These two little piggies didnt go anywhere..

[paulc]

A couple of my sons friends came over to my house the other night and had these two little guys with him. They went to our favorite pig spot and shot at a big boar there. They went to go see if he hit it and he said all hell broke loose. They couldnt find any blodd but there were little piglets and big pigs running all over the place. My friend and his little brother chased them Up a Mountain and caught two. They said they almost died from exhaustion afterwards. Man i wish i was in shape like these guys.

Some of you may wonder this but these are ferral hogs and are not recognized as a game animal in NM. There are no regulations for them and are not even recognized for hunting here.

 

[paulc]

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[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

thats a great story!

now what are you going to do with them?

.......tra

 

[superduty]

pualc, I just don't know if I would be able to do the whole Satchmo thing. I think I would have a hard time keeping them as pets. I like to hunt them too much if you know what I mean.

 

[larrysogla]

"Favorite pig spot" in New Mexico????? Isn't New Mexico too arid for pigs to thrive???? Or is that up in the high elevations with cool weather and snow melt springs???? Man....these wild pig population is booming all over the U.S..........Iowa has a nascent wild pig population that if left unchecked will blossom into established numbers.
Even Washington state has a wild pig population. Sounds like the answer to the dwindling hunter sport in the U.S. 'Nuff said.

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

paulc,
let me get this striaght, your saying anyboby can go down to new mexico and shoot ferral hogs all day long without any licence or tags or limits? that sounds like a great deal!..........tra

 

[paulc]

They are not a recognized game animal in NM. Like all pigs they are smart. And like all pigs they are hard to find on public land.
I have shot one up here and have several run ins with them. These pigs are living in an area over 8000 foot elevation.

Coming up is the time of year i like to hunt them.

 

[One Track]

The first word that comes to mind is: BITCHEN! Sounds like paradise for your kids. Cowboy up!

 

[Franklin3]

Great story, I remember trying to run some of them down once. I wasn't succesful as your Boy but the one I was catching up to was about 25lbs and I don't know what I was thinking I would do when I caught him. It just seemed that running him down was the right thing to do at the time. The things young men will do for fun!

 

[paulc]

About 15 years ago, a freind and i caught 2 piglets. It was almost dark and the reason i caught the one I caught was because it had a white stripe over its shoulders (some hampshire blood in it) and that was all i could see in the dark.
It lead me on one heck of a chase. We both caught one and he raised his up on oatmeal and it got huge. They never could bring themselves to eat it as it became a pet. He finally gave it to a wildlife sanctuary type of place. Mine escaped, I think i would have eaten mine

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[larrysogla]

8k elevation!!!!! Amazing!!!! Piggies just expanding their range everywhere in the U.S. Year round big game hunting definitely is great. 'Nuff said.

 

[Railguner]

AAAHHHHH the conflict in my head!!! They are cute as shit......but a part of me wants to inflate them and toss them back and forth in the yard.

 

[larrysogla]

Perfect oven size!!!! 'Nuff said.

P.S. May not be much, but it will be tender.

 

[Uncle Ji]

They grow pretty quick, my LUCY is now 40+ pounds in 4 months...

BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[Lurediver]

Yeah we caught this little guy last summer while researching some real estate. We let him go and he ran off with his buddies and Big Momma.

 

[baboltin]

That is pretty cool.

 

[paulc]

Thats great. It looks like the cat adopted the pig. I bet the dogs in the neighborhood dont give that cat no grief.

 

[THE ROMAN ARCHER]

hope someday i bump into one those little piggies! they look like their fun to chase,
you say their pretty fast too, ha!............tra

 

[MULIES4EVER]

THAT IS CRAZY. A PIG AND A CAT. DO THEY TAME UP NICE OR ARE THEY MEAN? I THOUGHT ABOUT CATCHING A JAVELINA PIGLET WHEN THEY WERE IN SO TIGHT ON OUR HUNT BUT I DIDNT KNOW WHAT THE HECK TO DO WITH IT. IT HOPPED AROUND AFTER THE GROUP SCATTERED AND THEN ONE WHOOFED FROM OFF THE SIDE OF THE HILL AND IT TOOK OFF. THANKS FOR THE PICS.

 

[Uncle Ji]

That kitten we found in the wild a couple months before the pig so they're growing up together, and the best of friends the cat even sleeping with the pig in her house made from a 55 gallon plastic drum can. Once in a while the cat will jump on the pigs back, and hitch a ride.

Picture of kitten the day my son found her:

Here's a recent photo of my nephews with wild piglets they grabbed: