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« on: May 04, 2011, 08:45:41 am » |
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What exactly is a mule footed hog, and what makes them special?
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BarrNinja
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« Reply #2 on: May 04, 2011, 09:03:10 am » |
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They are just swine with a solid single hoof. Not cloven. Their tracks look like a mini mule track to me. I caught one a few years ago. It had a perfect mule type foot. No seem line at all.
I have seen a few recently that looked like a split hoof fused together. You could see the seem line.
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"No man should be allowed to be President who does not understand hogs." - President Harry Truman
“I like hogs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Hogs treat us as equals” - Sir Winston Churchill
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BarrNinja
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« Reply #3 on: May 04, 2011, 09:15:53 am » |
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That's a pretty good write up on wikipedia. There was another fella in Dayton Texas that free ranged a herd of them until the late 80's when he passed away according to the land owner of the place we were hunting. He told me the story after we hunted his place one day. I came back telling him he either had wild burrows or unicorns running around. I had never heard of a mule footed hog until then. |
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"No man should be allowed to be President who does not understand hogs." - President Harry Truman
“I like hogs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Hogs treat us as equals” - Sir Winston Churchill
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« Reply #4 on: May 04, 2011, 05:00:09 pm » |
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I caught some mule footed hog that were piglets in a trap a couple years ago. Bought home and feed out for a year. The BEST pig to eat. The meat is great.
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JH Catahoulas
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« Reply #5 on: May 04, 2011, 06:29:41 pm » |
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Boar ninja my father in law hunts a place in between Dayton and Mont belvue and caught 7 in one morning. Some was completely mule footed and others partially.
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TShelly
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« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2011, 09:05:38 pm » |
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We've caught some near Hardin and a few around Fairfield. They were all fully cloven like ninja talked about. It's a recessive trait, so it's a rarity.. Even more rare we caught a small guilt in Hardin years ago that was mule-footed AND had waddles!!
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BarrNinja
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« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2011, 09:18:40 pm » |
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Boar ninja my father in law hunts a place in between Dayton and Mont belvue and caught 7 in one morning. Some was completely mule footed and others partially.
Now that's something! I'd bet money they were the same line of hogs. |
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T-Bob Parker
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« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2011, 09:34:17 pm » |
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I'm still kicking myself over a pig I shot around 6 years ago. It had three regular legs and one that had 2fully formed legs coming out of his back right hip. I thought it was gross so I left him without photographing him. I also trapped one with waddles and long floppy ears a few years ago.
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BarrNinja
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« Reply #9 on: May 04, 2011, 09:52:04 pm » |
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I'm still kicking myself over a pig I shot around 6 years ago. It had three regular legs and one that had 2fully formed legs coming out of his back right hip. I thought it was gross so I left him without photographing him. I also trapped one with waddles and long floppy ears a few years ago.
I've caught the with waddles and ears like that in the Sam Houston National Forest back in the late 80's and early 90's. That's the only place I have seen em like that. |
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I've caught one full for sure mule footed hog, but 2 yrs ago I caught a boar with a long tail like a horse that drug the ground .
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T-Bob Parker
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I'm still kicking myself over a pig I shot around 6 years ago. It had three regular legs and one that had 2fully formed legs coming out of his back right hip. I thought it was gross so I left him without photographing him. I also trapped one with waddles and long floppy ears a few years ago.
I've caught the with waddles and ears like that in the Sam Houston National Forest back in the late 80's and early 90's. That's the only place I have seen em like that. Yeah I bet those national forest hogs had cwards mark on them  you remember what his mark is? |
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We catch them all the time at this one spot we hunt at in lindale.
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aint these hogs supposed to have more "endurance" then cloved hogs, i heard a ol timer tell me that once i just dont know
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Matt H
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whats a waddle?
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BarrNinja
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I'm still kicking myself over a pig I shot around 6 years ago. It had three regular legs and one that had 2fully formed legs coming out of his back right hip. I thought it was gross so I left him without photographing him. I also trapped one with waddles and long floppy ears a few years ago.
I've caught the with waddles and ears like that in the Sam Houston National Forest back in the late 80's and early 90's. That's the only place I have seen em like that. Lol come to think of it, they all did. Right underneath their tails!  Yeah I bet those national forest hogs had cwards mark on them you remember what his mark is? |
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Boar ninja my father in law hunts a place in between Dayton and Mont belvue and caught 7 in one morning. Some was completely mule footed and others partially.
We used to trap on a farm between Dayton and Mont Belvue and we caught several there as well. We always figured that they were inbred or something. We still have access to the area, it just isn't big enough to run dogs on. |
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There are some mule footed hogs in Crosby too. I suspect all from the same gene puddle as the ones in Dayton and Mont Belvieu.
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BarrNinja
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whats a waddle?
Balls of skin hanging under their jaw similar to a goat. |
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