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Hog Myth
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12/05/19 06:55 AM
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I had heard most all my life that a hog would eat a dead hog The more the hog population grows the more I've heard it so I got tired of hearing this myth/rumor I decided to put it to the test I killed a 100-120 lb boar and put a trail cam on it and waited several weeks before returning to the site to pull the card and see what happened over that bit of time Had many hog pics but all just passed by without even a glimpse at the carcass It really was a competition between coyotes and buzzards to see which could devour the hog first. This was early spring when most food resources have dwindled away so there wasn't an abundance of acorns or much of anything else to eat
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/07/19 06:39 AM
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Hogs WILL eat hogs! I have seen it in Germany, and their hunting training teaches that hogs are carnivorous/cannibalistic (true Russian strains/not feral like here).
AND - my Grandfather won many awards raising hogs, and my cousin followed in his footsteps and was very successful as well. One of the things I VIVIDLY remember about my GF during birthing time: He would "live" in the hog house as the sows birthed. As a sow dropped piglets coming up in number to equal the number of teats to suckle, he would monitor that sow VERY closely! Once she got to one piglet less than the # of available teats, the next piglet birthed, he would lickety-split snatch it up by the hind leg and immediately put it on the teat of another birthing sow with lower number of piglets than available teats. I remember how quickly he would do this and asking him about it. His response was that a sow would eat the piglets down to one less than teats than she had to feed them. And he didn't want to loose any piglets - that was $$$! Yeah I was around a lot of hogs growing up too, We, Uncles, Grandfathers all raised hogs and nevr once did I see or hear any of them telling anything about a hog eating another hog. This isn't Germany either. I also am very aware that hogs are carnivorous and have heard many tales of bodies being disposed of in hog pens but I cant confirm that because I havent done that experiment yet You missed my point completely. The setting was in the wild when food wasn't at a premium and if cannibalism was going to take place it would've then...it didnt
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/09/19 06:55 PM
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They are omnivores. They will eat just about anything. I shot a doe during bow season. I went back to camp to get my deer cart. When I came back there were 5 hogs over my doe getting ready to chow down. Got there in the nick of time. Really just depends on how hungry they are as to what they go after. Most are full of corn so they may not,
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/10/19 02:21 PM
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They absolutely will eat anything that aint nailed down if they get hungry enough...they stayed in the gut pit in texas...eat deer,turkeys,other hogs...cardboard ...fish heads. i ustah have to clean the protein feeders out after a rain or they stop up...bout the viscosity of diarreah and smelled like it too..soured corn as well..those were their favorites..you could kill a truck load off a pile of soured protein slush..if you could stand the smell.
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/13/19 06:41 AM
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Deadye, I guess you need to sale that lying ass camera. LOL Well that cam was from china I'll try this again soon and maybe cover the hog with acorns or corn to entice them to take a bite
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/14/19 05:19 PM
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I have a hog on the ground with a cam covering any predation that will take place and I will post the results after about 2 weeks
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/18/19 01:40 PM
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Its not a myth brother, I’ve watched in amazement. Just last week I killed 8 more over one I killed that morning. I usually slice them open.
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/18/19 05:18 PM
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The one my cam is on had it’s spine blown out and some intestines coming out I going over ther tomorrow and will pull the sd to see what if anything has taken a bite
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/18/19 05:20 PM
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Anyone is more than welcome to post pics to contradict my statements about this This will be the second time I’ve done this experiment so we shall see some time tomorrow if it proves true again
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/20/19 08:03 AM
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I made it to the carcass yesterday and pulled the sd card from the cam The card had 3790 pics on it and 90% of them were of buzzards feasting on the hog There were several pics of hogs passing by without so much as a glance at the dead hog. I left the cam to see if there would be any more predation or cannibalism It'll be another week before I can get over there
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/23/19 06:46 PM
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I've been chased off the blood trail, by hogs, while tracking one I just shot. I've seen hogs attack and kill a wounded hog, and then proceed to eat it immediately.
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/25/19 08:04 AM
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I pulled cam from the carcass yesterday after watching 2 buzzards circling and the flying away
It was reduced to skin a bones...there were hogs passing by on the pics but no cannibalism
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Re: Hog Myth
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12/25/19 08:17 AM
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From all the replies on this thread there has to be no doubt that cannibalism will take place but I think it has to be in instances of a controlled environment or an extreme lack of any food source For this to be a natural behavior for wild hogs when food is plentiful remains to be seen This was my second experiment on this subject with all evidence pointing to it not happening and these observations took place 30 miles or more apart
When I need expert advice I tend to talk to myself The older I get the better I used to be
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