Show on disc. channel.

[james dilley]

Theres A show on discovery channel 2nite called pig bomb. they are going after wild hogs that have NO fear and are attacking humans. they are saying the numbers are growing at A very high rate. and are hitting the 600 pound or more mark..

[Micheal]

Saw it. Quite interesting. Although, I didn't know they were growing that big - even in Russia... add size to speed of upward of the quoted 70 MPH and it makes one wonder if it would be safe to even walk in those woods?
Sorta question one part though as it seemed staged; where the farmer "didn't" know how he was going to protect his crop from all the damage the pigs were doing.
My first thought was - shoot & bury; then my 2nd thought was shoot, fill freezer, & bury. Either way problem solved! :banana02:

[beowoulf90]

I've been hearing about this since about 2004-2005..
It just makes me wonder what type of Geneticly modified grains they've been feeding these pigs... I know I wouldn't be just collecting hair samples and then releasing the pig.. If I caught them, then they would be exterminated..

[big rockpile]

I know they cause problems but there is places in the U.S. where people and other animals are learning to adapt.In some ways it wouldn't be bad to have different meat throwed in for good measure.

Most your Feral Pigs won't get over couple hundred pounds.Russian and Feral Hogs are two different animals.I've found Russian hogs learn to Hunt real well.Plus they love to swim not just wallow but swim.

This is the biggest Pure Russian I've ever seen killed.I think it weighed around 660 pounds.



Not a real good pick but there is a Full Body Mount of him back in the corner



big rockpile

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

Hunting hogs can be really interesting. Sometimes you don't know who is hunting who!! A friend shot a hog and didn't know there were others in the area. They treed him and kept him there for hours.

[General Brown]

The feral hog population is spreading rapidly. They are now in many counties of southern Missouri, and they continue to travel north. I live in central Mo, and I have a friend that frequently shoots feral hogs. They are very close to the corn belt, and I cant imagine the damage a herd of wild hogs would do to a newly planted corn field. Our Conversation Department has a no tag, no limit, shoot any hog in site that has no ear tag and is free ranging. They are gonna end up way more populated then the deer ever thought about being. And in the reading I have been doing, they do eat alot of deer fawn every year.

[big rockpile]

Originally Posted by General Brown

The feral hog population is spreading rapidly. They are now in many counties of southern Missouri, and they continue to travel north. I live in central Mo, and I have a friend that frequently shoots feral hogs. They are very close to the corn belt, and I cant imagine the damage a herd of wild hogs would do to a newly planted corn field. Our Conversation Department has a no tag, no limit, shoot any hog in site that has no ear tag and is free ranging. They are gonna end up way more populated then the deer ever thought about being. And in the reading I have been doing, they do eat alot of deer fawn every year.

Yes but is there numbers where a person can find them pretty regular.I'm down here in Dallas County and have yet to see one here.

We do the Ranch Hunt thing durring the Off Season and thats not a sure thing.

big rockpile

[Ed Norman]

They are now in two spots in Idaho.

[unioncreek]

Ed,

Where abouts in Idaho are they?

Bob

[Ed Norman]

Bob,

One is around Bruneau, the other I will have to check on, it is in the western part of the state, up north of Boise I think.

[Pops2]

where the hogs are thin you need good gritty hounds. otherwise a good cur is the way to go. if you want numbers run 1 or 2 and shoot the pigs. if you just want to have some fun run 1 or 2 and a bulldog and kill w/ a knife. that'll test your pucker factor.

ETA
there was a lot of hinky crap on the show but the thing they got right is that the population is exploding everywhere.