azhuntnut Report post Posted January 12, 2009 Slipped an arrow into the guy on Saturday morning. Actually I had to slip three arrows into him. He was by far the toughest pig I have ever taken. He had two holes in one lung and one in the other, along with one in the liver. The heart was not touched. His hooves were about four inches long due to living his life in the salt cedar soft soil. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cramerhunts Report post Posted January 12, 2009 Very nice pig! Congrats and check out those hooves! Phil Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Browning'sCustomMeat Report post Posted January 12, 2009 Good job, great pig. Those hooves are something else, unbelievable, never seen anything like that. -Jeremy- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted January 12, 2009 Looks like a buggin'! Nicely done. Them pigs are something else, aren't they? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted January 12, 2009 Thanks for sharing them hooves with us and congratulations on your pig. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
willhunt4coues Report post Posted January 12, 2009 You killed a special pig Congrats. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Huntn coues Report post Posted January 12, 2009 Son of a gun Never seen hooves like that before Nice job on the javy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azpackhorse Report post Posted January 12, 2009 That thing is a .....well a .............PIG! I shot one that had hooves kinda like that along the Santa Cruz one year. Nice Javy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birddog Report post Posted January 12, 2009 Thanks for sharing! Were all the hooves like that? If not which one is in the pic? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
azhuntnut Report post Posted January 12, 2009 All of the feet were the same. The picture was from the front foot. I was told by a fella that has lived in the area from some time that they shot a muley some years back that had feet even longer than that. The pigs are still able to run quite fast with the longer hooves. David Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yotebuster Report post Posted January 12, 2009 I've seen that in sheep back home, a lot of times it had to do with what they were eating, they call it "foundering" or "floundering" never could hear what the old ranchers were actaully saying! Maybe they got a bunch of rain or something in the area and it caused some better forage then normal? An abnormally high protein diet is the cause I think, the only way to fix it once they get really long is to trim them (on the sheep anyhow!). Funny the lions or coyotes didn't make lunch out of him before you got him! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dodgerboy999 Report post Posted January 13, 2009 great job congrats Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
COOSEFAN Report post Posted January 16, 2009 Congrats Davey! I shot a coues buck that had "over-grown" hooves but he lived in the high elevation pine tree country so it didn't make sense to me and figured it had to be a diet related thing? Great job, those pigs can be a needle in the haystack in salt cedars! JIM> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
