Mississippi’s hog records arrive late in the year. November and December carry 27 and 24 reports, well above every other month, while the rest of the calendar holds steady between 9 and 17. Leaves are down by then and ground cover has thinned, so a dark, bristly animal stands out, and cooler weather puts more people in the woods to see one.
Delta, coast, and river bluffs
Hancock County, where the Pearl River meets the Gulf, leads with 30 of the state’s 174 records, and neighboring Jackson County adds 16 from the Pascagoula River country. Both are low, swampy river mouths with dense cover. Inland, Oktibbeha County comes second with 19, and Noxubee County next door adds 9. Adams County, on the Mississippi River bluffs at Natchez, and Tallahatchie County in the Delta round out the leaders. Holly Springs National Forest in the north is the only named place with more than a single record, and it has just 5. Records reach 41 counties in all, close to half the state.
Wild boar are introduced in Mississippi, and NatureServe lists a conservation rank as not applicable for them. They still rank 10th of 74 mammals in the state by record count, which puts them among its more frequently reported large animals.
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