I really like this thread and the old pictures!
The hogs really did bay better 20 plus years ago IMO.
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evolution can happen over thousands of years or even 20 years depending on how fast the animal needs to adapt if it can, otherwise it would become extinct. In the 80's and 90's I saw quite a few flop eared fat hogs that were black or spotted and those seemed to want to stop and fight. Stop and fight equals to caught hog. The russian looking hogs can and will fight but are smart enough to want to run. These live to breed on another day. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.
Lavon Davis was/is probably one of the first hog hunters that hog hunted with dogs in Brazoria county or surrounding counties for that matter.