People do not realize how dangerous a wild hog can be all by itself, much less a pack..................
When people talk about nobody needing a 20-30 round mag, they should be shown this article.
“Laid Traps”!?
Night Vision goggles, 5 hunters, some baited areas, and you would have a feral hog slaughter in one night.
There's where the problem started. The neighbors should have set traps and shot the feral hogs themselves instead of waiting on "officials". Before humans and pets are attacked, it's best to have a freezer full of sausage.
Domestic hogs are also pretty dangerous if you fall down in a pen.
Strange, but I suspect there will be a sudden enthusiasm in the county for shooting feral pigs. Let’s just hope it is only feral pigs that get shot.
I don’t live in the areas of Texas where these things run wild, but I know from people who do that there are huge numbers of them here. A few years ago a friend of mine driving at twilight time drove her truck into a herd of them, killing 4 or 5 and doing a fair amount of damage to the truck.
Here in North Louisiana, there’s quite a bit of trapping occurring. Once caught, they’re fed a corn diet for a bit, then transmogrified into sausage.
Had some the other day. Purty good.
Chambers County Sheriff’s Office
on Sunday
Tragic Death
Sheriff Brian Hawthorne reports that early this morning the Chambers County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call reporting a deceased female discovered in the front yard of a home in the 4000 block of State Hwy 61 in the rural area of Anahuac, TX.
Sheriff’s deputies identified the decedent as Christine Rollins, 59, of Liberty, TX.
Preliminary investigation reveals Rollins was the caretaker of an elderly couple who lives at the home. When Rollins didn’t show up at the normal time, the 84 year old homeowner went outside and found her laying in the yard between her vehicle and the home’s front door. When deputies arrived they found Rollins deceased, with multiple injuries to her body. It appears that she has an injury to her head that is consistent with a fall, but she also has numerous injuries that appear to be animal related.
Chambers County Justice of the Peace Pct 1, Yale Devillier, is doing an inquest and has ordered a forensic autopsy to assist in determining cause of death.
“At this time detectives are unable to determine if she collapsed due to a medical condition and the fall caused the head injury, or if the animals may have caused the fall and contributed to her death. But, at this time, we have no reason to believe that there is any foul play involved in her death,” said Sheriff Brian Hawthorne.
https://abc13.com/feral-hogs-kill-woman-in-front-yard-of-chambers-county-home-/5716849/
History is full of stories like these. Feral hogs have always been dangerous animals.
What is wrong with Houston? Are they waiting for the politicians to deal with this problem?
Seems easy enough to solve: Hog season.
WTF?? Why not just kill the bastards. Traps? Give me an effin break.
Horrible...but that is rare...I read every day how pit bulls kill or maim ppl or animals.....and yet ppl still get them....
Feral hogs are a huge problem in the south, its probably the one animal you can hunt to your hearts content, and no body much gives a crap. Its not like you are hunting Bambi or anything. Its an invasive species that is tearing everything up.
I worked in a big city ER for years and I’ve seen death in many,many forms.Yet it’s certainly easy for me to imagine this being a particularly ‘unfortunate” way to go.
Good photo here:
https://palmettowildlifeextractors.com/wild-hogs-in-south-carolina/
Lived in a gated, senior community on the SC coast (Hilton Head). Had a prime lot on cul-de-sac with a ‘private’ lagoon. Those hogs were everywhere - gators too!!!!
Sold it and moved out.
Who wants an AR now?
SO long people will restrict their hunting stupidly for zoning reasons or farmers charge $500 per head to hunt them...
THis is ridiculous.
In another report I saw the attacking pigs called feral hogs. A wild Boar would be a male, correct? So who checked their gender(s)?
We have those on our ranch. We kill some now and then when we see them... but they run in packs... and they run fast.
$5/lb live weight.
Them Good Ole Boys will take care of the problem.