Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

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

Posted on 09/22/2020 5:55:34 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: agriculture; pigs
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 121-131 next last
To: treetopsandroofs

Wild hog looks and tastes more like a combo of beef than the light porky/fatty taste of domestic hog.


61 posted on 09/22/2020 6:41:07 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: AppyPappy

Males are good when young, best when their nuts have been cut.


62 posted on 09/22/2020 6:41:56 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: EEGator

Depends on age of pig. Smaller ones are quite good. Big ones are bragging rights and dog food ;-)


63 posted on 09/22/2020 6:44:28 AM PDT by Blueflag
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: Blueflag

Same as deer, right?


64 posted on 09/22/2020 6:46:16 AM PDT by EEGator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 63 | View Replies]

To: firedoggy111

Over the years I have realized that book sense doesn’t necisarrilly translate to common sense (which ain’t so common any more). Something tells me you biologist would have to have one of ‘em bite her on the butt to wake her up.


65 posted on 09/22/2020 6:46:19 AM PDT by V_TWIN
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 51 | View Replies]

To: Mouton

Even 308 needs shot placement and a ‘hog load’ is preferable

You can bounce a 308 off the boney shoulder or head.


66 posted on 09/22/2020 6:46:58 AM PDT by Blueflag
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: PeterPrinciple

no... they are all killed.

Friend of mine catches them and kills the adults, then fattens up the babies to about 200 to 300 lbs...at which point they are delicious.


67 posted on 09/22/2020 6:47:20 AM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: Blueflag

Seriously? 308 is a heavy load.


68 posted on 09/22/2020 6:49:37 AM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 66 | View Replies]

To: EEGator

Yes.


69 posted on 09/22/2020 6:49:49 AM PDT by Blueflag
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 64 | View Replies]

To: Clay Moore

A friend used to cut off a piece and cook and taste it before he invested anymore into a wild hog..


70 posted on 09/22/2020 6:49:54 AM PDT by Cold Heart (Portland Voted for IT)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 29 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

Please send some to Dearborn Michigan!


71 posted on 09/22/2020 6:52:31 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: TheZMan

Yep. Even 308.

D@mn things are fast and tough, and if you don’t drop the hog with a good shot they can run wounded for a LONG distance. You won’t find it - others will eat it before you locate it the next day.

Always seek a merciful and fast kill.


72 posted on 09/22/2020 6:53:02 AM PDT by Blueflag
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 68 | View Replies]

To: PeterPrinciple
Not legal in Texas to release a captured feral hog.

The hogs have to be destroyed, either on site or at a meat packing plant.

73 posted on 09/22/2020 6:53:14 AM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: mylife

They ate all the bait and then slept it off outside the trap.


74 posted on 09/22/2020 6:55:04 AM PDT by Cold Heart (Portland Voted for IT)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
The United States is on the cusp of a huge pig 'time bomb' with the number feral hogs increasing in huge numbers.


75 posted on 09/22/2020 6:55:39 AM PDT by laweeks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: treetopsandroofs

It might have a different taste but in the end it’s still BACON!


76 posted on 09/22/2020 6:57:25 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: PeterPrinciple

Nope, They shoot them right in the trap. They used to pay people to hunt them but those same people were dropping off imported European Boars into the woods which is why the wild hogs get so big now. They were breeding the Euro hogs at home and dropping them off in the woods to keep the population up and keep the paycheck rolling in.


77 posted on 09/22/2020 6:58:39 AM PDT by Pollard (You can’t be for “defunding the police” and against “vigilantism” at the same time.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 58 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
I'm not worried about 400 lb pigs. At least you can turn them into bacon.

It's the 400 lb rats I'm worried about...


78 posted on 09/22/2020 6:59:18 AM PDT by moovova
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: metmom

Indeed... They started running with the trap being tripped!


79 posted on 09/22/2020 7:00:33 AM PDT by Does so (Kyle RITTENHOUSE neutralized three FELONS! ("Lefty" included).)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 59 | View Replies]

To: Cold Heart

Most guys would feed them corn for a couple weeks before they let them nap.


80 posted on 09/22/2020 7:01:37 AM PDT by mylife (Opinions: $1, Today's Special, Half Baked: 50c)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 74 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 41-6061-8081-100 ... 121-131 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson