Investigation? Apparently Idaho doesn't have a feral hog problem YET......
This wouldn't even have been a story in other states such as Texas.....
“ This wouldn’t even have been a story in other states such as Texas..... ”
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Agree. As a Texas deer hunter I’m on a lease with some other hunters. And, we have killed lots of feral hogs larger than that little piglet. The owner of the rancher encourages that we kill all we want. For those who may not be aware of pig fertility; get out your calculator; a sow can become pregnant and deliver 10 ~ 12 piglets three or four times per year. The females, approximately half will reach puberty in about six months to a year. So, do some factoring, using your own assumptions. But, whatever calculations are used you’ll wind up with a bunch of pigs. It’s difficult to kill them as fast as they’re reproducing.
No Shiite. I have a 30’ round pen I keep baited year round.
I catch 60-100 lbers that will charge at the sides when you are 50 yds away. Big ones knock the hell out of it, chomping and snorting.
All the hogs I have caught and the population grows.
My farmer neighbors are always killing 300 pound hogs. They have killed as many as 33 in a pack in one night (most are smaller) in their fields. They will pull the cotton plants out of the ground in a row and eat the roots. My friends all have night vision scopes, typically about $3,800.00. A pack of hogs will take out an acre in a night. I am always seeing roadkill hogs around here, and saw about a 200 pounder yesterday going to breakfast.
I asked why they didn’t dress and eat them and they just laughed. They leave them in the field and let the buzzards and predators take care of it.