America is facing 'time-bomb' explosion of millions of 'super pigs' that can reproduce at just three months old, grow up to 400lbs and destroy thousands of square miles of farms and livestock

UK Daily Mail ^ | September 22, 2020 | James Gordon

[C19fan]

The United States is on the cusp of a huge pig 'time bomb' with the number feral hogs increasing in huge numbers.

Research scientist Dr. Jack Mayer, a zoologist who has been researching wild pigs for 40 years, has warned that the population could keep on growing unless there is a sudden swine flu epidemic.

'It's a crazy situation with everything that's happened in what I call the Pig Bomb, which has exploded in North America,' Jack Mayer told The Daily Beast about the wild population of six million and two million in Texas alone.

Florida, Georgia, and California also have vast populations.

[Wu]

What about parasites or diseases?

[PapaBear3625]

Shooting them isn’t effective in significantly reducing the numbers. The sounder may have anywhere from half a dozen - 40 or more pigs.

Claymore?

[JCL3]

Does this Pig Bomb mean another lockdown?

PS: If you don’t like wild meat, coyotes gotta eat too.

[Kommodor]

Like I said, :)

Side story: A friend and I were out hunting pigs, and the one that he shot with a 308 went down, but was struggling and had a small entrance/exit hole. The 45-70, well, it just made a mess of the one that I hit. Either way, the piggies went down, it was just a good thing the whole pack didn’t rush us, as there were 30 or so of them.

[redinIllinois]

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[Drango]

BACON!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Hmm, is “wild pig” bacon any tastier than farmed pig bacon?

Depends.

Ours (not wild just sort of free range to clean up the mast) are really tasty but they have been neutered and they are harvested at nine months.

The older they are the less tasty the meat is and a boar can have a really strong flavor.

[from occupied ga]

All for it, but not sure where to get them. My Walmart is out of stock Couple of M-60s might work too.

[from occupied ga]

Traps are about the only thing that can make a serious dent in the pig population

[mylife]

Agreed.

There is a guy in Caddo Mills Tx that will take you up in a chopper with full auto guns, but traps are more effective and way cheaper

[jy8z]

I have a friend that has 515 acres that does use traps for the feral pigs. But he will let me go out anytime I want to hunt. So far since May my shotgun leads my Henry Big Boy 8-6. It does a body good to contribute.