Critters captured on camera

[crash325]

Here is a little guy that almost got run over. It crossed the road right in front of the truck last Sat.
My guess is about 5 feet long, but hard to tell.
Think its in the Gopher snake family, but only a guess. He was moving fairly fast but not flat out. Found a hole & disappeared seconds after the second picture.
Not common snake in this area. Think I saw one about 7/8 years ago.

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[dave1949]

This red fox has been hanging around the house for a couple months now. It keeps an eye on the house but is not too worried.

Apples are on the menu.


Time-out for a chin scratch.

 

[Larro Darro]

We went over to Sister's house for supper tonight. These guys were crossing the driveway in front of the car, so I waited to get a picture. These are the young ones who are loose on the yard.

Larro

 

[whistlepig]

We see a lot of red foxes here. More red foxes than deer. A fox checking out my turkey decoy. The fox in the black flash is eating apples. And a deer that still has it's winter coat.

 

[TomSeller]

We see a lot of red foxes here. More red foxes than deer. A fox checking out my turkey decoy. The fox in the black flash is eating apples. And a deer that still has it's winter coat.

I wish I still had our red fox around. Much better mousers and less concerning than the coyotes.

 

[RobertBrown]

I have always heard wild hog was better tasting that farmed pork.

Any truth to that rumor?

Thanks,
David

Nope! none whatsoever.
Taste is subjective, but generally speaking...
Domesticated pork has been genetically engineered for taste. Wild, or feral pork is lean, dark and no where near as tender, sort of like beef but it depends on the hog.
A small hog eats better than a big one, less the bar hogs. Sow can be better that the boars but it depends on the condition.

 

[whistlepig]

We have a small local grocery that sells locally raised pork. Not the super lean pork the supermarkets sells these days. This pork has a lot of fat in it. As Larro says fat is flavor. I almost forgot what a good pork chop tasted like until I found this store.

 

[C4Ranch]

The big ones aren't worth butchering. Small to medium good eating. Back straps are great, last ones tasted better than store bought pork loins IMO. Took a couple in to be processed had good fat on em, guy said "man, these look great, whatcha been doin corn feeding em?".... Unfortunately I have...

 

[C4Ranch]

And here are they are! Forgot I took a pic of them..

 

[Quickster2]

Now that is what a hog should look like. Yum!!!!

 

[Larro Darro]

I got over to my shooting house and changed out the SD card on the game camera. Lots more pictures of the hogs, but also got a few of this fellow.

Larro

 

[C4Ranch]

Love Checking game cameras...
You're gonna just keep seeing more and more hogs unless you irriticate. Might start thinking about a trap to get the whole sound.
Mature Hogs can have 2 litters per yr with up to 12-14 piglets..

 

[SandburRanch]

We have a small local grocery that sells locally raised pork. Not the super lean pork the supermarkets sells these days. This pork has a lot of fat in it. As Larro says fat is flavor. I almost forgot what a good pork chop tasted like until I found this store.

It even gets better when you have a milk cow that gives about 7 gallon / day and all excess goes to the hogs.:licking: