Ear tagged feral hogs

[328 Brown Cnty]

Any ideas why these hogs have ear tags (one in front of pic and the two under feeder)? I'm in southern Brown County.

[Jp.]

Escapees from prison.

[blade101]

thats odd, some kinda survey maybe????

[mikep453]

Escapees from prison.

that would be my guess. someone's fence didn't hold up to well.

[leebtattoos]

how bout i kill them. i will make sure you are kept up to date....

[TimHicks]

They got off a farm or a ranch

[In-Yo-Grill]

They got off a farm or a ranch

+1^^^

Hogs will turn wild in just a short period of time after escaping from a farm. I'd shoot those first. I bet they taste even better than the other ones.

[DaveC]

I shot a tagged sow in Montgomery county a few years back that looked plenty feral to me.
Tasted good is all I know

[Tuffbroadhead]

I would bet that they are barr(cut) hogs...

[txpigsticker]

I would have to agree with Tim, Those two under the feeder are farm pigs

[glen]

Those hogs are probably cut- The rancher next to me cuts boar hogs he fids in a trap and tags their ears.

[Oz_Ag]

I'm with Tuff and Glen.
The ranch I used to be on would catch hogs, cut them, tag them and let them go. Then you know they are a cut hog. They will grow faster and bigger and after a certain amount of time their meat will taste better. They used to tell us to wait several months before we shot them if they were still on the small side.

[stickman]

My buddy cuts and tags the boars he catches and for the sows....well, their fate is sealed when they enter the trap.

[Country]

I read where the state is making ranches that bring hogs in ear tag them and test them before they are released onto the ranch. Bet they got loose from a nearby game ranch.

[gonehuntin68]

Isn't it the new law that all transported feral boar hogs that are released on a hunting ranch have to be tagged so they know when they escape. My guess is the same as Thor's, they escaped from prison.

I guess I was to slow, Country beat me to it