Posted on 07/31/2011 11:34:20 AM PDT by LibWhacker
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wild boar are invading the farms of central New York state, attacking livestock, killing family pets, chasing people and posing "devastating consequences" for the area, federal officials warn.
The feral swine are a non-native species suspected of escaping from game farms, and as many as a couple of hundred are roaming the state, said Paul Curtis, a natural resources professor at Cornell University.
While an exact picture of the wild boar population in New York State is unclear, a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the swine were successfully breeding in the three counties and producing litters averaging 4 to 6 piglets.
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I know damn well that we have more than that here in New Hampshire. We had some escape after the ‘38 hurricane from Corbin Park (you can google that place up if you want to know more about it.)
About Two Hundred in the whole state of new York is a gut buster, since you only have an inch are so a snow a year there, those little short legged things will do well. If they were in a place where you could use a snow mobile and heavy snow, i doubt they would last long. Good thing you do not have heavy snows in new Hampshire, that makes it possible for them to eat, should have a few hundred thousand in a few years.
Absolutely amazing link. I’m on page 7 but wanted to come back and thank you. THANK YOU. Now gonna go back to continue the thorough entertainment.
You are more than welcome. Did you notice what he was using to hunt the hogs? I’m looking into adding something like that to my collection.
Hunters cannot keep up with that reproduction rate. Right now, both Berlin, Germany, and parts of Texas are overrun with wild boars, and they destroy entire farms in their path.
In Germany, the first year of an open season boar hunt, hunters killed some 250,000 boars. The next year, triple that amount, and still weren’t making a dent in their growing numbers.
There are now several videos of hunting boars by helicopter in Texas, and they are like helicopter gunship films from Vietnam. Some run 10 minutes or more (with better or worse rock ‘n’ roll music added), fly over the same ground, and there are always more and more boars to shoot. Afterwards, a ground crew brings a truck and they fill its bed with with dead boars.
They say that every 90 days there are 15 new piglets from each sow, that reach maturity quickly.
There’s a game farm in southern Ohio that has Russian boar,a friend of mine keeps inviting me to go.I said maybe from a tree stand,but never on the ground.
We’ve always had those in Texas. They’re called sausage.
What are the Texas laws regarding hunting the darn things? I always hear Texas has the worst wild pig problem.
Don't need to go any further than my neighbor to see that. Have told him for years to put up a fence. Oh, well.
Last year I read they're now moving into S. Arizona. In the article, the DNR people were wringing their hands a bit, because they know the enviro-nutballs, like Earth First! based in Tucson, will pitch a hissy-fit if they declare open season on them. The nutballs would rather have the countryside ravaged than let hunters shoot a destructive scavenger.
Ferrel hogs seldom get over 100 pounds, max would be 300 but that would be rare, the sows breed two young and they inbreed, producing runts. And a male will kill and eat young pigs all day long. The one in the tractor bucket is probably from a game ranch, where they were caged. Remember the post last year about the 1000 pound boar, that turned out had been bought from a breeding house and turned loose waiting for some sucker with the money to pay to kill it.
Appreciate the info.
There is an upside to this—it keeps the Muzzies away!!
I read that when they used spears like this in the Middle Ages, the man would plant the butt of the shaft in or against the ground at an angle. Presumably someone else was driving the boars toward the spearmen.
Don't need to go any further than my neighbor to see that. Have told him for years to put up a fence. Oh, well.
"We have a lot of older retired folks who don't have guns," Andersen said. "They call us and hopefully we get there in time to take care of the matter."
Hopefully. The Second Amendment needs to be followed by all...for NUMEROUS reasons. This is just one...
I will bet these boar came from Corbin Park. I know some escaped years ago and were rototilling peoples yards near the park. I have eaten them and they are tasty.
Upstate NY regularly gets many feet of snow every year, thanks to the lake effect off Lake Ontario.
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