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« on: June 21, 2009, 03:52:30 pm »

I came across an old picture and was wondering....  Anybody other than TXhoghunter, ever seen hogs do this?



  The hogs just balled up on top of each other in the middle of a field.  The curdogs left out on one that made a break for it.  I guess they thought they were hiding.  Made the catching part easy though.  Just reached in and grab them.
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« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2009, 03:53:46 pm »

Are those pigs all piled on a dog?

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« Reply #2 on: June 21, 2009, 03:55:02 pm »

Sorry, i added a description.  

Heres a pic from  the hog the dogs left out on.  Hey plowed me over and put my old Lilly dog out for 16 weeks.





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« Reply #3 on: June 21, 2009, 06:40:27 pm »

Man kevin, you're pulling pics out from way back in the game...oh how I miss the good ol days.... Cool 
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« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2009, 07:01:34 pm »

They were just standing in the middle of the wide open with their heads together ?  I've never even HEARD of something like that, let alone seen it.  cool picture.
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« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2009, 07:54:35 pm »

was they gruntin and raising cain when they gathered up
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« Reply #6 on: June 21, 2009, 08:03:25 pm »

No noise.  They were just "hiding" in the middle of a plowed field. 

Here's a closer view 

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« Reply #7 on: June 21, 2009, 08:25:07 pm »

Is that round thing on the other side of the hogs a wheel from a trailer or something or just a trick of the camera?  The no noise thing is really weird too.  That would have been pretty cool to see.  How long did they stay like that?  Did you get to grab more than one hog before they moved?  sorry for all the questions, I'm just real curious.
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« Reply #8 on: June 21, 2009, 08:28:53 pm »

I have never seen hogs do that with their heads inside the circle. I have seen groups of hogs rally up and face away from the circle if a dog was baying them. This usually happens with sows and shoats, but I had Dixie bay one night about 1 AM, heard the hogs rallied up in the pasture, figured it was sows and pigs. I got there and she had FIVE black barrs, all over 200 lbs, all with teeth, rallied up out in the pasture between two oak hammocks. They were mad and would run her, then rally back up.
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« Reply #9 on: June 21, 2009, 09:14:03 pm »

I've seen them rally but never like that
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« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2009, 10:42:03 pm »

Looks to me like they were huddled up trying to get a game plan together!

Cool pic!
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« Reply #11 on: June 21, 2009, 10:43:29 pm »

That is very cool that you got a picture of that.
We had that happen to us several years ago, but didn't have a camera handy.
They piled up like that and were at least waiste high, maybe a little higher, and circle about 10ft in diameter.
They looked like a hive of bees just climbing in and out of each other, and about the same size as those in your picture.
Kinda weird looking, but still fun to see.

Thanks for the pics, nice hogs and dogs,
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« Reply #12 on: June 22, 2009, 02:51:40 am »

That is cool, never seen that before. I have seen them butt to butt being bayed but nothing like that. Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: June 22, 2009, 03:20:39 am »

Wow, very cool pictures.

Several species of reptiles and amphibians are known to occasionally form "mating balls"



And several species of birds are known to form predator and cold deflecting "coveys"



But I've never heard of pigs doing either of these things.

Now the two biggest boar hogs I've ever seen were beded down fairly close to each other in the mid of the night, in the middle of  a huge stuble field. so it does happen. We walked within yards of them, never even knowing they were there. When we were long past them, one of the dogs must have got wind, it circled back around, and bayed. So we released the rest of the dogs. Each of the pair of hogs had a catch dog on an ear and they were spining like bulls with the dogs hangin on for dear life, they looked like a pair of helicopters.  Shocked Shocked Shocked


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« Reply #14 on: June 22, 2009, 12:07:46 pm »

That is very cool that you got a picture of that.
We had that happen to us several years ago, but didn't have a camera handy.
They piled up like that and were at least waiste high, maybe a little higher, and circle about 10ft in diameter.
They looked like a hive of bees just climbing in and out of each other, and about the same size as those in your picture.
Kinda weird looking, but still fun to see.

Thanks for the pics, nice hogs and dogs,
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« Reply #15 on: June 22, 2009, 01:39:23 pm »

Ive seen it on several occasions but it was always tiny, newborn pigs in a nest! They acted exactly how you describe and have pictured above after the sow was caught or had left the area. Its was too funny! They knew we were there but refused to run away! They would turn there eyes to look at us but wouldn't move muscle.

I believe the hogs that you have pictured are doing the same thing. They actually thought they were hiding from you!

This is pretty crazy for older pigs and even crazier that you were able to take pictures of it!

Thanks for sharing.
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« Reply #16 on: June 22, 2009, 02:10:54 pm »

dear gosh, that one hog is crazy! that is the longest leggiest hog ive seen.

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« Reply #17 on: June 22, 2009, 03:33:43 pm »

I have only seen it also with younger hogs. Shot the sow and all the younger ones dog piled on top of her.
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« Reply #18 on: June 25, 2009, 01:48:26 pm »

hey kevin this is neil its been a long time since i have seen those pictures. glad to see your still running dogs. is your stolley dog still around.  man i sure did hate to hear what happend to lilly that is messed up.
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« Reply #19 on: June 25, 2009, 03:58:46 pm »

Yeah I gave Stoli to Kevin Oneal when Moe got killed.  She is nursing a broke front leg right now.  She has 1 rod, 3 plates, and 13 screws in her leg.  I couldn't have given her to someone that would have taken better care of her.
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