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A delightful sight this morning – a few nature-minded thoughts In the morning quiet, as the mist had barely lifted among the trees, a familiar sounder appeared near the feeding site. The little piglets, whom I’ve been watching almost since birth, are visibly developing nicely. For them, this place isn’t just a feeding point –…

I’ve "stumbled" onto an amazing spot. I can’t get enough of the pictures and events the cameras keep sending me. The fact that in broad daylight, at high noon no less, my feeder is hosting an entire sounder of pigs . . . that would have been unimaginable at the previous location. For a simple,…

Behavioral Adaptation and Feeding Ecology of a Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Population Under Anthropogenic Influence, Through the Example of a Site-Specific Feeding Location Introduction The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is one of Europe’s most adaptable big game species, possessing an outstanding capacity to adjust to anthropogenic (human-modified) environments. The purpose of this study is to…

09.12.2025 At night, shortly before midnight, I managed to make a shot on a piglet standing about 24 meters away, and the sounder of 11 piglets — no sow among them — barely flinched at the dull sound of the bow shot. As it turned out later, the sight was set to 22.5 meters, not…

Even some serious boars are visiting this forest wellness spot. I definitely need to find a spot suitable for a stand here . . .

The First Adventure – Some Scientific Reflections on the Meeting Between a Wild Piglet and the World, from the Perspective of Wildlife Biology, Forestry, and Game Management I. The Beginning – Ethological and Ecological Context The reproductive biology of the wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) follows a distinctive rhythm within the annual cycle of European…