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.
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Most consider them very good eating if they are still under 100 pounds.
Organized drives and hunts are the only way to try to slow them down, imo. I’ve seen the damage they can do on our old family place in central-west Texas.
They dug trenches 2 feet deep overnight there.
It’s the 400 lb rats I’m worried about...
I hear they taste like chicken.
They should allow them to kill as many as they can.
Maybe donate some meat to the needy.
Help two problems at the same time.
Would appear they are castrating before releasing the boars.
https://www.scenicviewhunting.com/wild-hogs
Um... you are talking about pigs, right?! :)
“The solution is simple. Year round hunting season. No bag limit.”
That’s been the case in Texas for some time. They are still increasing in numbers.
Ted Nugent hunts them from a helicopter with a FA rifle.
I’m in.
There’s no limit on them. Years ago, one county tried a $20 bounty, bring in an ear. They ran out of money in about a month and had to close the program.
LOL, motivation helps. :)
Eat more pork.
Break out the AR’s and head to TX.
I like the pigs that eat buckeyes. Interesting flavor in the meat.
If not, then take the cuffs off hunters. In my state, one has to file for permits to hunt at night, etc.
They need to get all the males to reduce if herds if they are going to castrate.
It’s the females they need to kill off.
AR-15 - The right tool at the right time...
They escape from corporate pig farms around here. They go feral in very short order.
One of our younger male relatives, is an incredible archery hunter.
He has harvested Elk, Deer, wild turkey and wild pigs with his hunting skills and new age archery gear.
After his last kid finishes college in a few years, he would like to take early retirement and become a professional, so called wild pig hunter.
He and we have some friends who would hire him now with new pig invasions tearing up gardens, yards and just the grounds.
Are they edible?
OPEN SEASON!
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