Hog Weights

[fishdfly]

Be it hogs, coyotes, or deer, apparently hunters have a hard time accurately guessing weights and they tend to over estimate weights. Old article, but good one...

Tales of giant hogs don't carry weight

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[deermanok]

Some hogs that my neighbor trapped and shot last January.
I took the 2 smaller one at the end of the line there.
I think one weighed 40 pounds and the other about 60 ish.
I'm definitely a greenhorn with hogs. They do look alot bigger than they are.

 

[Okie Hog]

Folks, including myself, often overestimate the weight of wild hogs.

300 pound wild hogs are very rare. Been hunting and trapping wild hogs since 2000 and have accounted for 550-600 hogs. Only 5 or 6 weighed 300 pounds or more. Two were shot the same day.

400 pound wild hogs are nearly non-existent.

How to accurately estimate the weight of a hog:

1. Measure the heart girth in inches using a cloth tape.

2. Square the heart girth.

3. Measure the distance between the base of the tail to between the ears.

4. Mulitply 2 and 3.

5. Divide by 400.

Example, a hog with a heart girth of 50 inches and base of tail to between the ears measurement of 40 inches.

50x50=2,500x40=100,000 divided by 400=250 pounds.

Getting the hog to stand still could be a problem. But the formula works with dead hogs too.

How to Estimate the Weight of a Hog in the Field — Scrofa