pregnant sows
07-05-2006, 06:21 AM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: palm bay fl
Posts: 4,504
RE: pregnant sows
look at her titties........if you can see them hanging and she's swollen around the belly, you might be able to tell........my one sow i got, i had no idea she was pregnant, almost full term too, if i had known , i would not of shot her, but you couldnot tell......and it's not like i didnt see her, she was 17 yds away.....
07-06-2006, 06:54 AM
#4
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: chiefland Florida USA
Posts: 5,417
RE: pregnant sows
as ma said ; really no way to tell sometimes.if they are ready to drop sometimes you can see the teets and belly.I have taken several that was about 1/2 and you could not tell till you gut her.
I have caught some in my traps and had to look close to tell they were with pigs.some times the teets want show anything till the day they drop,then they will drop the milk and the teets will fill up and show big.
the best way to tell , if you can get a close look at the rear end to see if it's swollen real big,then there not many days off.
I don't like to shoot one that is ready to drop, but it makes for a good eating hog (really fat).
the old time farmers would breed the gilts a few weeks befor time ti kill, that would make them fatten up for killing time.doesn't hurt the meat any at all.
just have to do the best we can.
I have caught some in my traps and had to look close to tell they were with pigs.some times the teets want show anything till the day they drop,then they will drop the milk and the teets will fill up and show big.
the best way to tell , if you can get a close look at the rear end to see if it's swollen real big,then there not many days off.
I don't like to shoot one that is ready to drop, but it makes for a good eating hog (really fat).
the old time farmers would breed the gilts a few weeks befor time ti kill, that would make them fatten up for killing time.doesn't hurt the meat any at all.
just have to do the best we can.
07-07-2006, 09:58 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Sierra Nevadas., Ca
Posts: 1,050
RE: pregnant sows
ORIGINAL: huntnma
look at her titties........if you can see them hanging and she's swollen around the belly, you might be able to tell........my one sow i got, i had no idea she was pregnant, almost full term too, if i had known , i would not of shot her, but you couldnot tell......and it's not like i didnt see her, she was 17 yds away.....
look at her titties........if you can see them hanging and she's swollen around the belly, you might be able to tell........my one sow i got, i had no idea she was pregnant, almost full term too, if i had known , i would not of shot her, but you couldnot tell......and it's not like i didnt see her, she was 17 yds away.....
