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Originally Posted by TitanBlue
Excuse my ignorance (I'm from the Suburbs), but before Helomech's earlier post on catching Hogs, I didn't know we had any in the States!
Pretty impressive looking hogs there.  |
TitanBlue there is wild pork almost everywhere these days. Lots of arguments about what strain of pork was on this continent first. The largest breed strain is the Spanish boar brought over from Spain when the Spanish first landed here. But up in Canada there is the largest population of the Russian boar that were brought here by the vikings. A lot of game ranches have imported the Russian to all parts of the country and yes they escape. In the North East USA where it gets plenty cold the Russians are every where and are the most prolific breed up that way. It's a mix bag of wild boar now. All the breeding between all the escaped domestic breeds, Russian and Spanish boar pretty much has any single breed wiped out except for in Canada where the Russian is almost 100% pure and only because it can handle the harsh cold temps. I guess you could say that most of the feral pork is of the mutt strain. one thing for sure, if you want adventure and excitement go on hog hunt using dogs and knives, maybe a spear and leave the guns at home.