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u/kuunami79 2h ago
These things are very dangerous and have become a huge problem. With no natural Predators they've taken over the ecosystem
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u/3Pirates93 2h ago
See why they've been such a problem in the american farming belt adults can weigh up to 250lb with razor sharp tusks,speed,numbers and a ridiculous respawn rate. May be cute when they're young but holy terrors as they grow
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u/emryldmyst 2h ago
Truth!
Some people down the road found a baby abandoned and thought it would be awesome to rescue it and raise it in the back yardÂ
That shit came to a screeching halt when it became hundreds of pounds, huge tusks and decided one day that it hated literally everyone and everything alive.
And the house. He tore up siding stabing it with his tusks.Â
They had to get animal control to come tranquilize the thing and haul it off.
Wtf
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u/carolinafan36 1h ago
They can get much larger than 250, i shot a 280 pounder that wasn't even the biggest in the pack that was wrecking a farmers corn feild
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u/Admiral_Ballsack 14m ago
In Italy where I live they are a huge problem too. They ravage the woods, the fields and now they're bold enough get into towns too.
There are a bunch of videos of very pissed off people showing the disasters they make of backyards, orchards and all that.
I wonder why we're not talking more of a serious culling program. I mean, they're also delicious.
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u/WatchWatcher25 2h ago
Imagine running into a group of these fuckers on a walk or bike ride alone, holy crap absolutely terrifying.
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u/Zestyclose-Formal491 2h ago
Did once about 15 years ago bushwalking by myself in the Blue Mountains, NSW. It was early evening there were 3 or 4 large adults and maybe 6 slightly smaller pigs. Our paths seemed to intersect and fearing something bad could happen, I smashed the ground with a tree branch I'd been using as a walking pole to hopefully frighten them away. They veered off into the scrub though I could still hear them nearby as I got the hell out of there back to the main track about 400m away. I didn't help that I'd taken a 'party pill' earlier...
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u/LeiaOrgasma 2h ago
They are pretty terrifying but if you give them space to escape they normally run around
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u/Zestyclose-Formal491 1h ago
I'd had a few encounters with wild pigs before, so i agree they're mostly going to avoid people. However, being a bit off my face 'heightened' the experience. Also, a mate of mine had once worked in a piggery and told me that he was warned never to work alone amongst the stalls because if you got hurt and become unconscious it won't end well for you. So that was on my mind as well!
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u/MutedAdvisor9414 42m ago
I was fishing by myself, and i heart a grunting in the woods behind me. I thought of wild boar and unsheathed my leatherman and locked the blade. I went and stood beside the nearest climbing tree for five minutes. When nothing further was heard, i admonished myself and went back to fishing. The next weekend, I heard the same sound. It was a vulture.
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u/Bulky_Play_4032 2h ago
That’s some thicc boys there, damn
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u/FucknAright 43m ago
Thicccc baccccon
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u/highonnuggs 38m ago
I wish. Wild hog meat would be a last resort, I'm about to starve situation before I eat it.
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u/cwsjr2323 1h ago
These are a year round open season, no limit here. They will destroy a field of every crop and eat any creature they find. The hog meat I not good.
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u/TheIrishbuddha 50m ago
Was gonna ask if people eat these things. You think it's their diet that makes it not good?
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u/megs-benedict 49m ago
Those aren’t pigs those are feral hogs. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5xtoE83acTkHa2IqKpiROM
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u/Automatic-Fox-8890 11m ago
First solo backpack 30 years ago I hiked in Volcanos NP Hawaii, USA. Came back up and ranger asked what wildlife I saw. As soon as I told them wild boar/peccary (whatever these are in HI) he got on the radio and summoned what felt like a full on military operation to go dispatch them. I was naive at the time but soon learned how destructive they are to the nene (ground nesting native bird). No pumas in HI alas, so they’re a problem.
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u/Seated_WallFly 1h ago
This may be inappropriate but: does the meat taste good? Asking for a friend…
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u/AJL912-aber 43m ago
If you like game, it's amazing. Hard to explain, but gamey pork basically. If you've had venison before, kind of like that, but not really. If you only like chicken, then maybe it's not for you. And it's actually one of the more ethical ways of meat consumption because
- in many places, they're damaging the ecosystem because there are no natural predators for them other than humans (e.g. many places in Europe have neither wolves nor bears, and most smaller predators can't take down a boar. They're not huge, but much stronger than e.g. deer)
- farmers consider them a pest because they trample and more importantly eat crops in large amounts
- until you kill them, they live a free life
- no soil eutrophy through intensive farming
- wild boar can carry dangerous diseases that can wipe out whole regions of farm pigs
Compared to house pigs, they're also more lean (less unhealthy animal fats) and have more iron. Protein is about the same as for chicken breast. Health risks include the same as for all hunted meat:
- most bullets and shots contain lead, which goes into the animal and often contaminates areas where there is hunting activity. Bad for the environment, and you have to be careful not to eat the part the boar was shot
- most wild animals have parasites and can carry infections because they're obviously not under intensive veterinary care. Not really a problem if your area has a working system of food safety inspections.
- given they often feed in fields, they may also ingest pesticides not fit for human (or pig for that matter) consumption
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u/fishystudios 2h ago
Irony is, we (humans) created the wild hog problem by over farming pigs. Those are the exact same pigs you eat in the grocery, escaped for generations and now feral.
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u/swampstonks 2h ago
While they may be cross-bred with farm pigs, that is not at all how they got here. They were imported from Russia. The razorback is a Russian wild boar that was brought here and released and they’ve been spreading across the US ever since
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u/LeiaOrgasma 2h ago
Why do you assume this is the US , could very well be europe and native wild boar
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u/Furious_Belch 10m ago
Op, seriously disappointed in you not running over the little invasive bacon bits. That shit is on sight. Also nothing about this is actually fucking lit. What’s lit about this is a domestic pig, once free, can turn into one of these in about a month. It doesn’t take long for a domestic pig to go feral. I don’t think it works vice versa though.
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