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First one--shot a small sow tonight that weighed 49# on my scales and the calculated weight was 31.64 lbs. Tomorrow I will check my scale against one I know is right. Going to take a bunch more to convince me that the formula is right/wrong, but this is a start. An old pilot, not a bold pilot, aka "the pig murdering fool" | ||
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From my looking at the original source, the formula is based on pen raised pigs. True feral hogs that have multiple generations of wild living are built different. The piney woods rooters are all much slimmer in the hind quarters. They are also less fat. I don't know if this will make much difference but it is observational. | |||
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Docbill---hadn't considered that -- you are likely correct as the ferals are no where near as bulky as pen-raised hogs. If that is the case, then the 236 pounder is more likely a 175 or so. An old pilot, not a bold pilot, aka "the pig murdering fool" | |||
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Can someone explain this please? | |||
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Saeed, What portion of it are you looking for an explantion of? Domestic pigs who go feral do undergo significant changes in their body structure. While there were eurasion boar imported into California in the early 1900s, 99% of all California wild pigs are domestic pigs that have gone feral. The pic beow shows changes in their skull structure: Domestic on the left and Feral on the right.  Their body structure also changes. Higher in the front shoulders, lower an narrower in the hams and longer courser hair. With respect to weight estimates, I have found the best estimator is "butcher hanging weight" times 2 is very close to live weight - within about 2%. I have verified this about 6 times. Freshly shot wild boar weighed on a ranch scale then weight at the butcher after being gutt, skin, head remove legs cut off at the knees. I don't think you could use the same kind of formulas on domestic pigs vs. feral pigs. Mike  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Saeed—here’s the website— https://www.phinhall.net/onlin...g-weight-calculator/ An old pilot, not a bold pilot, aka "the pig murdering fool" | |||
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I'm an idiot, I just shot a sow yesterday and forgot all about trying to get measurements and a weight. Maybe once we get some comparison data, we can adjust the formula. I believe the formula is: A1 x A1 x B1 / 400 Where" A1= Body circumference in inches (Taken immediately behind front legs) B1= Body length in inches (taken from base of skull, between the ears, to base of tail | |||
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I started carrying a tape measure in my pocket---hopefully it will be a reminder. I'll be out tomorrow night-- An old pilot, not a bold pilot, aka "the pig murdering fool" | |||
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I guess I just use a simple scale. Small, medium, large and really big. | |||
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I sold my hoist so my scale does me no good on the hogs above 60-70 lbs This pair calculated at 126 and 134 I think I remember.   An old pilot, not a bold pilot, aka "the pig murdering fool" | |||
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