Javelinas (Peccary) at Coronado National Forest in Arizona, last week, Thanksgiving.
Southeast Arizona's Coronado National Forest, Cave Creek Visitor Information Center
COMMENT 347744
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2012-11-28 11:18 AM |
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Very interesting. I have never seen one.
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COMMENT 347749P
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2012-11-28 11:26 AM |
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Rather rundown looking visitor center.
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COMMENT 347753P
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2012-11-28 11:32 AM |
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Looks like a relative of the boar.
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COMMENT 347759
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2012-11-28 11:41 AM |
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They are aggressive little creatures. My friend lives in Tucson and they often run around the neighborhoods..eewwee. Very interesting animal.
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COMMENT 347763P
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2012-11-28 11:47 AM |
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Nice shots! Such beautiful country.
My brother-in-law hunts for Javelinas with a bow and arrow. He says they've got horrible eyesight but a great sense of smell. He says you can sneak up very close to them if you stay downwind.
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SBJULES
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2012-11-28 11:59 AM |
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I have never heard of them, but then I've only been to Arizona once. I looked them up & they are most interesting. Pretty country for sure.
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COMMENT 347785
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2012-11-28 12:15 PM |
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Winner Winnner Javelina DINNER!
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COMMENT 347793
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2012-11-28 12:24 PM |
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OMG, did you feed them table scraps!!1!
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COMMENT 347797
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2012-11-28 12:28 PM |
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They will sleep right next to you for warmth! True story!
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COMMENT 347801
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2012-11-28 12:39 PM |
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wow cool. Bigger than I had thought.
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COMMENT 347803
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2012-11-28 12:41 PM |
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Thank you for stopping to take their picture rather than speed up to take their lives.
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COMMENT 347820
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2012-11-28 01:39 PM |
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Dat right der is a skunk pig. Good eatin' as well as good for glove making wit der hides.
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COMMENT 347830
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2012-11-28 01:53 PM |
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They will turn and charge you if they feel the need.
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COMMENT 347906
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2012-11-28 04:16 PM |
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I lived outside Tucson when I was in grad school and they would get into our trash then spend more time fighting over the spoils than eating whatever was there (not much since we were students). They do taste good when bbq'd in a pit.
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COMMENT 347921
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2012-11-28 04:56 PM |
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Never heard of a peccary or javelina before. I always enjoy learning something new.
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COMMENT 347935
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2012-11-28 05:50 PM |
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I love me some javelinas. There is no finer form of pestilence and determination.
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COMMENT 347958
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2012-11-28 06:22 PM |
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803, do people deliberately crash their cars into large mammals where you live?
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COMMENT 348022P
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2012-11-28 10:33 PM |
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I'm not a hunter, but my former neighbor was, he would got to Texas and return with Javelina Jerky to share - not too bad, but I prefer Turkey of regular beef jerky.
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ANDY
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2012-11-29 06:48 AM |
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I adopted an orphaned javalina when I was a kid. I named him Gregory Peccary. He was very sweet and followed me everywhere. Loved saltines as a special treat. We ended up taking him back to our ranch where he thrived. He became good friends with our Catahoula dogs. Catahoulas are also known as Leopard dogs. They are cattle dogs.
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COMMENT 348094P
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2012-11-29 08:22 AM |
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Wild pigs, javelinas, are very destructive to farmland/vineyards/gold courses, etc., as they root for food beneath the soil surface. They usually travel in family groups, with few natural predators. They look pokey, but can move very fast on those little legs, and will charge if they feel threatened. Their tusks can do life threatening damage, so steer clear of them if you see them in the wild. They are considered a destructive habitat menace in Northern California and in our Central California ag areas; ranchers have hunts on their land to keep numbers down. So much so, that hunting hounds are becoming the dog of choice among young aggies. You will see Walker and other big hounds tethered on the backs of ranch trucks alongside the familiar cattle dogs of past decades.
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COMMENT 348099P
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2012-11-29 08:31 AM |
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The visitors center may have been old ranch HQ; many parks in AZ are old ranches that have been given to the State for open space and they maintain the old buildings as part of the history of the place. As for the landscape, that's what AZ looks like--they don't try to make it look like LA or LV--it's very dry and the seasons follow naturally. Spring could actually be very pretty, or after a summer monsoon (July-August). The desert plants seem to grow overnight and flowers of amazing forms, colors and shapes open in just a few hours after rains... pretty amazing to witness.
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COMMENT 348246
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2012-11-29 11:15 AM |
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I am told that they roast well in the ground, and are hunted for food.
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COMMENT 348333
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2012-11-29 01:12 PM |
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@8094P - I think you are getting our CA wild boar population (family Suidae) mixed up with the javelina (family Tayassuidae) down in Az. They share many of the traits you mention, but they are a different critters. Some key differences:
Javelina are generally a lot smaller than boar (pigs)
Javelina don't have tails.
Javelina have much smaller litters (one or two per)
Male javelina will run with the herd, whereas male boar are solitary.
Javelina are not as toothy as boar - they don't have the big dangerous curved teeth that a big boar can have
Javelina are stinkier than boar (ergo the moniker "skunk pig") They are still destructive little buggers, though.
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DEEKER
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2012-11-29 04:44 PM |
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Great story, Andy - love it!
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COMMENT 348464
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2012-11-29 04:53 PM |
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My husband was stationed at Ft Huachuca in the mid 50s. When they had field exercises they were warned to be careful of the javelina and the buffalo because both would charge you and were very dangerous. Saw some of each on the base frequently.
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COMMENT 348595P
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2012-11-29 10:25 PM |
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333: thanks for the correction. Did not realize they're from diff families. From what I've read about the destruction of habitat in Calif, there seems to be a diff of opinion as to the genetics of the wild pigs as the locals call them. Some feel they are feral crosses between escaped domestic pigs and European boars imported for hunting late 1800's early 1900's. Some feel they are ___??? Is there a true native Calif wild pig?
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