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Live weight?? #184487 10/05/2017 9:46 PM
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What do you guys think is the live weight on this boar??? Above is a photo of a boar along with a S&W 657 with a 7 1/2" barrel which gives a reference for length... I never guess the correct weight of a boar and wish I had a pic of him standing... Anyway, I know what the live weight is and was thinking if this could be of any help to our handgun hunters in the future especially when trying to determine a boars weight in the field.... Give me your best guess on what you think this boar weighs....


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Re: Live weight?? [Re: jamesfromjersey] #184491 10/05/2017 10:19 PM
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OK...I'll bite first.

First of all - great boar! Congrats big time!

Second - I wish there were something else for a frame of reference in the shot. He looks to be about 4 1/2 - 5 feet in length from base of the tail to nose tip.

My guess 350-375 lbs on the hoof.

Re: Live weight?? [Re: SGalan] #184492 10/05/2017 10:20 PM
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180 to 200lbs is my guess

Re: Live weight?? [Re: jamesfromjersey] #184493 10/05/2017 10:26 PM
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225?


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250

Re: Live weight?? [Re: spinsail] #184496 10/05/2017 11:03 PM
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I'm going with 150-175. I've been disappointed by the scale on many occasions.

I'm reassessing. Looking at the photo again, I say he's closer to 250. He's not only long but portly. They can be very deceptive. I'm however probably wrong - LOL!

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Re: Live weight?? [Re: Whitworth] #184497 10/05/2017 11:41 PM
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140 - 160 lbs. A LOT OF "300 POUND PIGS" ARE USUALY 100 - 200 lbs.


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I guess 200 to 225.


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With or without the mud? 235.


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Re: Live weight?? [Re: junebug] #184503 10/06/2017 12:42 AM
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195 - 200 is my guess. I haven't dealt with pigs (yet).

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337 lbs,12oz with the bullet!

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285, EASY!

Re: Live weight?? [Re: racksmasher1] #184506 10/06/2017 2:14 AM
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Not hunting hogs.....and basically not knowing anything.....but being a minor class farm boy 😂.....id like to play and guess 300lbs?


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287 lbs.


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Looks like mine 280#

Re: Live weight?? [Re: ruger4570] #184511 10/06/2017 4:14 AM
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I'm going to say 275-280 lbs. But I haven't taken as many hogs as many of you guys.

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280-300 James did you measure Girth?

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He weighed plenty.

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I am with you 45man. In Florida I have seen a lot photos of "300" pound hogs that prob barely reached the 200 mark. "We didn't have a scale with us" is the common statement.

Either way that's a good looking pig.

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Live weight it's up there 275 plus lbs from my guess. Having handled very few it's a guess . I loaded a couple recently in a side by side and I'm amazed how heavy they can be. Had to drag one 20 yards to get it in the side by side . 2 hands down hill and I was surprised in the weight.

Nice piggy James....

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Re: Live weight?? [Re: GG] #184524 10/06/2017 12:43 PM
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WEIGHT IS LIKE SPREAD ON A DEER, ITS ALWAYS LESS THAN YOU THINK.


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Wish I had a better photo showing how long he was because he came in at an even 290lbs. on the scale before he was dressed...


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JAMES: CHECK THE SCALE.


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 Originally Posted By: 45MAN
JAMES: CHECK THE SCALE.


Rey, I did...twice...that`s why I wish I had a better picture showing the length of this boar because he was a good size...Tioga Ranch recently built a new addition just to butcher and prepare their animals and the equipment is new....


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Re: Live weight?? [Re: jamesfromjersey] #184545 10/07/2017 12:04 AM
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Wow. Big piggie.

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Should have posted this photo along with the first for a more accurate size of the boar....


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Re: Live weight?? [Re: jamesfromjersey] #184552 10/07/2017 3:14 AM
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I've always used the size of the gun in comparison to the size of the animal in pictures....


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That was fun......

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He was a long Boar. Bet you had fun. Thnx for the guessing game.

Re: Live weight?? [Re: jamesfromjersey] #184560 10/07/2017 1:37 PM
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Dadgummit! Out of pocket for a few days and you miss all the fun.

I was gonna say 280. Honest. No really, I was.

Re: Live weight?? [Re: ruger4570] #184564 10/07/2017 2:50 PM
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Hard to tell laying down. That 500lbs monster I killed looks like a 300lbs hog in the pics but when it was standing up it looked like godzilla. My guess is 200-225.

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Proved my point though. Hogs laying down are hard to judge. That was an awesome hog by the way.


"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"

I was a handgun hunter, when handgun wasn't cool.....
Re: Live weight?? [Re: Newt] #184574 10/07/2017 9:06 PM
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 Originally Posted By: Newt
Dadgummit! Out of pocket for a few days and you miss all the fun.

I was gonna say 280. Honest. No really, I was.


Come on Newt 280??? With all those hogs runnin around in Texas, I figured you would have said 295....
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Very nice piggy, James!


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