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Post by wildhorseluvr on Feb 11, 2024 22:46:37 GMT
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Feb 12, 2024 12:42:56 GMT
Wow, what a story! I guess it proves the old adage that you can't take the "wild" out of wild animal.
We've had ram sheep that when they reached 18 months would turn meaner than a snake, couldn't turn your back on them for a second, and always carried a stick in the pasture. The worst one was Zorro, who'd stalk a person. We still have several quarts of "Zorro chili".
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Feb 12, 2024 14:19:26 GMT
Wow, what a story! I guess it proves the old adage that you can't take the "wild" out of wild animal. We've had ram sheep that when they reached 18 months would turn meaner than a snake, couldn't turn your back on them for a second, and always carried a stick in the pasture. The worst one was Zorro, who'd stalk a person. We still have several quarts of "Zorro chili". We had Shetland sheep, far smaller than standard sheep breeds. Occasionally 2-3 of the older ram lambs that were kept together would square off and fight. When they connected horns it sounded like a rifle shot. Very, very dangerous animals. They would come up to be scratched and petted, and were completely docile…until they weren’t. I have no doubt they could have broken human legs, backs or skulls with no trouble. We had a black ram named Zorro too, LOL! The problem with keeping animals such as warthogs is instinct. No matter how tame they appear to be or for how long, at some point instinct will overrule training, often in a split second. |
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Post by Tricky Grama on Feb 12, 2024 14:45:57 GMT
OMG. What an awful event!
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Feb 12, 2024 15:03:55 GMT
OMG. What an awful event! That young man was very, very lucky to survive. |
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Post by fordy on Feb 12, 2024 16:08:47 GMT
..................I enjoy watching a big cat dig a warthog out of it's hole ! Once the cat has the hog by it's snout and drags it out and away from the hole , any number of hogs will come screaming out at 40 mph running like all hogs had farted in their hole at the same time .
..................The article said "Some" had escaped and had started breeding , so there will be groups of hogs probably in south tx as their numbers increase . They can live with the heat and relatively mild winters of lower tx ! Also , they apparently have been added to game farms for hunting purposes ! , fordy
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Post by woody on Feb 12, 2024 19:33:56 GMT
That’s one nasty, ugly critter😝
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Feb 12, 2024 20:18:48 GMT
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Post by Tricky Grama on Feb 13, 2024 13:31:56 GMT
If they hadn't had the boards to shield them...whoa!
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Post by Ozarks Tom on Feb 13, 2024 13:47:54 GMT
I knew a guy who raised pigs commercially, and he showed me why he didn't go into the pens unless it was a dire need. He stuck a 2x2 in front of a boar and tapped its nose. The pig bit the board in half like a twig.
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Post by wildhorseluvr on Feb 13, 2024 14:28:42 GMT
I knew a guy who raised pigs commercially, and he showed me why he didn't go into the pens unless it was a dire need. He stuck a 2x2 in front of a boar and tapped its nose. The pig bit the board in half like a twig. The majority of pigs I’ve been around weren’t mean but some were. One of my uncles had a few dozen breeding pigs when I was a young kid, I’d go into the pens to feed them but was never allowed in alone. Later my uncle expanded into a fairly large commercial operation, became a millionaire, and sold out just before the bottom dropped out. I’ve raised lots of pigs on a very small scale, never had a mean one. My sow Hillary could flip Powder River panels over her head like they were Lincoln Logs, but would gladly follow you anywhere for a pan of goat milk. I suspect the closer the genetics are to wild pigs, the more chance of them turning on you. Mine were always Durocs or Yorkshires, I much preferred the Yorkshires and they were always friendly. Durocs were never mean but never friendly either and had more tendency to try to escape. My brother-in-law put in a ton of water wells for a rancher in central Oregon. Some game farm pigs had escaped from elsewhere and taken up residence on the ranch, breeding like flies. They did unbelievable damage wherever they went and were dangerous to be around. Bil was given permission to hunt all he wanted. He probably wiped out a large number but only tried eating one…said they were nearly inedible. |
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Post by daw on Feb 13, 2024 15:13:12 GMT
Raised hogs for many years but not warthogs.
Wild animals can be dangerous.
A friend started feed a squirrel..after I saw its actions ,
I was horrified. A squirrel is small but fast and dangerous.
I warned her about letting him come in the house. He was not a pet!
He was a determined eater. Take a look at the nails on their toes, their teeth
Muscular for climbing and jumping from limb to limb.
No they are not warthogs but wild and they too have a mean streak.
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Post by sunny225 on Feb 13, 2024 20:22:11 GMT
Raised hogs for many years but not warthogs. Wild animals can be dangerous. A friend started feed a squirrel..after I saw its actions , I was horrified. A squirrel is small but fast and dangerous. I warned her about letting him come in the house. He was not a pet! He was a determined eater. Take a look at the nails on their toes, their teeth Muscular for climbing and jumping from limb to limb. No they are not warthogs but wild and they too have a mean streak. Yep, my BIL knows what a squirrel can do. His daughter had one in the house for a pet. One day the squirrel came running into the living room where BIL was standing. BIL didn't do anything to the squirrel but the dang thing ran up his leg, across his back and down his arm where he bit down into his finger all the way to the bone. He went to doc where they bandaged it and gave him antibiotics. It kept swelling up, turning red and hurting so they went to another doc. They gave him different antibiotics. It kept getting worse and worse. The bacteria in the squirrel's mouth got into the bone of that finger. They put him in hospital on IV antibiotics. He went home with IV and home health nurse came. He can't use that hand to this day. |
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