Hey all,

Just curious about something and have never seen a comment on it.  Do pigs or will pigs eat oranges that have fallen off the tree?  Would a LOT of oranges on the ground be a natural attractant?

Thanks

Nalajr

I bet they love'em. A pig will eat anything.

Do they move slower than a pig?...lol

If the answer is yes to that one, then the answer to your question would be a big yes!

God bless,Mudd

I remember watching a Quest Productions video titled "Hog Heaven". They filmed some of their feral hog bowhunting scenes in orange groves.

Pig will eat anything they can find.

They won't eat banana peels, but I bet they would scarf up oranges.

If they do, I'd bet they would taste pretty darn good...Internally marinated.  I'd also bet their digestive tracks would be in overdrive.

ABSOLUTELY, they devistate orange groves.They  root the feeder roots up, and squeeze the ripe fruit in there mouth and leave the orange hanging on the tree.  Citrus farmers here are not interested in hunting ferel hogs but erradicating them.  A sounder of sows and shoats can squeeze and eat an orange tree as high as they can reach in a night.  Weve lost 15% of a crop to hogs in a month period.

yup ditto what William said it was never hard to get permission to shoot hogs out of groves growing up they are devatating to crops period and are extreme opportunistic feeders!

they will eat them as high as they can reach them!

Pigs eat everything.....

I've seen boars eat everything from live rattlesnakes, to dead deer and cows. i'm sure after all that, oranges would be a treat.

There is no 'food' that I know of a pig won't eat, and that includes you and me.

A pig won't eat cucumbers at least the ones we raised when I was a kid wouldn't.LCH

Been chasing pigs in orange groves since I moved to Fl in 1965. Still have permission to hunt a few local groves.
Oranges attract hogs, rabbits, and rats. Which in turn attract BuzzWorms, resulting in my first of 7 times being bitten. Now I not only watch my quarry, but also pay attention to whats on the ground around me.  

QuoteOriginally posted by bawana bowman:
Been chasing pigs in orange groves since I moved to Fl in 1965. Still have permission to hunt a few local groves.
Oranges attract hogs, rabbits, and rats. Which in turn attract BuzzWorms, resulting in my first of 7 times being bitten. Now I not only watch my quarry, but also pay attention to whats on the ground around me.      

I never would have thought about rattlesnakes (Buzzworms, I like the nickname)  Something us northen boys don't have to worry about.

Thanks for the info everyone.

I ask because there is a grove that is close to me that apparently no one picks the oranges.  They just ripen and hang on the trees.  In 2 years here I have never seen a single person in there picking oranges.  I have started to wonder if they are the sour kind of oranges or the ones that are used for industrial applications.  Will pigs eat the SOUR oranges too?

I would love to see someone there to talk to, but I never have.  It is about 200 acres in total probably and as near as I can tell it is just abandoned.  The trees are FULL of ripened oranges right now and they'll eventually just drop to the ground.  No one will be there to pick them.  I have wanted to stop there and go get an orange and taste it to see what kind of oranges they are.

What do you all think now?

Nalajr

I'd sure be over there tasting and gleaning oranges. I grew up around the groves in the San Jouqin valley and have done that many times. And yes, hogs love the oranges. I used to work on a hog farm and they would have culls delivered from the packing house. The hogs loved 'em!

our cows will eat sour oranges but they really love the sweet ones..look for trails going into the orange grove. good luck

You could find the owner by going to the plot maps at the county seat.  Find the owner and talk too them.

Might turn into a pig bonanza.

Mike

QuoteOriginally posted by wingnut:
You could find the owner by going to the plot maps at the county seat.  Find the owner and talk too them.

Might turn into a pig bonanza.

Mike

I was going to say the same thing.  Go to your county offices, and ask for the tax records for the property.  It will tell you the owner, and where the tax bill gets mailed to.