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Contributed/BCSO Burnet County sheriff's deputies responded to a call of a large loose domesticated Duroc pig Sept. 30. Contributed photos/BCSO -
A passerby called the sheriff’s office to report a 600 pound domesticated Duroc pig, wandering along the county road. -
A crew of seven hands from the Ketterman Ranch were able to wrangle the domesticated pig on Sept. 30 and place him in a trailer to return home. The wayward Duroc proved to be “friendly” but not to keen on being placed into a trailer. Alt Text for Image
After several months of roaming with wild pigs and other pasture livestock, Biggie Boar was finally wrangled back home Sept. 30 with the assistance of half a dozen ranch hands, according to the Burnet County Sheriff’s Office.
The incident unfolded around 8 a.m. that morning in the 3900 block of CR 340, outside of Burnet.
A passerby called the sheriff’s office to report a 600 pound domesticated Duroc pig, wandering along the county road.
When livestock deputy Jason Jewett arrived on the scene, Biggie Boar inspected his patrol vehicle.
“It was huge, like a small rhino,” he said. “It’s a domestic hog.
“The pig was friendly. He walked up to me. I gave him some water.”
A neighbor positively ID’ed the swollen swine, which could not be mistaken for a sow, Jewett explained.
Jewett tracked down the owner, and a crew from Ketterman Ranch arrived on scene to take Biggie Boar home.
“It was fairly friendly until they roped it, and then it was not friendly,” Jewett said. “It didn’t want to go back into the trailer.” Once they roped him, it
Once they roped him, it took the crew about 10 minutes to corral the rebellious roamer.
No one was injured and no other issues were reported with the event.
“We’re used to dealing with cattle most of the time,” Jewett said. “The (Duroc) pigs are not dangerous animals. He didn’t want to kill anybody.
“He just wanted his freedom.”