Boar and Curious Coyote

[Double Naught Spy]

DNS your observations are fascinating! Thanks for taking the time to inform those like me who are looking on the outside (with jealousy) of the hog hunting arena. It kind of sounds like the hogs are a military unit with commanders, scouts, cannon fodder (privates) and the like. I've heard that pigs are very intelligent. Maybe a bit TOO intelligent. If you can identify the radio operator for the commander, take it out first.

It is an just an interpretation of the behavior, but may not be exactly how it is. No doubt hogs are intelligent, but I have come to learn that hunters call any animal "intelligent" when it doesn't stand broadside at 25 yards and wait to be shot. Skittish hogs that appear paranoid are often said to be quite smart because they don't give the hunter a clear and easy shot. If that was a person in the military, the hog might be called a coward. Are cowards really smart? It is all about perspective and interpretation.

Keep in mind that a really smart pig has the intelligence of a 3-4 year old child. That is about it. "Really smart" still isn't all that smart. To hear some hunters talk, the hogs are Kevin McCallister from "Home Alone" and the hunters are bad guys, Marv and Harry. Well, some hunters may be comparable to Marv and Harry, but hogs are not smart like Kevin McCallister.