Wild boar shot in Iowa

[baggin_bucks]

My friend saw this boar on friday afternoon when he was doing field work. He went back and got the 270 and shot it. Then yesterday a guy hit one with a windstar van just 4 miles from where this one was shot.

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[blake]

A friend of mine from Elmoe, Ms shot one 2 years ago. It was in his cattle lot chsing his cows around. Looked just like that one. Elmoe isn't that far south of the Iowa border.

 

[iowachip]

where was that shot at?

 

[kbgibby]

I expected to see a feral hog, but that's definitely not a feral hog! Maybe they came in with the cougars!

Threebeards

 

[FurDog]

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Maybe they came in with the cougars!

Threebeards

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Laughin out loud over here !

That's one ugly piggie -

 

[huntnfish21]

3 Beards, that is definitely a feral hog. Feral hogs are common in the south and it takes a domestic hog one litter in the wild to become feral. Any more questions just holler.

 

[kbgibby]

No further questions, huntnfish. I was just basing it on the shape of the body, snout, and the hair. Would seem that's a pretty big genetic change for domesticated hogs to go through in just one generation ... unless farmgirl mama met up with a boar that had some wild genes. But then I've never seen either in the wild ... only on the hunting shows.

Threebeards

 

[quackmaster]

thats what they look like down here in arkansas. Kill everyone you see. They will run deer out of the woods and tear up everything.

 

[baggin_bucks]

iowachip, it was shot NW of williamsburg about 5 miles. There is talk that someone has brought them up from down south and been illegally releasing them.

 

[iowachip]

thanks

 

[moosehunter]

last year an outfitter up here had 4 russian boars get loose. within 2 weeks 3, had been shot that i knew of and i'm sure the other got toasted too. the neighbor of my land owner shot the 1st one in his yard as he was harassing the dog. 350 lbs if i remember right

 

[scout]

Not to far from Montour. ??? Could have floated down the river from North Star? Closest place I've seen critters like that. I doubt it has any close "feed lot" cousins.
I think the prior posts were based on the tech definition of "feral hog" (which can be either a domestic creature escaped into the wild or one born into the wild.) Mostly, I found hunters to use "feral" in referance to a hogs genetics, ie not a pure russian or domestic mix living in the wild.

 

[koba]

Great I was just craving a BLT!!! Shoot EM ALL the farmer said!!!!