Big Tusks Little Pig!

[BoarExpGuide]

A client of mine from this weekend shot this interesting pig (see link below). ###It only weighed 145 lbs, but it had 3 1/4" tusks. ###I've seen 250 lbs pigs that don't have tusks even half this length.

http://www.momentoffame.com/snapshot.html?id=15884

[Speckmisser]

Dang, that's a heck of a set of tusks! ###

On that topic... anyone have a good way to remove the tusks as trophies? ###Do you need to cut off the whole jaw, or can you pull them?

[One Track]

I'd like to get me one of them tuskers. ###Gotta watch out for those small guys.

[Gus]

That is one heck of a set of cutters. ###Congrats on the hog and keep after 'em.

[feelinducky]

Nice tusker.

[RIFLEMAN]

### ### Before I saw the picture, I would have predicted that it was castrated, but the picture indicated different. ###
### ### It is kind of popular to catch boars alive, cut them and then release them again so that their cutters can grow much larger than usual. ###Without the testosterone, the boars lose their desire to fight, and thus, are less likely to break their teeth. ###

[songdog]

Yup, they call them "barrow" hogs. ###Good eating too.

[kellyg]

WOW!

[One Track]

That's not very nice.

[Spudbull]

Barrow's grow bigger in the body though once they have lost their pills. ###Sometimes you get pigs stunted by a few years of bad seasons that are small in body but still big in tusk. ###Soil types seem to affect tusk quality too sometimes.

Speckmisser, you have to take the whole jaw right back at the joint coz the tusks go back a long way. ###Then cut off the flesh and boil them out. ###Or you can be lazy like me and just put them in a tree for a few months and let the flies and ants do the job. ###Unfortunate side effect is that the tusks then become very brittle.

[Robb]

I am the guy on the left (without the gun). ###Just wanted to let everyone know that this was my huntin' buddy's first pig, so it was pretty exciting for us! ###Dwayne from Boaring Experiences was GREAT! ###He was able to put us on the pigs that we were looking for and both that were taken were single shots. ###(the one in this pic dropped where he was standing!)

I haven't had any meat from the pig in the pic, but had sausage from the pig that I took, last night and it was amazing. ###For anyone in the SoCal area, I had Bree's meats in Garden Grove process and they were great!

If anyone has any questions about Boaring Experiences, please contact me, they were great!!

[BoarExpGuide]

Thanks for the compliments Robb. ###Hope you don't mind the posting of the pict. ###If I had a pict of your pig I would of posted it also. ###Your pig was also a good boar (230 lbs, 3" tusks, if I remember right). ###You both made great shots on both pigs. ###I actually felt a little bad afterwards because the hunt was almost to easy. ###If I remember we hunted maybe 2 hours total. ###Maybe someday if you come back up I can make it a little tougher by walking everyone through the hills for a few hours, hah!

Anyways thanks again and good luck on your upcoming hunts this fall and any spearo trips you have planned.

Dwayne

[Speckmisser]

Thanks for the info, Spud, and welcome to Jesse's list! ###

I assume you're doing your part to alleviate the wild hog problems down where it's winter in the summertime? ###Look forward to hearing about some Australian hog hunts. ###