Home Forums Hunting & Shooting General Big Game Why no pig/hog forum?

Hogs are widely avaliable, most can be hunted year 'round and are relatively inexpensive to hunt. capt david

Same reason we don't have a sheep forum. Ingwe and sam olsen would give it a bad name .

I was thinking the same thing the other day, though in my book they fit pretty well into 'predators and varmints' or whatever that forum is

Listening to the way a lot of guys talk about wild pigs you might have a better chance starting a thread on killing cockroaches.

It'll come. 15 years ago there was a hog problem in only 20 something states. Now they are a BIG problem in 45 states or so. One sow and her offspring in 5 years gives you 1,000 head. This is based on a sow only having 4 or 5 pigs twice a year. Fact is they have 3 litters every 14 months. With a good food source they are just like a brood sow. To stabalize the number at least 70% of the critters has to be taken out every year. This is impossible and very serious.

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dave

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Hope they set a hog page up. They are popular enough, and easy to get to. Usually one of the cheapest big game animals to access.

Maybe a list of landowners with "Crop Damage" permits or others that just need help to remove problem animals off their land. I am sure we could get a list of "volunteers" to help out.

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Dave,
Do you have huntable numbers of them in PA?

Lotta money being made on these dang things! Once was a time people begged you to catch or kill. Now they are making money on the hunts. Aggravating corn vacuums....

I would say no.
But they found a dead one on the road here last summer and the buzz was that there moving in.
I live in NW Pa. so I figure there numbers will be limited.To tuff a winter here.
In southern Pa. could be a totally different story.
All my pigs are from Texas.
I usually go in Feburary just to get a few days away from butthole deep snow and below freezing weather.Makes for a nice break.
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dave

Winters don't bother pigs. Their roots (pun intended) are from Russia. They can handle long rough winters. Their adaptability to various rough climates is a big reason they are so hard to get rid of and why they spread so fast. If you've seen one up there, you will see more. Maybe not tomorrow, but they're coming.

I find it funny that so many farmers, ranchers, people complain constantly about the pigs, but won't let anyone hunt them. They can be a huge source of revenue for ranchers, if they would change their way of thinking. If they truly want help, they need to stop complaining and let people on their land to hunt, or hire hunters to take care of the problem or at least keep them in check. They don't have to let every jackass on their property, but a few good hunters can keep the numbers in check. I have hunted them from helicopters a couple of times on LARGE ranches. A couple of hundred rounds of 12 gauge and a Benelli semi auto loaded with buck shot thins them out in a hurry. It isn't a problem to take out an entire family group of 12 pigs in one pass. Flinch

Ranchers on the Big Island (Hawaii) don't care for poachers coming on their property and shooting pigs. Spooks the horses and cattle to stamped and tear up fences and get tore up in the process. Most don't have a problem with dog's and knife or bow / crossbow or trapping. Trapping is great if you have a pen. That way you can see what the pigs been eating and just before the luau, put a 22 mag in its head. Another way (I don't recommend but my family kind of crazy) was to chase a sow with piglets screaming the whole way. The screaming scares the piglets and they drop to the ground. Doesn't work out so well if / when the sow turns around.

HaYen

ok this post is worthless without video sounds like something my brother would do

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I wish we had some video of yelling down piglets. I'll have to ask my cousin. If we have any, it'll be on 8MM film.

Yelling piglets...uh hu? Sounds like someone with an ego made that story up after a couple of beers or seven. The piglets don't get scared and lay down, they do their best to keep up with momma. They usually scatter in every direction once you get too close to them. I would like to see ANYONE keep up with even the smallest piglet. They can flat out move. Put them in a little brush and you lose! I've yet to see any pig lay down or stop running. Even when they are tuckered out or cornered, they will turn on you, try to rake you or just try to run past you (depending on the size of the hog). All they know how to do is run or fight. Crazy things. Flinch