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Colorado Redneck
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Good sized hog. Any idea how much it weighed? Good job.
Double Naught Spy
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Nice hog!
An easy way to estimate hog weight is by using the heart girth method. You take a tape measure around the chest immediately behind the front legs and find the smallest circumference you can with it touching the 'arm pits' of the hog. The tape needs to be snug. The shortcut calculation is to take the girth in inches and multiply by 10 and subtract 200. So a 38" heart girth would equate to 180 lbs. If you use the long math method, I think the estimate comes out to 181 or 182. We have checked this against a scale for countless hogs. Often, it is spot on and usually within 10 lbs. It is a better method than eyeball, lift, or drag assessments, but a properly maintained and verified scale is always going to be better.
https://www.asi.k-state.edu/doc/swine-day-2002/heartgirthpg166.pdf
https://thepigsite.com/articles/use-heart-girth-to-estimate-the-weight-of-finishing-pigs
At 200 lbs, your sow is probably fully grown.
https://feralhogs.extension.org/physical-characteristics-of-feral-hogs/
An easy way to estimate hog weight is by using the heart girth method. You take a tape measure around the chest immediately behind the front legs and find the smallest circumference you can with it touching the 'arm pits' of the hog. The tape needs to be snug. The shortcut calculation is to take the girth in inches and multiply by 10 and subtract 200. So a 38" heart girth would equate to 180 lbs. If you use the long math method, I think the estimate comes out to 181 or 182. We have checked this against a scale for countless hogs. Often, it is spot on and usually within 10 lbs. It is a better method than eyeball, lift, or drag assessments, but a properly maintained and verified scale is always going to be better.
https://www.asi.k-state.edu/doc/swine-day-2002/heartgirthpg166.pdf
https://thepigsite.com/articles/use-heart-girth-to-estimate-the-weight-of-finishing-pigs
At 200 lbs, your sow is probably fully grown.
https://feralhogs.extension.org/physical-characteristics-of-feral-hogs/