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Keg · May 9, 2011, 10:14 PM

Before my last post......I had decided to take the high road......To be more open to this method......
I had really never heard of this heart-girth method before and seemed foolish to me as far as getting a weight on feral pigs.....I still read here and there on the net that it can be off for finishing pigs that have gotten into poor condition......
I believe this is probably a good estimate on good healthy feral pigs.....
It would be good to use in the field..where there is no access to a scale.....
We generally have 50-100 killed off the 850 acre place I generally hunt.....Close to 500 on the whole ranch yearly.......I plan on using this method to see..for myself.......Like I said......I expect those in good condition to be fairly close......Oh well..we shall see.......

May 9, 2011, 10:14 PM	#22
Keg Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2011 Location: Freestone County, Texas Posts: 1,133	Before my last post......I had decided to take the high road......To be more open to this method...... I had really never heard of this heart-girth method before and seemed foolish to me as far as getting a weight on feral pigs.....I still read here and there on the net that it can be off for finishing pigs that have gotten into poor condition...... I believe this is probably a good estimate on good healthy feral pigs..... It would be good to use in the field..where there is no access to a scale..... We generally have 50-100 killed off the 850 acre place I generally hunt.....Close to 500 on the whole ranch yearly.......I plan on using this method to see..for myself.......Like I said......I expect those in good condition to be fairly close......Oh well..we shall see....... __________________ Hog Hunters never die........They just reload.........