Last night, Pig_Popper and I visited several properties and dropped hogs on three of them. On the 2nd place, we got 5 hogs and he shot the largest sow (140 lbs) and while checking each of the hogs, he discovered his big sow was a mulefoot - HIS FIRST. I have shot several mulefoots off this property in the past, but it has been a couple of years since the last one. She was dropped with a 6.5 Grendel firing Federal Speer TNT 90 gr. ammo and sighted with a Bering Optics Super Yoter-R thermal.

Being a mulefoot is a genetic anomaly. It occurs as a natural, rare mutation, but for quite a while in the late 1800s and early 1900s, these were bred as a highly prized meet hog here in the US. It is not often you find them as ferals, but I suspect many are missed because hunters usually don't look closely at the hooves.



Here are what the front feet look like...


Here are what the hind feet look like...

I’ve never taken the time to look at a hogs foot. Shoot them, drag them off, repeat.

I’ve never taken the time to look at a hogs foot. Shoot them, drag them off, repeat.

You don't look at the foot when you grab it to drag it off? No extra time involved.

Knew a guy that was all about mule footed hogs. He liked them enough to release them on his land.

Shoot and repeat. I've never looked at a hog foot.

Interesting. Never even looked or cared, but I'll check them out from now on for a little added fun.