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01-17-2009, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by darstar
free range pig ? Is that like free range chickens ?....... When I lived in South haven , I saw a lot of free range pigs , but , that were all 2 legged.....and fat . As to what they taste like , I have no idea , and , don't want to know.
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And you can't bag them over bait, so no hanging out at the DQ parking lot.  |
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01-18-2009, 10:46 AM
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I hunt a lot and know a lot of other folks who do. What's interesting, no one I know has ever seen the pigs during their time in the woods. I know from reading the news there are a few shot during the fall but not that many. I don't much about the pigs but they must be good at hiding out; with all of the hunters in the woods you'd think there'd be a lot more sightings. They are good eating and there's a lot of meat on the hoof so I'd be glad to see one. Midland has a lot because a private farm was vandalized and the captive pigs were released into the wild. Others have escaped from some of the private hunting establishments around Michigan.
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01-18-2009, 11:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Westbury
I hunt a lot and know a lot of other folks who do. What's interesting, no one I know has ever seen the pigs during their time in the woods. I know from reading the news there are a few shot during the fall but not that many. I don't much about the pigs but they must be good at hiding out; with all of the hunters in the woods you'd think there'd be a lot more sightings. They are good eating and there's a lot of meat on the hoof so I'd be glad to see one. Midland has a lot because a private farm was vandalized and the captive pigs were released into the wild. Others have escaped from some of the private hunting establishments around Michigan.
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I have never seen one myself. One was shot on Wendt rd, in Mills township last fall. |
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01-18-2009, 11:24 AM
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If its too loud, you're too old
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seen one and I shot one. The old 30-06 did a nice little number on it too.  |
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01-18-2009, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Crustedfilth
seen one and I shot one. The old 30-06 did a nice little number on it too. |
Did ya eat it??? |
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01-18-2009, 02:00 PM
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What about wild boar , we got them here in the North ?.........not that good eating.
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01-18-2009, 02:14 PM
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Feral hogs in Washtenaw county? Now you know why they call it Hogback Road! And here everyone thought it was because the sheriff's dept. is there! LOL
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01-19-2009, 08:10 AM
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Well I think feral pig can be good eating, depending on the pig. Older boars would probably not be. Young boars maybe and females probably best.
But the point is that they are extremely damaging to agriculture and other wildlife and need to be eradicated - they are not native.
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01-19-2009, 01:18 PM
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The only feral swine I've spotted in Livingston County are elected officials.
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01-19-2009, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by kazoopilot
That's interesting. I've never seen one. I didn't even know we had feral pigs in Michigan.
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Wow,you should pay more attention,they are all over the capitol in lansing  |
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