Mulefoot Sow and Snaggletooth Boar

[Double Naught Spy]

This week produced an interesting hunt with two atypical hogs. I mentioned the mulefoot sow first, only because I think she is the more interesting of the two. Feral mulefoot hogs are not very common and I only know of a few people that have shot or trapped them, but I also feel like a lot of hunters have probably killed them and not noticed the feet or realize that they may have hogs with unusual feet.

The other hog was a boar missing his whetter and so his cutter was growing unabated. On top of that, he was a smaller boar, but had well developed cutters for his size. Not all older boars are necessarily great big hogs.

Warning: There is a bunch of blood (particularly from the sow) and necropsy work (boar) as I am looking at the terminal performance of the ammo I am using. The Speer TNT bullet is considered to be a varmint round, but it has proven to do well on hogs, at least at hunting distances inside 200 yards.

 

[JeffG]

Great video, thanks for sharing!

 

[Flintknapper]

Brian I haven't been keeping count or following all of your posts, but you must have in excess of 6-7 'Mule Footed' hogs to your credit by now. That is more than anyone else I know of. It would be interesting to see how many members of that sounder (if any) were 'Mulies'. If it were possible to trap the entire group...it might give some insight.

They (Mulies) are fairly rare in any location. I suppose we will never know what percentage of the feral population displays that anomaly (if we can call it that). There are a breed of hog (domesticated) that are Mule Footed. You and I discussed that some years back I recall.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

LOL, it was YOUR post that first educated me about mulefooted hogs. I probably should have mentioned that again.

They were a breed (still are as a rare heritage breed) and there were 235 registered herds in the US in 1910, about when they were at or near their high point of popularity of delectable meat.

I have had people claim to have killed feral hogs throughout Texas. I have seen pics other than my own from 4 localities including you in east Texas, Glenn Guess also in Montague County of north Texas where I hunt, NE Texas near Texarkana, and one over by Amarillo. I have seen pics of trapped mulefoots from Louisiana. I know of some over on the east coast and have heard reports of some from Oklahoma and Pennsylvania....but not proof on the latter two.

They are rare, no doubt, but I am of the belief that they are even rarer because folks fail to notice them.

And good guess on your part. I do believe 7 is how many I have killed and recovered. This one was killed a few miles from where the rest were killed in previous years.

 

[Glockula]

Cool video. Thanks and ejoy the pork!