Spring diets include grasses, forbs, roots and tubers. Summer and fall diets consist primarily of soft and hard mast, including grapes, plums, prickly pears, mesquite, acorns and persimmons. The feral hog has an acute sense of smell enabling it to be an efficient predator when given the opportunity. Various agricultural crops are also used where present. Peanuts, corn, milo, oats, wheat and soybeans are among their favorites.
Nutrition is generally the poorest in the winter and best in the fall and spring.
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