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Old 05-11-2014, 08:55 PM
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Cool skull id??

Skull id. found a skull on the banks of the river today im fairly sure it may be a a feral pig. Any thoughts. .
No hide or other remains to get a good id.
Could a farmed pig just be out wandering??
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Old 05-11-2014, 09:20 PM
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I couldn't say for sure FG but I would bet on pig.
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Old 05-11-2014, 09:48 PM
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It's certainly a pig. Feral vs. domestic is simply a matter of where it lives.
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Old 05-11-2014, 09:52 PM
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I've never seen a wild hog skull but I've seen plenty of domestic hog skulls.

I can't tell you if it's a wild hog or not but it is a hog skull. Many domestic hogs have a much shorter skull but some do have longer skull such as you found so it is possible it is a domestic or feral hog but my guess would be Eurasian Wild Boar or some sort of cross between a Eurasian Wild Hog and a domestic breed.
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Old 05-12-2014, 12:41 AM
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Kind of why I thought feral of some kind seen quite a few pig skulls over the years and it was very long compaired to domestic . Will go grab it in a week for buddies collection of dead. Thanks for the input.
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Old 05-12-2014, 01:32 AM
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Man pig skulls look weird. Cool find.
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