[castnblast]

The body armor really depends on the area. In Refugio county where I currently hunt, the pigs are pure ferral, and to my experience, they have no russian boar in their gene pool...yet. A 200 lb'er has some, but not much. HOWEVER...The same is not true in LaSalle and McMullen Counties to the Northwest. They have quite a bit of Russian in their gene pool, and look totally different. They have the true razor back, long snout, large shoulders, and thinner, but muscular hindquarters. Big ass tusks to go with it. These pigs need a shot in the head w/ a small caliber, or a shot in the boiler room with a big one. The one in Refugio are not strong, even up to 200 lbs. But like any other animal, bust the bladder, and your meat is coyote bait.

It just depends on what is in their gene pool as to how thick the armor is. It can vary from one part of the state to another, and from one part of the country to another. If you shoot one that has a lot of russian in it, they tend to be VERY lean, and the skin does not fold over when you skin it, where as the ferrals, that don't have russian in their gene pool will be a bit fattier, the skin is a lot more flexible, and they can be black, red, or multi-colored.

Ferrals may or may not have tusks, depending on how long they have been wild. Their snouts really begin to elongate after 7 generations, and some tusks appear after that time period. However, the "armor" is still not as thick as that of their russian counterpart...until they cross bread.