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 Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 06:20 PM
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Michael Rosamond
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Do hogs nest? I walked up on a nest last night in the SHNF that was big enough for me to lay in and I'm a big guy. It wasn't dug out but grass and leaf litter was piled up around it and it was in an oval shape. I found it in the middle of a thicket.
Any ideas on what it could be?
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Re: Do hogs nest?
[Re: Michael Rosamond]
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02/22/11 06:23 PM
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Sasquatch? 
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Re: Do hogs nest?
[Re: Michael Rosamond]
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02/22/11 06:24 PM
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JCB
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There use to be a bar called "The Boars Nest" on that TV show The Dukes Of Hazzard. So yes they nest. 
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 06:31 PM
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deerfeeder
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There will be eggs there soon. You probably found a place where they laid up for awhile between meals.
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 06:33 PM
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Justin T
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That was my bed. I hope you didn't mess it up.
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 06:34 PM
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TooLow
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Sasquatch? X2
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Re: Do hogs nest?
[Re: Michael Rosamond]
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02/22/11 06:35 PM
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Hogs probably. I believe it would just be called a bedding area and not a nest... 
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02/22/11 07:49 PM
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Hogs probably. I believe it would just be called a bedding area and not a nest... X2 I have found several of these areas on my lease. In fact, I have found one area where they have worn out the grass and rubbed almost all of the bark off the trees in about a 50 foot circle.
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 07:57 PM
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MaggieMTx
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probably where a sow laid down to nurse the babies or the herd took a break
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 08:49 PM
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You've found the lair of the infamous nesting Chupahogula..beware!
Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large numbers
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 10:21 PM
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Yes I have seen them make a nest and came upon them with little ones while in a nest. They actually do it quite often. I am sure some one else will chime in and tell you about it.
If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 11:06 PM
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Closed Traverse
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the hawgs are about to spawn... that is a bed they made to get ready....
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 11:28 PM
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That is why there is so many of them. They can lay a dozen at a time.
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 11:31 PM
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wfontjr
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yes they do, i have seen sows pile up palmettoes and lay with their young
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/22/11 11:49 PM
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There will be eggs there soon. Yep, Really big eggs...Ostrich nest
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02/23/11 02:24 AM
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/23/11 02:52 AM
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Sows will build a big nest to birth in and they will stay there for a few days , at least the tame sows I had in school did. I ran them free range. I have always heard them called sow's nests
" If you can't have no fun, it ain't no use a'goin' ! " - old man in a Sweetwater , TX cafe 
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/23/11 03:01 PM
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JDickey, I have a friend that I mentioned this post to and he said the same thing. He is a huge big foot believer!
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/23/11 03:46 PM
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yes they do, i have seen sows pile up palmettoes and lay with their young Seen them made of switch cane and grass as well. Yes, hogs makes a nest to birth in.
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/23/11 05:35 PM
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Spooked a big boar off of a "nest" in a big clump of marsh grass in a thick wet area. He waited until I was 10-15 feet from him when he busted out of there. Got my attention to put it mildly. 
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Do hogs nest?
[Re: TXW]
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02/23/11 07:45 PM
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JDickey, I have a friend that I mentioned this post to and he said the same thing. He is a huge big foot believer! We'll have to meet up some time. Lots of stuff goes on in the East Texas Piney Woods!
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/23/11 10:27 PM
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I bet it was a hog. they love getting in the pushed up brush piles on my lease. Dewberry vines too.
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/24/11 03:46 AM
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they all look good at closing time
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Re: Do hogs nest?
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02/24/11 05:42 AM
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There is also a Boars Nest in Mingus Tx.
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