Feral Pigs
FERAL PIGS are one of our country’s most damaging agricultural and environmental pests, but they are also one of the most popular huntable species in Australia.
DESCRIPTION. The vast majority of feral pigs in Australia are black, at least once they have reached maturity (true wild boar babies are born ginger with black, horizontal stripes). Some pigs, however, occur in a range of colours from totally white through to ginger, brown, bluey grey and spotted.
Pig hunters generally covet big boars standing 85 cm high and weighing over 100 kg, but although it can take only a few years for a pig to reach this size much are much smaller. Ideally, a trophy boar will have a “razorback” of bristly hair running down his back, and around 3 inches of tusks protruding from his bottom jaw. Pig tusks, for the record, are scored by measuring their length, girth and grinding length
