Caught one!

[TSadler]

We set our trap Friday night, and Saturday night this guy walked in. I'm guessing he is a full Russian boar, about 250-300 pounds. His tusks were 3 1/2 to 4 inches long. He looked and acted a lot different than the other hogs we've trapped. Look at Hoggin' Hanks hogs to see the difference in this Russian and regular wild pigs.

http://www.hunt101.com/img/291756.jpg

This is me moving the big guy away from the trap.
http://www.hunt101.com/img/291757.jpg

[GoodOlBoy]

Durn! Now thats a nice pig. Wish I could get me a set of tusks like that! Whew!

Congrats Tsadler!

GoodOlBoy

[fabsroman]

Tracy,

That is definitely one big hog.

Of course, I would prefer to hunt them over trapping, but everybody has their favorite way of doing it.

What do you do with the hog after you trap it? Obviously, I understand that dispatching it might be the answer, but I am just curious as to why you would trap it in the first place if that is the answer. Then again, maybe it is for the same reason I trap groundhogs (i.e., I cannot fire a gun where I live).

[TSadler]

That trap was built by Hoggin' Hank. He told me to never shoot a hog in the trap or I wouldn't be able to trap another one.

We trap them because we can. :) They are primarily nocturnal right now and difficult to hunt - but not impossible. The trap makes it easy to catch a bunch.

Depending upon size, people will eat them or sell them to a buying station. The stations pay on a per pound basis. Several years ago a 100 pounder was the top dollar, but now hunting ranches are buying them for hunters. They want the biggest ones they can get and a Russian boar is quite the prize since they are rare. If a hog is trapped for release, it must be neutered (including females) and vaccinated.

I didn't have time to mess with this big guy, so I called my neighbor. He picked him up and thought about eating him, but after some discussion, he started thinking about the money from a station. Personally, I would like to see him go to a ranch. He would be a trophy for anyone to shoot - even if he was neutered.

[fabsroman]

Well, after reading your previous post on hogs, the neutering thing makes sense, but it does seem like a headache though. I guess hogs are kind of like whitetails. Whitetails do most of their moving and feeding during the night unless they are pressured. Regarding the bow hunter in the other post, I don't understand why he wouldn't put a broadhead through a hog. Is it just because he doesn't want to deal with the hassle of removing it or will it ruin his hunt for whatever else he is hunting?