Not again.......! Feral Hog Control in East Texas

I have been enjoying this thread for many years!
I even bought a .458SOCOM, so I could be just like Flintknapper! LOL! just kidding.
I live in South Central Montana, and have been thankful we haven't had any feral hogs here!
But now. Canadian hogs have been crossing over our Northern border, and the local "experts" are saying that hunting these swine actually hurts eradication efforts!
https://billingsgazette.com/news/st...7b5e0974d.html#tracking-source=home-top-story
I think I might need to take a few days off, and take a trip to the North...

Well....that's not good news.

Sounds like while we watching the populations increase and spread from the South, they 'flanked' us and are now coming in from the North as well. That really IS smart.
 
Canadian hogs have been crossing over our Northern border, and the local "experts" are saying that hunting these swine actually hurts eradication efforts!

When a state is faced with a budding hog problem the fish and game folks always claim that hunting hogs causes them to "spread". Then they hit the taxpayers for more biologists to assess and study the problem.

Hogs inhabit new areas in two ways:

1. Naturally.

2. Bubba hauling hogs into areas where there are few or none.
 
A woman was killed by feral hogs yesterday, one town over from me in Anahuac. No matter how many pigs we kill, it just gets worse and worse every year.
 
Figured to see a comment but nothing. Sorry if I'm a thread killer here Flintknapper. Be Well, Packy.
No worry....Packy.

I have no doubt that in some States the Feral Hog population got it's start by the illegal importation of the animals. The damage/losses caused by the hogs is bad enough here in the South, I hate to think what kind of impact they would have in the farm rich Midwest.
 
I don't think anyone had any argument with your comment.
We're all generally in agreement that a lot of hogs have been 'distributed' by people rather than the hogs roaming wide and far on their own.
 
I don't think anyone had any argument with your comment.
We're all generally in agreement that a lot of hogs have been 'distributed' by people rather than the hogs roaming wide and far on their own.
^^^^^
Agreed.

Any of the population 'islands' on the map below...should be viewed with suspicion. Maybe a few exceptions where the U.S. borders with Canada...as it has been reported pigs are coming across from there.

Someone had to transport the pigs to many of these spotty areas. It's not like the pigs drove themselves. They are smart, but not THAT smart.


Feral-hog-distribution-2015-qdma.jpg
 
We have had a problem in Central NY over the years, believe it or not. They mostly escaped from pay to hunt "game farms". It seemed like the more they were hunted, the farther they ranged. Supposedly they have all been erradicated at this point.
 
We have had a problem in Central NY over the years, believe it or not. They mostly escaped from pay to hunt "game farms". It seemed like the more they were hunted, the farther they ranged. Supposedly they have all been erradicated at this point.

I believe it. Not only New York... but parts of Pennsylvania as well.
 
I should move to Texas. I have so many terminal ballistics tests I want to perform on Porky Pig. And so far, only an occasional escapee has been shot here in North West Misery. Merry Christmas,Be Well and eat pork, Packy.
 
This young boar has already suffered some type of misfortune. His left front leg has been injured somehow and it has atrophied. He isn't holding that leg up...it is now permanently in that position. I've been seeing him on my Game Cameras for about 3 weeks now...off and on. Usually its in the wee-hours of the morning. I guess he feels safer going out and about at that time.

But now...he has started coming in at a more reasonable hour. If he keeps it up...I'll definitely have a go at him. I almost feel sorry for him....but then I go look at my pastures (all rooted up) and revert to my 'none get a pass' policy.



 
Unfortunately Flint, your are absolutely right. Kinda like roach bugs.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

By the way, I wish you lots of success with your solution to this ongoing problem.

Well....to add insult to injury, I just moved a large 'pen' trap from that exact area in favor of one that the hogs are using now. So maybe that was a bit premature. But as always...there is never any guarantee that hogs will go into a trap just because you have it baited out. More and more they seem to have become wary of it.

Guess I'll have to go shoot some of them. Would much rather trap them.

But thank you for the well wishes.
 
No worry....Packy.

I have no doubt that in some States the Feral Hog population got it's start by the illegal importation of the animals. The damage/losses caused by the hogs is bad enough here in the South, I hate to think what kind of impact they would have in the farm rich Midwest.
That's in interesting thought.
25 yrs ago, when we checked our deer in at the DNR checkstation, they asked how many turkeys we saw. We didnt have any turkeys. 10 yrs later, I killed a turkey in our woods.
Then it was beaver
Then it was otter
Then bobcats
Guess what they asked last year.....?
" How many wild pigs did you see ?"
Crap!
 
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