He\u2019s been collecting footage of feral hogs in and around the river north of Redington ever since.<\/p>\n
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A screenshot from a trail camera video shows feral pigs rooting in a mesquite forest along the San Pedro River northeast of Tucson in 2020.<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes I’ll get two or three or four, and then I’ll get 20 plus,\u201d said Miller, whose desert wildlife videos on YouTube<\/a> have earned him more than 24,000 subscribers. \u201cEvery now and then, I get a big herd, but for the most part they’re just in small pockets.\u201d<\/p>\n His most dramatic video is a four-second clip that opens with a puff of dirt and the dark colored streak of a pig running past, followed a few beats later by a large black bear in hot pursuit.<\/p>\n Miller has also had a few in-person encounters with wild hogs. It\u2019s \u201can adrenaline rush\u201d each time, he said, but none of the boars ever charged at him or otherwise acted aggressively. \u201cThey behaved like any other wild animal would. If they hear something, see something, they’re out of there.\u201d<\/p>\n Miller said he operates anywhere from five to 12 motion-activated cameras on public land along several miles of the river and the surrounding hills north of Redington.<\/p>\n
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