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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Nah. In Albany. They’ll blend right in with the legislators and parasitic lobbyists.
They'd better track and kill them quickly, or that number will be "as many as a few thousand" in a year or two.....
I thought Oboredom was goin’ to Chicago!
They're not too bad if you deep pit them, but most folks throw the meat away and eat the rocks.
That’s not a boar, that’s a sow. And not a breeder either, thankfully.
“Their skulls are so thick in the front, if you don’t happen to hit it at a perfect 90 degrees, with the way their heads have that kind of curved shape, the bullet will glance right off,”
Then don’t shoot them in the head. See if bullets bounce off their lungs.
Not buying this anyway. With a 22 maybe.
I've edited a number of articles about wild hogs in the last few years. To the best of my recollection, they are considered an invasive species in every state. A hunter still has to follow whatever hunting and/or gun rules exist in his state, but IIRC the wild hogs can be taken at any size/age, with any permitted weapon, and as many as the hunter wants to kill. They breed maniacally, eat anything, and are crazy dangerous, even at a relatively young age.
Actually, it’s a wild bore.
What weaponry is recommended for eradicating these beasties?
“Armed with a $230,000 grant from the Invasive Species Council of New York, the USDA last year sought to get a handle on the growing wild boar problem.”
Pay $20 or $50 to hunters and see how fast they disappear.
Over a year ago, on one of the main highways here, someone hit a black hog and it died right next to the road looking like it was sleeping with it’s head resting upright. It is still recognizable, even after all the heat we’ve had here. I pass by there almost every day and have never seen a buzzard on it once.
This may be God’s way of preparing us for survival. When there’s nothing on the shelves those of us with ammo and guns will never have to worry about food. Plus, this means we would survive but the leeches won’t.
Seriously, you’d think there are enough people to go out and eradicate them. If some rancher or farmer around here asked people to come kill pigs I’d answer the call.
Only when they are yoiung, under 100 lbs. they are an absolute plague here in south Texas, they kill fawns and any young things they can get hold of including ground-nesting birds, they destroy fences, uproot wetlands, threaten people and breed like flies.
Nobody seems to know what to do about them.
I always thought Texas A&M could put out some kind of birth-cojntrol bait. Hogs will chew gum without swallowing it, they say. So...
Actually, they do have some pretty hard heads. It may not take a 90 degree shot, but any smaller round can easily glance off them. I have a friend from OK who had issues with them, and they had .30-06 bouncing off them. Head shots are not the best idea on these guys, unless you’re behind them :p
Years back, before Mother Earth went Boomer, one guy wrote in that he had a few acres of scrub brush on his farm and asked the best way to clear it. Some old farmer in Missouri wrote back that he should fence the area in and turn loose some hogs. The place would be cleared - and fertilized in no time.
Quick, someone send a truckload of truffles to Albany!
Smith and Wesson Model 29, 44 Magnum.
We have them on our place in Texas also. Didn’t really know how many we had since they are fairly nocturnal here, until we put up game cameras. WOW we’ve got a lot!
Some hunters in TX use Great Danes. I have a 5.5 mo. old Dane puppy who's nothing but a love muffin who lies to sleeep with me (I know, the Dog Whisperer and the Dog Lady would both say I've allowed him to develop a terrible habit). He probably wouldn't qualify.
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