Hog Cutters removes another solo boar from the 23 Square Mile Project, to continue decreasing the population potential.
Studies have shown, boars change their social identity within a sounder as they mature. They begin by being dependent on a sounder until they are a young adult, when they will usually break off will one or more sexually mature boars to become a bachelor group.
The bachelor group acts as a small fraternity for the boars as they continue to mature and learn the ropes. These groups will follow and mix with various sounders, acting like rowdy teenagers.
Another group that is sometimes overlooked, is the barr or barrow. This is a boar that has been caught and neutered or castrated and released back into the wild. This is often done with the intention of allowing the hog to gain immense size in shorter time, mostly for the benefit of hog hunting for profit.
Finally, we have the older solo boars, who are often keenly aware of their surroundings and educated. Their only goals are to eat, sleep and reproduce. An older solo boar will follow a sounder with a “hot” sow, and create trapping issues. He can also create problems for sows with small young near bait sites.
Hog Cutters will not immediately trap a lone boar. We want to make certain he has not pre-empted a nearby sounders entry, so we will watch very closely for some time before dropping on him. This boar was taken from a location on the 23 Square Mile Project in May after watching the same way. Once it was confirmed he was truly alone, the gate was dropped and he was eliminated.
