Why do these hogs have tags on their ears?
04-21-2007, 04:27 PM
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Fork Horn
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Why do these hogs have tags on their ears?
Recently I've started getting pictures of hogs with orange tags on their ears. Some have numbers and some don't have any writing at all on the tags. Why would someone trap, tag, and release a wild hog?
04-21-2007, 10:51 PM
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RE: Why do these hogs have tags on their ears?
I'm in north texas and we have a ton of hogs and just recently we've started seeing these hogs with tags on their ears. And as time goes on the more hogs we see with tags.
04-23-2007, 08:18 AM
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RE: Why do these hogs have tags on their ears?
They are probably some that escaped from a farm somewhere. I shoot a big sow once that was tagged. She was orginally from a farm and escaped and had been living wild for a couple of years.
04-23-2007, 08:33 AM
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RE: Why do these hogs have tags on their ears?
Im in North West Texas and its not uncommon to find hogs the kids have let go. When the hogs dont make the sell at the stock shows, some kids will let them go on the Brazos. Ive seen a few that had clipped ears and ear tags. I can only assume those have gotten lose from a buyer, farmer, or releaseby some kids who didnt make the sell at a stock show.
04-23-2007, 12:43 PM
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RE: Why do these hogs have tags on their ears?
I've heard of people trapping hogs and "cutting" the boars and then marking them by cropping an ear or docking the tails. Maybe it was something like that, a marker for bars.
04-23-2007, 04:42 PM
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RE: Why do these hogs have tags on their ears?
More than likely they are tagged, to let a hunter know they are "bar" hogs, a boar that has had his man hood taken away. This is what we are doing now too. You catch them, cut them, put a bright colored tag in the ear and release. A few months or so go by, see him with the tag, know he's a bar hog, shoot and eat. A bar hog is much better eating than a boar, especialy here in cent. FL!
04-23-2007, 05:57 PM
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RE: Why do these hogs have tags on their ears?
Dead on. Usually these are hogs that were trapped, cut, then released. Then rehunted for future table fare. This practise is very commen here in Texas. As I am sure it is else where.