Posted on 01/05/2016 10:47:53 AM PST by jazusamo
A county in Central Texas is winning the war on feral hogs one tail at a time.
Caldwell County has become the Lone Star State's front line in the fight to curb the exploding population of the wild beasts, which cause millions of dollars in property and environmental damage every year. A volunteer task force has found success using a host of strategies including $5 tail bounties, helicopter hunts and smartphone-controlled corrals.
"We're probably the most coordinated program in the state," Nick Dornak, founder of the county's Feral Hog Task Force, told FoxNews.com.
In the two years since it was founded, the task force has helped kill or capture 10,000 of the wild swine, providing a model - and hope - for other counties dealing with the nearly 20-year-old wild hog boom.
The feral hogs -- which are much larger, meaner and wilier than their farm-raised cousins -- destroy crops, break farm machinery and pollute rivers and streams. Dornak estimated the hogs cause $2 million in damages every year in the agricultural community, devouring crops and digging ruts that damage tractors and other equipment.
When they are not sowing a path of destruction, they are breeding, he said. Sows can bear two litters per year, with each litter consisting of up to a dozen.
"One hog can become 200 over the course of two years," Dornak said, noting that 70 percent of the hogs must be killed each year just to maintain current population levels.
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But do they taste good?
Boar hunting with a bow....now that’s some serious fun!
muslims or dems?
Capture the wild pigs and release them in front of Mosques. Or herd them in during prayers.
It depends on what they've been eating.
West Texas hogs eat rocks and cactus and taste like crap.
River bottom hogs eat acorns and roots and taste pretty dang fine.
You betcha!
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Meat in the freezer and a $5 bounty to cover expenses, not a bad deal.
“One hog can become 200 over the course of two years,”
I think he meant “2 hogs can become...” unless they’re reproducing asexually.
Some co-workers make annual trips to hunt hogs in Texas - they tell me their too lean and mean to have bacon bellies.
DAMN good eatin’.
I know this from personal experience.
Well then, they are useless pigs.
I have, for years, advocated capturing these critters and shipping them to Afghanistan and Iraq and we would have a chance of taming those Islamics.
“But do they taste good?”
VERY good pork. Seriously. Go for a younger one, not a hogzilla. Oh hell, shoot both! But roasted in a pit, made into hams, stewed into tamale meat, made into sausage, pork chops, etc.
And free, all you can shoot. Fill your freezer. Trade with the local Mexicans. Texas caribou.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/01/16/remington-hog-hammer-ammunition/
They are so common ammo got named or them.
Remember that Feral can have tusks.. bring enough MV^2 and M*V !
Help me out here. I thought it took two hogs to tango.
Younger hogs taste better than older hogs.
Last I heard, the in thing was to hunt them with trained dogs and spears.
And a handgun, just in case.....
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