A local guy that live maybe 5-10 miles from me has been trapping sounders the last 3 years with a Hawg Boss gate setup and a mobile pen. He said yesterday that their total is now around 600 pigs for the general area. It seems like he's putting a dent in them, as they aren't quite as prolific as they were in years past. I'm fortunate in that my property is near a large river bottom area that pulls the pigs off of me when acorns fall. As a result, I'm not generally as bothered by them during Nov/Dec when deer hunting. I still get roaming solo boars, but the big sounders are in the hardwoods until late winter. Now when the river jumps up in the spring, they are back on me.
I don't dislike hogs as much as I dislike the black bears. Hogs do consume a fair bit of the spring/summer groceries that the deer will miss out on, but the bears F-up everything they come in contact with.
