Posted on 03/19/2016 5:56:34 PM PDT by w1n1
Wild hogs are among some of the most destructive invasive species and even feast on whitetail deer.
A picture has surface on Facebook of a wild hog holding a dead fawn in the clasps of its mouth. Feral hogs have been causing serious environmental issues across many southern states. According to the Smithsonian in 2011, hogs are doing hundreds of millions of dollars of damage.
Are wild hogs a culprit for a decrease in deer harvest numbers in some states? These pictures certainly give the allusion that it’s possible. Read the rest of the wild hogs story here.
Shot one with a 45-70, went clean through end to end. Don’t think I’d go under .30 cal either.
"These pictures certainly give the allusion indicate [or] support the contention [or] suggest that it's possible."
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Thank you. You do the same.
Hence their exploding population numbers. Their willingness to eat anything and everything along with no natural predators to slow their population gains explains this. The person/people that come up with something to slow or halt their exponential population numbers will make a mint. You know there is an issue when you go deer hunting and kill more hogs than you do deer. (This has happened the last two seasons my cousins have gone deer hunting.)
I thought so at first but in reading the rest of the excerpt I decided that perhaps the “allusion” was intended because the writer wanted the reader to something beyond the image of the picture - almost as if the picture doesn’t tell the whole story. IOW, ‘allusion’ in this case meaning ‘intended to convey some meaning, perhaps contrary to just an illusion’
My guess is India and that’s an Axis fawn.
As far as that picture goes. those don’t look like any hog we have in the US.
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The one carrying the fawn looks like a Razorback. Notice the spikey hair along its spine, like a Mohawk haircut.
Wife #2 was one of 9 kids raised by sharecropper parents in NE Arkansas in the 1940s. They also had hogs that they butchered to provide for family food. They had major problems keeping the hogs from getting into the coal bin and eating the coal, which was needed in the very cold winters there.
Interesting posting. Thanks, POF.
In Texas it is legal to hunt feral hogs and javalina from helicopters if the landowners’ permit. Lots of such action in South Texas on large ranches and the chopper pilots are making out too.
By the way she's deadly with her Little 243 Styer or her 7mm08. 
Just a correction! It’s not legal to hunt Javalina’s from a helo. They are considered a game animal in TX and your limited to 2 per year. Javi’s are not a problem here like the feral hogs are, they’re on the do not shoot list.
Surprised some young smart entrepreneur hasn't thought of the possibility of using feral hogs as a good cheap dog food stock.
LOL!
Maybe my most fearful hunting moment I have ever had was several years ago, when a 175 lb. ragged tusked boar rushed me, while I was chasing down a hit deer.
The beggar was charging me, and I luckily hit him between the eyes at 15 yards. Was shaking afterwards.
Thanks for the correction.
I’ve had friends who have gone on javalina hunts, but they were on the ground. They run in large packs and destroy the ranchers’ properties like the larger feral hogs, so I figured they were fair game too.
Good posting! I like the details you provided.
Maybe personal preference, but nothing bigger than a suckling hog for me. Bagged three this season near my deer feeder, after I got their feeding habits set based on my game cam.
Expensive pork after spending $100 more on deer corn than normal this season. Hate these suckers.
Get yourself an inexpensive ($100) trail cam and set it up in your backyard. You'll be amazed what comes out around your house at night.
I live in a nice subdivision in S.E. Michigan and the first night I set mine up two weeks ago I caught two skunks, an opossum, a feral cat and a rabbit.
I set up again Friday night and caught two deer at the foot of my back deck.......
Maybe the only Freeper who has parental lock on the National Geographic Channel. :)
Kidding aside, I understand NYC values, and how some may not like the intricacies of "nature", With that said if we have a SHTF scenario, based on where you live you are probably going to see much much much worse in the streets, and you might want to start adjusting that mindset.
And further as far as the thread and the pic, there are several, including this Texan who are avid hunters, and enjoy discussing hunting on this forum. In any case if you thought that picture was disturbing, you might not want to watch me field dress my deer.
You only eat the young ones, around 100-130 pounds. They are delicious!
I grew up in Jackson County, just north of PC. Mama didn’t let Daddy cook chiterlings....chitlins, to us, in the house.
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