Hogs west of Stillwater!!

[ElkStalkR]

Well makes me sick to my stomach, but got a picture of two hogs on my game camera west of Stillwater. We are a couple miles south of 51 and a few miles east of 35.

I knew it would come someday, but I certainly dread them showing up. Needless to say ALL hunters on my place have been informed to shoot with extreme prejudice if they see one.

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[dennishoddy]

Yeah, that really sucks. I have a co-worker that lives not far from there. I'll tell him about this.

 

[Okie4570]

Pesky vermin! Are these cams over feed or on trails? Maybe they will vanish on their own as quickly as they appeared.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

I killed 4 last night. But they were west of I 35. I will try and get a couple pics up this evening.

 

[r00s7a]

Were they spotted??

 

[ElkStalkR]

Over feed. Nope they weren't spotted, just check out the pictures I posted and you will see that. All black, certainly feral.

 

[r00s7a]

Sorry, that was directed towards Bassin... he always seems to have those good lookin spotted pigs that I like so much. Spots make good targets!

"Certainly feral..." that reminds me of something interesting I read recently on how to tell the difference between a domestic hog vs a hybrid (of Russian or Eurasian descent). This is a direct quote from texasboars.com. http://www.texasboars.com/articles/aging.html

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"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."

I went back and looked at a couple of skulls I had boiled out and saved. One had the tooth, one did not. Remembering the hogs, they had a very distinct features that makes me think there is some truth to it, but I cannot guarantee it is a fact.

Sorry, didn't mean to hijack thread, it just triggered something in my Cliff Clavin useless fact memory.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Roos7a, i didnt have any black and white spotted hogs this go. I honestly will have to look at pics. It was 10:00 last night when we got in em and I butchered 4 hogs last night in a rain showers. I am thinking one was brown and 3 black with slight variations of darkness of color.

 

[Lone Wolf '49]

I killed 4 last night. But they were west of I 35. I will try and get a couple pics up this evening.

You are a ways north of I 40 aren't you?

 

[Oklahomabassin]

You are a ways north of I 40 aren't you?

On a quiet night, I am within hearing distance of I 40. But, these hogs were killed within 10 miles or so of North Canadian river. In a hay grazer patch about waist high.