Where are they in New Mexico? Last I heard, the only place they had feral hogs (NOT Javelina, but they live there, too) was in the boot heel. You could hunt them if you were willing to brave the drug smugglers and illegal immigrants that are swarming over the border down there.
Where are they in New Mexico?
There are a bunch in the Nogal area up to where Bonito lake used to be, near Ruidoso. Those are the only ones I know of for certain, but I rather imagine that there are plenty of other places.
They have been pretty much hunted out here in the boot heel. Hubby and a friend used to catch as many males as they could as babies, cut them, earmark and turn them loose. Catch them again later and finish feed them for about 60 days- best eating ever. Lots of stories about the experiences of catching them as well.
There are some left here, but the only ranch with a stable population charges people to come hunt them. Funny on the TV show the landowners are paying to get them gone.
There are not so many here in the SE quarter but I understand they are expanding their range. A couple years ago we were coming down into Silver City from Arizona and they were quite a hazard on the road. In places we were dodging maybe a dozen per mile.