pass, i just got out of her way. When she turned to come back she ate a .240 grain XTP.

A friend had a close call last year. Thankfully, he was wearing a .45 M1911 on his leg. A big sow made an unprovoked charge knocking him down;the muzzleloader landed several feet away out of reach. That hogturned and came charging backto getblasted with a .45. Afterkilling that hog, my friendlooked up and there were three other hogs staring at him from a few yards away. He had several small cuts on his legs and face.

Last weekend at our place in Garvin county, i was after the fresh tracks of a huge black boar i have named Osama bin Laden. Followed the tracks into a big plum thicket.When that hog started grunting, me and my muzzleloader leftthatthicket in a hurry. That is the only time i have ever backed down from a hog. The hair on the back of my neck stood up and i was visibly shaken.Nexttime i will have my AR-15.

Thanks guy's, i was told they are pure Russian Boar. They get them from canada. No females shot by me this weekend. I might have a full report later. Alot of work to do yet.