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NitroX, the hogs we have in North America, are all three types! In the the South we have a very pure strain of the Europien wild boar. These boar are decendants of trapped wild stock from Europe, brought here by an English Nobleman who owned a plantation in Virgenia, back in the late 1700s. These animals escaped and with no real predators, flurished in the southern palmeto, and swamps of the South. I the state of Tenn. thay are called Razorbacks, but are the same animal as the others in the south.

We also have the feral mixes, which are ferals which have crossed with the True wild boar. then ferals which are domestic hogs gone wild.

There are three keys to identifying the difference between them, Most obvious is color, which is usually spotted for feral Wild mix, and takeing on the body shape of the wild boar, while the true feral is, not only colored with spots,but is shaped like a domestic hog.

The babies of the wild boar, are striped with the stripes running longatudinally on the body, and are brown, with darker brown stripes. They turn black as they grow older. The young of the crosses have the spotted color from birth, as do the true ferals.

The True wild boars, and the mixes, will have longer bristal hair, with a deffinate Hakkle on the very high front quarters, and the head will be very long with almost no neck. The hind quarters will be very small, compared to the front quarters.

The meat of all swine I've eaten the world over, has been white, regardless of whether, wild or domestic, with the meat leaner the wilder the hog. The key to this is in the cutting up of the different ones. The true wild boar ( Razorback, or Russian Boar) is, they have a cartlidge plate over the sides of the neck, and ribcage, and it is about 1/4" to abot 3/8" thick, and will turn the slashing tusks of their opponants, and sometime soft slow pistol bullets. This plate is white, and looks much like Nylon. This plate is less noticeable in the Feral/Wild mix, and is not always present! The true feral doesn't have this plate.

Then we have the Javalina, which is not a hog at all, but a species all it's own, and has no tail, but in it's place has a musk glan, similar to a skunk, and only goes about 70 lbs for a VERY large boar, and only averages about 40 lbs.

The true Wild Boar, will tip the scales up to about 500 lbs, but a 400 lb boar is a good one! The mix will also go as high a 500 but average around 100, to 150 lbs. The true feral will sometimes tip the scale to about 800 lbs, with good mast crop, or farm raiding. This is because the domestic was bred for weight, and the meat is much fatter!

The true Wild Boar is the most agressive, with the sow more so than the Boar. The mix is fairly agressive as well, but the Feral is only agressive when wounded, and cornered. The little Javalina is not agressive at all unless young are involved, or wounded, and cornered.

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Edited by DUGABOY1 (09/08/03 05:42 AM)