A population boom of feral hogs (pictured) across the US is threatening the deer population as deer hunters face unwanted competition with the wild beasts that spread disease and kill and eat deer fawns
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Feral swine are an invasive species and were first introduced to North America by Spanish settlers in the 1500s as a source of food, according to the US Department of Agriculture.
They can multiply faster than any other large mammal. Wild hogs can reproduce by the time they are 6 months old and can have two litters of four to 12 piglets every 12-15 months.
Feral swine damage crops by consuming them or by their rooting, trampling, and wallowing behaviors, which can destroy fields or reduce yield.
Field crops commonly damaged by feral swine include sugar cane, corn, grain sorghum, wheat, oats, peanuts, and rice, among others.
Sounds like hunting is needed. Or a lot of giant Burmese pythons.
I heard they are ALL ACROSS the USA!!!
There is not one part of the country that is not infested by these pigs.
You would certainly want to stay away from this country if you have an aversion to pigs for some reason or another...
Ping!
Perhaps you have some insight here?
A population boom of feral hogs (pictured) across the US is threatening the deer population as deer hunters face unwanted competition with the wild beasts that spread disease and kill and eat deer fawns
We need more hunters.
Too bad we can’t deport the hogs to the middle east.
Is it open season on feral hogs? How about bringing back bounties? Some people believe the hogs left by the Spanish quickly spread throughout the country east of the Mississippi bringing disease to the natives and wiping them out.
So hunt the hogs instead. It would probably be more fun to hunt them than deer anyway, and with an added element of danger too.
This might explain the declining sales at Walmart.
"Prime wild hog, no bag limit."
They do allow bottle neck cartridge, bolt actions in these hunts, right? A nice .308 Win with good placement should make quick work of a hog.
Why does their invasion sound just like MooHAMid invasion?
Considering these pests share a feeder with my deer, I am not surprised of the disease transmission. Deer population seems to be holding up decently here. At least for now.
Here in MI, we had a bad bout of escapees from supposedly secure hunting ranches.
Didn’t take long and they were EVERYWHERE.
Most sensible thing the DNR ever did was issue a shoot on sight and haven’t seen or heard of any around here for over a year.
I do know that this ol’ gal severely curtailed her woods crusin’ during that time. I wasn’t sure the trusty 44 mag would stop a p.o.ed momma hog.
This looks like a good place to use drones to hunt and track them.
There is a program that is used to reduce raccoon populations. Something put in food and dropped in areas with high concentrations of raccoons that sterilizes them so they can’t reproduce. Sounds like a job for Monsanto!
This looks like a good place to use drones to hunt and track them.
There is a program that is used to reduce raccoon populations. Something put in food and dropped in areas with high concentrations of raccoons that sterilizes them so they can’t reproduce. Sounds like a job for Monsanto!
Lot of feral hogs in Texas too. There is not an illegal way to kill a hog in Texas, including from a helicopter and explosives.
One popular method is to bait a bucket of tannerite with some hog guts and parts then when half dozen or so are eating, blow the tannerite. You get boom and more bait with one shot.