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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 08:30 pm |
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I thought you all might like an update on Wilbur. He is a feral hog of domestic decent sure looks European doesn't he. He is very gentle, but also very dangerous he doesn't know his own strength and loves to play. He does Not take well to intruders other than humans. He will instantly kill anything that enters his pen and eat it. He loves snakes! we have had him for about 19 months now. He was very young when I caught him he would have been born near December the first 2006.
His growth rate is by no means Typical of the same hog in the wild. Wilbur is very spoiled and eats like a king!
Wilbur at about 3 weeks December 28,06
3 months
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8 months in his first summer shed weighs around 100 pounds.
near his first birthday December 19 ,07
February 10,08 14 months near the 200 pound mark.
19 months old July 6,08 now 250-275 pounds maybe more it's hard to judge a fat hog still very gentle. He plays hard and doesn't know he a walking tank!
Michelle feeding Wilber peanuts
He eats from the hand, got to watch those razors now reaching the 2 inch mark.
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Posted: Mon Jul 7th, 2008 11:35 pm |
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He sure has filled out well.
We had three we kept for a little over a year. They were named Pork Chop, Bacon and Sausage. 
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 02:37 am |
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He's go a little euro in him. I'm glad to see you didn't cut him He will be a handful soon, but I know y'all can handle it. Keep sending us updates on him. It looks like you got a little petting zoo going on there.
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 05:25 am |
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| nice pics, just wondering whats your plans for him in the future. steve
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 06:03 am |
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| I love it! I tried to keep some ferals, but they broke jail and I haven't seen them since.
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Posted: Tue Jul 8th, 2008 06:32 am |
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our plans are to keep him as long as he is nice. Then well you know the drill, I wont set one free!
I record the sounds he makes and study his behavior. hog shave lots more vocalizations than they get credit for.
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 08:10 pm |
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what would you think the odds would be, to have hogs rome free in new jersey,
if you were to intro duce them up here, would you start with mature hogs or would you start with juvinilles, an about how many on a 5000 acre peace Thanks steve
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 10:50 pm |
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how can I say this without sounding rude? NO one in their right mind would introduce hogs to their land intentionally.
Here's the deal with hogs it's not a matter of "if", but a matter of when you will have them. They are a very invasive species that need desperately to be controled.
DON"T DO IT!
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Posted: Wed Jul 9th, 2008 11:13 pm |
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Hes a good lookin boy - I learned alot from my hog , the sounds he made before I fed him , when he liked to run around his pen, etc. Its great for the kids too.
Rick
Ohh yeah they taste great too.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10th, 2008 04:23 am |
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Guess, you are right. I have been guilty of releasing some, about 20 years ago, but would never do it now! Live and learn.
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Posted: Thu Jul 10th, 2008 07:42 pm |
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| thanks for the response, ive yet to see a wild hog, sounds like fun trappin an huntin them, guess ill just have to go outta state to find-um, steve
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Posted: Thu Jul 10th, 2008 10:30 pm |
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| SVR, what state are you in? I'll see what I can find out about hogs in your state.
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Posted: Fri Jul 11th, 2008 01:29 am |
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| Nice pictures.
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Posted: Sun Jul 13th, 2008 03:30 pm |
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| amazing story.... great looking hog there Guess.... are you gonna breed him and develope your own strain?
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Posted: Sun Jul 13th, 2008 07:20 pm |
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| Guess im from South Jersey
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