Hey Eddie, look what I got!

[STx]

I build hog traps for a living and have wanted a baby feral hog to raise as a mascot. A customer caught this little boar with a group yesterday and now I've finally got one. He was pretty scared, charging us when he got here but, he seems to be calming down.

 

[Luke'sScreenName]

Super interesting! I really hope you will you be posting progress reports here. :thumbsup:

 

[TractorGuy]

I caught one about that size in a group last year. It was solid red colored. Little bugger climbed or jumped up to the larger panel holes and got out while we were catching the others to drag out of the pen. None of us actually saw him get out in the excitement. We just all of a sudden noticed he was gone.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I build hog traps for a living and have wanted a baby feral hog to raise as a mascot. A customer caught this little boar with a group yesterday and now I've finally got one. He was pretty scared, charging us when he got here but, he seems to be calming down.View attachment 530427View attachment 530428

Interesting markings. Is that usual for a feral hog? Maybe he has some European wild boar in him? I don't know if Javalina have markings like that, and I'm not even sure they will cross with a domestic pig. Do you have an explanation for those markings? I grandfather used to raise pigs, and I have raised a few myself, but I have never seen anything like that.

 

[Redlands Okie]

Feral hog or javelina ? Hard to tell with the pictures. Due to the color i assume its a hog. Javelina have one dew claw on the rear feet and something about the tail if i remember correctly ? Do you see many javelina ? Been a while since I was around them.

 

[goeduck]

Cute little bugger

 

[STx]

Interesting markings. Is that usual for a feral hog? Maybe he has some European wild boar in him? I don't know if Javalina have markings like that, and I'm not even sure they will cross with a domestic pig. Do you have an explanation for those markings? I grandfather used to raise pigs, and I have raised a few myself, but I have never seen anything like that.

These markings are very common on feral hogs. They're like the spots on a fawn, early camoflauge. As he grows, they'll disappear and he'll probably end up either solid red or black. He has a pretty long snout so I'm guessing there is some Russian in his lineage but, it's hard to say for sure while he's this small.

Javelina are pecarry, not swine, so they couldn't cross. They are kind of in the same family as pigs but, not really.

 

[STx]

Feral hog or javelina ? Hard to tell with the pictures. Due to the color i assume its a hog. Javelina have one dew claw on the rear feet and something about the tail if i remember correctly ? Do you see many javelina ? Been a while since I was around them.

We have lots of javelina here, I've got a LARGE group hitting my feeder pretty regular. I'd post a picture but, my phone wiped all my data, including photos, yesterday during a software update.

They're game animals here so we can't trap them. I want a pet javelina pretty badly, I know a guy that has one in Mexico that okay with his dogs and oet bobcat (which I also want). It seems pretty cool. I'd just have some legal issues to overcome due to their game animal status.

 

[fried1765]

These markings are very common on feral hogs. They're like the spots on a fawn, early camoflauge. As he grows, they'll disappear and he'll probably end up either solid red or black. He has a pretty long snout so I'm guessing there is some Russian in his lineage but, it's hard to say for sure while he's this small.

Javelina are pecarry, not swine, so they couldn't cross. They are kind of in the same family as pigs but, not really.

" some Russian in his lineage"???
Oh No!
Do you think he might have been colluding with the Russians?

 

[blackrams]

" some Russian in his lineage"???
Oh No!
Do you think he might have been colluding with the Russians?

That thar's funny, I don't care who you R.