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Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog #5549583 01/18/15 03:51 PM
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"BoarZilla" Thought folks on here might enjoy seeing this story about a couple of good ole boys who live captured this 790-pound boar hog with nothing but two dogs and some muscle.
Hunters bag, tie 790-pound boar hog


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Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5549612 01/18/15 04:18 PM
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That is one massive boar! Sounds like a good payday for them too.
Thanks for posting!

Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5549637 01/18/15 04:38 PM
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That is a good-sized, released, pen fed hog!

That hog has been raised by the Smitherman's (see comments posts on FB page)
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Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5549698 01/18/15 05:35 PM
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I don't see why it would matter if it was pen fed at any point, that thing is huge... Bet it didn't roll over and let em rub it's belly. I wouldn't have jumped on it.


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Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5549796 01/18/15 06:52 PM
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Even my kids show pigs wouldn't roll rover and let em rub its belly if dogs were after them. Yeah it matters.

Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5550001 01/18/15 08:44 PM
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Notice the lack of cutters?


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Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5550190 01/18/15 10:18 PM
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Yes, it matters in many ways.

Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5550253 01/18/15 10:52 PM
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Looks like someones old duroc breeder boar.

Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5550548 01/19/15 12:55 AM
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Looks like it has cutters to me. They are just worn off. They still curl the lips up.


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Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: cp50948] #5550770 01/19/15 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted By: cp50948
Looks like someones old duroc breeder boar.


Same thought here.
We used to let the breeder boars get to about 650 lbs and then sell them around five to seven years of age. Right before selling time, we would get a pair of wire pinchers and cut off about four inches of tusk leaving about an inch on the jaw.

The boars would get fed 3 1/2 pounds of ground feed a day, and they would still get this big.

Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5550897 01/19/15 03:25 AM
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That's a big pig!!!


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Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5551105 01/19/15 05:56 AM
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Not feral by any means. Agree, big hog but released.


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Originally Posted By: Lonnie Paul Walker Jr.
Not feral by any means. Agree, big hog but released.


Released or escaped ?


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Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5553477 01/20/15 02:30 PM
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That's how you win the Local Hog Contest around here... rofl


Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: Lonnie Paul Walker Jr.] #5554236 01/20/15 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted By: Lonnie Paul Walker Jr.
Not feral by any means. Agree, big hog but released.


An animal that was raised in captivity and escaped is by definition "feral".

Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5554297 01/20/15 09:11 PM
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Well first generation feral has to come from somewhere, but "feral" isn't always the same as "wild." I think that is where some of the confusion occurs.


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Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: Double Naught Spy] #5554374 01/20/15 10:09 PM
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confused2 see a pic of a young man nelt down by a 790# boar hog they named BoarZilla . that couple of good ole boys from texas captured with nothen but two dogs & some muscle. Edit: flag



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Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: TxFotoCowboy] #5554409 01/20/15 10:37 PM
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Re: Two Texas hunters & two dogs live capture a 790-pound boar hog [Re: dfwroadkill] #5554904 01/21/15 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted By: dfwroadkill
Yes, it matters in many ways.
x2 It mayters in every way. I have hunted with dogs many times. A mature wild boar is a handfull and can be dangerous with not enough hunters or dogs. My question is just how wild this pig is.


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That's a huge pig but 790? It doesn't seem quite that huge by the photos but maybe I'm wrong.


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Release or escape, that is not what I would call a feral hog. I have seen several outfits buy big boars from the sale barn an turn the out. Have clients come out that don't know better for a shoot. Amazes me how many people really can't tell. Several years ago I guided for an outfit that was based off hog hunts. They also bought hogs to sell back east. In 4 months I sorted over 12,000 feral hogs that were either trapped or dog caught. I maybe saw a handful of hogs go over 300 lbs, and they were monsters. I am no expert, but that hog in the photo is just a big Duroc boar. Men may have caught this hog, and really not known , but it's not the same as what I would call a feral hog.


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