Don't get the Hog hunters started......we will end up with a best knife for dressing a hog thrread.....I know that some of our AL,MS,FL readers will chime in as will our TX and NM boys with their big hogs and little hogs (Peccary - look it up).
As far as wildlife biologists are concerned wild hogs are a PIA. They eat all manner of creatures,plants,eggs and young. And Trax they are acorn vacuums. The love a good turkey nest. Some dumb A guys turn them loose to hunt and then wonder why their turkeys disappear......
Rant over........I have seen them in every shape,size and color, shot'em with all manner of weapons, a 303 Stockman is big enough to dress a tender small one - i.e. 30/35 lbs.. Great ole big ones have tough hide (200+LBS) and something in the model 100 category is needed. People eat lots of them and never know it, the little crossroads BBQ joints take in some backdoor in the dark delieveries. Across the south, little leagues,cheerleaders,service clubs, lodges, chambers of commerce and churches serve up the wild swine to earn hard cash....... drive down any road and you will meet someone pulling a custom or home made BBQ grill trailer off to another fund rasising event. A friend on a wildlfe refuge on the Texas coast killed 482 in one year and never made a dent in the population....as they are able to have several broods a year. As you can see I enjoy eating them for the taste and to get even for their damage to nature.
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