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Pretty much a mix around here in appearance, but yes, true feral hogs. You see a lot of European influence in many, what most call Russian wild boar. I've seen plenty that look just like domesticated hogs too. I shot a sow a few months back that looked straight up Russian. Not a good pic of features, but the only one I had on this phone

 

Down here we have many generations removed from domesticated pigs that are now wild. We have havalina and now a cross of havalina and wild pig. A boar, as I am sure you know, is a male of any of the above selections. But I am sure I misunderstood your question. Skateboard?

 

I assumed @Espressolane was talking about what most called Russian Boars. I may be mistaken.

Supposedly de Soto was the first to let hogs run feral in what is now the U.S. I'm not sure when European hogs were introduced, but assuredly there are many generations of mix.

 

A lot of them running around here. It appears to me the longer they are running in the wild the more they revert back to the razor back or Russian hogs. Must be the most durable. Hell on a hay field with some nut grass in it.

 

It don't take em long to make the tractor ride across a hayfield suck. I would agree with the features too. I used to see lots of white, spotted, and red hogs.

Almost all now are black or grey

 

Years ago, we used to shoot what we just called “Boar” out on a crop farm. Not sure what they had as mix, I am sure they had European stock. Looked a lot like the one in your picture. They did a lot of damage. As long as we were on the farm, no worries about managing the situation. One thing for sure, you had hit them just right. No head shots, just ricochet off.

 

Used “Boar” to try and differentiate from domesticated animals.

 

There is a Brier Creek here over a hundred miles long. Water runs in it all year long. I thank at least an 1/8 mile of timber and or brush at any point. Hogs come and go, black bear on trail cams and some say panthers. They are not easily managed here but if the nut grass is killed they seem to stay away. I here they like sweet corn also.

 

One part of the farm we worked was corn. They liked that area really well. A little pile of dry does wonders.

 

The person that told me about the sweet corn said " We put sweet corn seed in the bottom of the planter before the field corn. Hogs ate the little bit of sweet corn and left all the field corn".