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« on: April 09, 2010, 10:29:37 pm » |
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The barr I caught today has me thinking. He was marked in both ears. Which around here that don't mean anything any more since they passed stock law back in the 80's. Anyways does anyone know what mark is what?
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bolo
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« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2010, 09:37:54 pm » |
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Yea, i can read a mark & tell you the mark but i won't know whos mark it is because i'm not from that neck of the woods.
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jdt
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« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2010, 12:54:35 am » |
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BarrNinja
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« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2010, 11:08:28 am » |
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Someone mentioned in another thread a wile back the circular, pucker mark underneath the tail was his mark and completely canceled out all other marks made afterwards. lol Not sure how to explain the ones that are not self explanatory without an illustration but I will list few I know of from my days on a hog farm. Ear Marks is just a political term to me now a days though.  upper and under slope upper and under bit crop upper and under 1/2 crop swallow fork split (horizontal) also called a "wedge" upper and under split (vertical) also called "hack" |
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« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2010, 11:19:10 am » |
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Hey BoarNinja, that pretty much covers the different marks that I know...and they are read from left to right.
We have a mark for cattle, and a completely different mark for hogs...the mark for hogs came about when my Great Granddaddy bought a large area full of marked hogs. Everybody in that area ran hogs, and ran the same mark so he bought the hogs which bought the mark...We really don't run marked hogs anymore in the woods due to the liabilities since this is a lawsuit infested world we live in today.
I just have a couple of questions. How many people actually mark hogs and turn them back out? and How many people after catching a marked hog, respect the ownership of the mark and turn the hog back loose? Just curious about it.
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hillbilly
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« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2010, 02:03:24 pm » |
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Thanks Boar Ninja for the info. I have heard of some of them you mentioned.
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