Is one sex more elusive than the other
Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:04 pm
So I was reading some of Al’s stories and it got me to thinking about past experiences with my hog hunting compared to other disciplines. Do y’all think that one sex is more elusive than the other?
With my hog hunting I have seen both sexes be pretty creative but I would have to say that the boars seem to be the most creative in avoiding capture. We once bayed a sow that broke bay by some young dogs we had on the ground. As luck would have it, she came hauling butt over the dam of this tank (pond). She had a good jump on them and when she came over she swam straight across the middle within a couple feet of the opposite side, then swam back across and underneath some brush growing at the edge of the water and overhanging into it. Once under it, she submerged her entire body with only about an inch of her nose sticking up out of the water. Those young dogs trailed up to the waters edge and knew she had entered it but after countless circles around the water and not finding where she came out, they started getting really frustrated to the point that they were starting to lose interest. They crawled into the brush she was hiding under and all but gave up the idea and decided their noses were lying because they could not physically see her. I respected her for her intelligence but finally threw a stick in the water right next to her to flush her to continue the education of the young dogs. Boar hogs though, will do all kinds of things including sacrifice other hogs. You can bay one in his bed and if he can, he will run straight to a group. I don’t think it’s as much about safety in numbers as it is the fact that he understands that a younger, dumber hog will get caught or distract the predator enough for him to get away. I chased a boar for several years. His strategy was always the same. If he wasn’t with the group when you found him, he would be shortly. The dominant hogs usually are on the outer edge of the group and rush dogs or predators that are threatening. He wouldn’t, he stood right in the middle of them. When you sent a catch dog(s), he would stay still as to not draw attention. Other hogs would get caught, the bay would bust, and dogs would give chase to the hogs in a mad scramble. When all the other hogs and dogs were gone, he would ease off and not be seen again that day. I have seen them double back over their tracks then get down in a creek under a under cut bank. It’s impressive to watch but I would have to say that the boars are willing to do anything to survive where the sows seem to have limits as to what they will do.
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With my hog hunting I have seen both sexes be pretty creative but I would have to say that the boars seem to be the most creative in avoiding capture. We once bayed a sow that broke bay by some young dogs we had on the ground. As luck would have it, she came hauling butt over the dam of this tank (pond). She had a good jump on them and when she came over she swam straight across the middle within a couple feet of the opposite side, then swam back across and underneath some brush growing at the edge of the water and overhanging into it. Once under it, she submerged her entire body with only about an inch of her nose sticking up out of the water. Those young dogs trailed up to the waters edge and knew she had entered it but after countless circles around the water and not finding where she came out, they started getting really frustrated to the point that they were starting to lose interest. They crawled into the brush she was hiding under and all but gave up the idea and decided their noses were lying because they could not physically see her. I respected her for her intelligence but finally threw a stick in the water right next to her to flush her to continue the education of the young dogs. Boar hogs though, will do all kinds of things including sacrifice other hogs. You can bay one in his bed and if he can, he will run straight to a group. I don’t think it’s as much about safety in numbers as it is the fact that he understands that a younger, dumber hog will get caught or distract the predator enough for him to get away. I chased a boar for several years. His strategy was always the same. If he wasn’t with the group when you found him, he would be shortly. The dominant hogs usually are on the outer edge of the group and rush dogs or predators that are threatening. He wouldn’t, he stood right in the middle of them. When you sent a catch dog(s), he would stay still as to not draw attention. Other hogs would get caught, the bay would bust, and dogs would give chase to the hogs in a mad scramble. When all the other hogs and dogs were gone, he would ease off and not be seen again that day. I have seen them double back over their tracks then get down in a creek under a under cut bank. It’s impressive to watch but I would have to say that the boars are willing to do anything to survive where the sows seem to have limits as to what they will do.
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