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The size of the cutters on a hog, has to do with 1) Genetics- It is just like everything else on a hog (i.e. size, color, snout length, etc.) the genetics has the majority of the bearing on the cutters. 2) Age- now this has more to do with the diameter of the cutters. A young hog may have long cutters but they will be skinny. An older boar with have thick whetters and thick teeth.
I am sure nutrition may have a little to do with it, but the majority is genetics and age (diameter). And you will see it in the areas you hunt. The place I have to hunt, is notorious for producing boars with big cutters as you can see with my pics. but I have hunted places where the boars didn't have very long teeth. We have cut the cutters on boars in the bay pen, and over the course of time, they will grow back and be constantly sharpening while doing so. A hogs tusks never stop growing so if they do get broken they will grow back.
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