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I had been sitting behind a downed tree trunk when a young pig walked to within 10 feet. All I had was my Marlin 39A 22, so I popped him in the head with one shot. Apparently he was leading the pod by perhaps 20 yards, and as I watched the pod, none reacted to my shot. As the pod approached, one other small pig walked up to the one I shot, took a look and squealed big, at which the whole pod instantly took off running in all directions. Has anyone else seen this reaction of one pig to seeing a dead one. Bob Nisbet DRSS & 348 Lever Winchester Lover Temporarily Displaced Texan If there's no food on your plate when dinner is done, you didn't get enough to eat. | ||
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Never seen one hang around after one was popped, but when I used to guide we would shoot one and come back in 30 min-1 hr to find another one feeding at the feeder right next to the dead one. I love Marlin Model 39's...great rifles. "Let me start off with two words: Made in America" | |||
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I once shot 4 hogs in tall grass in the space of about 5 minutes. None seemed to see the others fall, and all continued feeding, even though they were within 15 yards of one another - and none reacted to the noise or activity - even though one would assume the report of a .375 H&H would get their attention! I think they react most to squeals from injured comrades, followed by the sight of a pig acting abnormally, and less so to dead pigs encountered at random. My 2 cents... | |||
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Watching a hunter friend butchering a 200# domestic pen raised hog. He was just about to shoot it when the "next" one pushed thru the open shop door and went right to the handful of corn on the floor he put to keep the "victims" attention. Both pushing to eat it as they'd been taken off feed the day before. He went ahead and shot it. It fell to kicking, the second one kept right on eating and never paid any attention to his dead litter mate. George "Gun Control is NOT about Guns' "It's about Control!!" Join the NRA today!" LM: NRA, DAV, George L. Dwight | |||
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I've had multiple instances when bow hunting and shooting a hog that didn't squeal at the hit. They all leave, but give 'em 10 - 15 minutes and you have a great chance of seeing another. Now if they squeal-that's a different story---off and away. An old pilot, not a bold pilot, aka "the pig murdering fool" | |||
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The last two I killed in Europe the first one died squealing. His twin stopped to see why his brother was on the ground, and he got hammered too. | |||
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I have often seen them run from dead hogs. I am not sure if they are afraid of the smell of the dead hog or they are simply afraid of a hog that isn't part of their group. | |||
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A piece of useless trivia...a group of wild swine is called a sounder. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  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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