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06-01-2005, 09:37 AM
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Caught one!
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.
 This is me moving the big guy away from the trap. 
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06-01-2005, 10:00 AM
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Durn! Now thats a nice pig. Wish I could get me a set of tusks like that! Whew!
Congrats Tsadler! GoodOlBoy
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06-01-2005, 10:24 AM
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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).
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06-01-2005, 11:40 AM
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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.
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06-01-2005, 03:25 PM
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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?
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