RETIC80 11 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Lol, yeah, it looks like a well fed boar, laughed when i saw the belly on it! Looks like some of my old spot sows!! Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 the boar piglets i remember had stripes Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Think that one might be ready to drop as well mate! Paulus - Aye, they have stripes when they are a bit younger than that, this lot have lost them. Them ones are about finns size. Quote Link to post
Guest Sorley Boys clan Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 (edited) so at what age is one fit for the table wish we had them around us im getting hungry looking at them Edited March 8, 2012 by Sorley Boys clan 1 Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Think that one might be ready to drop as well mate! Paulus - Aye, they have stripes when they are a bit younger than that, this lot have lost them. Them ones are about finns size. i found the sows and pigletts were quite tollerent i use to feed them however the boar of the group is another matter and fast tree climbing skills came in handy on more than one occasion Quote Link to post
donkdaniel 236 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Taste better at that size thay are all over down with us it's bonkers between bambi and them were ok for meat just need some bunnies now!!! Atb donk Quote Link to post
donkdaniel 236 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 If you get to close to the pigglets in the first few days if the mother feels threatened something clicks in their head and thay eat their young also a wild boar farmer by me told me that their at risk from buzzards at a young age atb donk Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Taste better at that size thay are all over down with us it's bonkers between bambi and them were ok for meat just need some bunnies now!!! Atb donk swop you some Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 You are dead right there Paulus - they are incredibly intelligent animals, and learn quite quickly if you mean harm or not. So after a few times chucking food to the sows, they start to come in when they see you, and the piglets learn from their mums. However just like crows, if you raise a gun or a stick like a gun, they run like f**k, same if they see the dog (the little ones). Also quite right about the big males, they are just naty b*****ds and yup, they have had me up a tree a few times. Sorley - few months mate Quote Link to post
Ideation 8,217 Posted March 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Good mothers are rearers - once the young survive the first few weeks, they usually all make it to adult hood, a long as some nasty hunter doesnt get them And donk is right, them and the fallow are rife! Quote Link to post
paulus 26 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Good mothers are rearers - once the young survive the first few weeks, they usually all make it to adult hood, a long as some nasty hunter doesnt get them And donk is right, them and the fallow are rife! only ever get munty here and the odd roe and i do mean the odd one ive seen 4 in last 30 years Quote Link to post
donkdaniel 236 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Swap you any day paulouse come down and I'll introduce them to you atb donk Quote Link to post
PORK CHOP 13 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 we are lucky to see a bunny around my area nevermind boar the only pigs around here are the ones driving around with blue lights on their car looks a great sport tho atb porky Quote Link to post
The Duncan 802 Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Taste better at that size thay are all over down with us it's bonkers between bambi and them were ok for meat just need some bunnies now!!! Atb donk swop you some beat me to it lol! Quote Link to post
Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Amazing taste to eat you cannot compare farm wild boar to true wild boar most of the shop sold wild boar is infact reared wild boar. I get some of our game dealer where it comes from the forset of dean heard on the grapevine that the forestery commison are planning cull all the wild boar in the forest. If you not tried it try it you will not be dissapointed ATB Cookie Quote Link to post
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