My son was siting on a food plot yesterday evening.
At five PM a fawn came out of the woods into the plot looking tired and worn out. The deer looked back into the woods and made a half circle and ran back into the woods further down wind then where it came out at. My son thought a coyote was chasing her and picked up his rifle as a large boar hog came out with his nose on the ground and trotted out into the field in the same tracks the deer had traveled. As he turned to leave trailing the deer my son shot him. He was 235LBS.
We believe he was trying to run the deer down. I believe that between the hogs, coyote and the EHD this has caused the fewer deer sightings in our area!
What say you? Was the Hog looking for a easy meal?

I've always heard hogs will eat anything.

Yes they will

hogs will catch, kill, and eat fawns on occasion.

I've seen them chase deer off a field. I can't say that I have ever seen one track a deer; but as BhamFred stated - I have heard they will eat a fawn.

Hogs are just a misunderstood breed.

Back when we had donkeys in our pasture I saw them several times chase down and stomp to death small hogs (and a bunch of coyotes). Once I saw a sow charge at the donkey and one good kick in the head changed her mind. She wobbled away.

If it had not been so far (about 500 yards) I would have shot the sow.

The donkeys would work as a team (I suspect like wolves). They would wait until the hog or coyote would get out in the open and they would chase it around. The first time I saw it I did not realize how much faster a donkey was compared to them. A donkey can haul ass. (LOL)

I can tell you the deer sightings on our Wilcox County lease are down this year compared to last year. All 3 pieces in Wilcox seem to be down. More on the 479 acre lease that has more hog sign than the others.

This is interesting as we have a food plot in one of our fields that the hogs have torn up.

The deer aren't coming out and hitting the food plots like they normally would. They are staying in the woods. They'll come out briefly, then head right back into the woods.

they ate 150lb of seed in the bags we had put out the night before in October and didn't stop there; they continued to devour another 150lb of ammonium nitrate. never seen anything like it. we went back to plant the next day and the bags were ripped to shreds spread all over the field.

Wow that sucks.

Precisely what we are dealing with.