Taiwanese wild pigs

Taiwan has a good sized population of wild pigs which have been hunted by most of the indigenous people. Wild pigs are very gregarious, forming herds of varying size depending on locality and season, but usually of between 6-15 individuals. Their behavior is sociable, they usually live in family groups even though old boars may be solitary. They are active morning and afternoon, resting midday and at night, although they can become nocturnal when they are harassed.

A medium-sized boar has a thick body, relatively thin legs, a short neck, and a long, pointed head ending in a round snout. Its coat is solid and its hair its very thick. Each foot has four toes, the middle two supporting the body, the two lateral toes are higher up and are not touching the ground. The feather consists of stiff bristles and usually finer feather. The color usually varies from dark grey to black or brown, but there are great regional differences in color across continents.

The wild pigs eat all kinds of vegetables and small animals. They have extremely good sense of smell and hearing and they are also very fast runners and strong swimmers. Their usual territory is undergrowth, forest and also agricultural areas with nearby cover at any altitude. These species are omnivorous, though vegetable matter, principally fruits, seeds, roots and tubers, constitutes about 90% of their diet. Toucheng Leisure Farm is often inviting Taiwanese local hunters to the farm to help them get rid of these plant and fruit destroyers. 

Local Taiwanese hunters are athletic and tough and they use native dogs, which are good and clamorous trackers. Hunters are able to round up their dogs, without which it would be impossible to get near a pig. They can outrun even their dogs, or at least keep up with them and be there when a pig is surrounded by the dogs. The true native hunter is able and tenacious. He does not mind getting himself muddied or soaked neither jumping into a waist-high fish pond in winter to retrieve the hunting game. There are also hunters who are solely after wild pigs. They are usually first hand of the farmers who arrange local hunts at their request. 

In Taiwan, male wild boars reach a weight from 68 kg to 181 kg, far less than of  their mainland cousins which can grow as much as 320 kg. Females are somewhat smaller than males and have much smaller tusks. Although it's true the wild pigs here are generally not as big as some overseas varieties, they are big enough to do some damage and the terrain in Taiwanese mountains is a lot more challenging than anywhere else and therefore Toucheng Leisure Farm is very happy to have such hunters helping them keep down the local wild pig population even though they are scarce and rarely found around the farm as they are likely to be hidden in further areas in the mountains.