Wild pigs don’t have much/any bacon.
They eat anything including mammals and people.
Being from East Tennessee, I know the Russian Hogs...They are, like you said, very few pure bred Russians left, but we had plenty of them until around the 1980’s...
When I was younger, I ran a string of Plott Hounds and hunted them and black bear in the E. Tennessee mountains...
Morons released pigs into the National Forest near the Appalachian Trail in Walnut Flats, Virginia. They would hunt them during the Fall and Spring.
Here is a wild hog FACT: Yum,Yum.Tastey
As I understand in some areas, Russian Boars were set loose and when they breed the hybrid’s growth switch never turns off. That supposedly accounts for some of the giants that have been found. Similar to the Liger.
I hear Tim Allen did his own stunts.
I grew up with a neighbor who was tusked/gored by a wild boar. Nasty wound that caused him to lose a large part of his calf muscle. Do not underestimate their attack abilities or how stubborn they can become. The one that attacked my neighbor took six from a .357, gored him as he was climbing a tree and then walked another 75 yards before collapsing.