Hog on the loose

It happened this week. It has been spotted twice in my rural neighborhood. The odd thing is, I am not aware of any pig farms in the area. It appears to be just 1 (hopefully not pregnant). Is it rare for a farmer to have a pig escape? If they escape, I wonder what the likelihood is it might return to the farm. I suppose it is possible someone dumped off their pet. It's been on the run for nearly a week so far, with no word of anyone looking for it. If it comes on my property, I might shoot it. I talked to DNR. They didn't say whether or not I should shoot it, but they said wild pigs are a concern. There is not currently a known wild hog population in my area. Deer escape game farms. It occured to me that I am surprised I have never heard of hogs escaping from a farm.

A broad head right behind the shoulder should do the trick !

I'd say you maybe getting some fresh pork sometime soon hopefully , shoot straight

I think it is a feeder pig, not a pot belly.
It might indeed make some good porkchops.

One time my son and I were driving grid roads in North Dakota scouting for ducks. I saw something weird cross the road way ahead of us. When we got up there I saw a huge pink pig giving me the stinkeye from the cattails. Not a farm in sight.

Moosetrot

Free ham, sausage, & bacon taste great!

35 Remington split its eyebrows

If it steps on a yote trap, I wonder if it will hold a pig

if several people have seen it

I would call the sheriff if no escapees have been reported , farms are more likely to call the sheriff than the DNR, no one is looking for it

I would shoot if it was any place I was legal to shoot

I would shoot even if the farmer is looking for it , if it has been out more than a day it needs to be down you can call the sherrif and tell them it is down so they can subtract it from the number they are looking for if any one was looking for it.

your trapping license , small game , deer , all work for shooting feral pigs , if it isn't in a fence containing it , it is feral.

Good point. I've never heard of a farmer calling DNR.

If I get it, I'll let you know. I alerted other neighbors tonight. We have our eyes peeled for it.

Hope you get it

35 Rem does a nice job on whitetail and wild hogs. My ex father in law has one and I loved shooting even if his daughter was a pain in the (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman)

great excuse for a neighbourhood pig roast.

Back when there was a lot of small hog farms, it was not out of ordinary for a pig or even fat hog to jump out of a truck when being hauled. I know of one fat hog that jumped out and lived, the owner couldn't catch him. If he had got killed the stockyard insurance would have paid for it. But since no carcass, no insurance.

I know in Mississippi the second a hog of any kind leaves the property it is kept on raised on etc. it is considered feral and fair game. I imagine most states look at this way as if they ever get established they are impossible to control.

Lol leftlane is this her?

She was a fine lookin little filly but yeah now that you mention it her personality was all jack (This word is unacceptable on Trapperman).

20 years ago or so I was driving the grain truck home and saw an emu running in the picked bean field across the road from my house. There were 2 of them running loose in the area and no one would claim ownership. It was thought they belonged to a hobby farmer in the area but he claimed they weren't his. Neighbors assumed no one claimed ownership because they didn't want to be liable if they were hit by a car. One ended up getting run in a combine by a neighbor picking beans after dark. The other was shot. Could be why no one wants to admit ownership of the hog .

here the hog's have gotten out of pen's and are having little ones , not good !!! Russian bore type , it's shoot on site here , but they keep growing in number's

Get after that thing AJE



Not sure if it's an Old Wise Tale... but don't escaped farm pigs start to take on feral characteristics quickly?

come now if you haven't figured out Lefties type by now they are all lookers , it's a matter of if he matured enough to make sure they don't come with extra helpings of crazy.

Back years ago we had an old lady that had a milch cow that ran off. Which she inquired all over the country side searching for her and everybody knew the old cow. After about a week a local fellows brother came down from Chicago in a new car obtained less than a week before. They was coming home from a square dance that night about mid-night and hit and killed the old cow and tore his new car up bad. The police went to the old ladies house about a mile from the highway and got her and brought her to see if the cow was hers. She took one look at the cow and said "Not My Cow".

Well it is true I hate to get bored!
I wouldnt wish that on anybody




Just so you know immature is just a word boring people use as a dirty dig on those of us who are out having fun!

Thanks guys.

That's what I've heard too, Eagleye.

The neighborhood is on alert. No reports of it today. Maybe a bowhunter will see it.

kevtrap, I think you're right. Someone probably knows it's source but is not saying.