That's a bigboy. Nice kill.
I like to watch for the sounders...they seem to be more predictable than the lone boars IME, but I sure won't pass up a chance to kill the lone boars.
I've always wondered about hogs that stay away from the sounders. I've seen some larger sows that seem to avoid crowds, but most were boars, I think. I wonder if they're just unsociable individuals that choose a solitary lifestyle, or the other pigs have rejected them? I guess I could google it, but it's more fun to just talk about it.
I think they've honed their instincts from many years of survival. It's easier to slip around undetected alone rather than running with a sounder. They don't need the protection of a sounder and aren't about to share a food source with a sounder. To breed they hit it and quit it, go back to the single life. This old boy was OLD. Just a couple of months ago I shot two other lone boars that were smaller, and actually had longer cutters. I think the boar I shot this past weekend boar was older than the other two shown here, as his cutters on were wearing down. Other two were big, but this one, bigger.
The two pictured together were shot two days apart, just went back and loaded together after shooting the second for a group photo. All in this post were from the same set up. Tells me it's a good territory with lots of what boars want, and that territory isn't shared since I never see more than one of boars like this hanging around together like the members of a sounder do.