Wild hogs rooted up pasture

NativeRose · #1 08/26/05, 08:51 AM

We went back to what we call our hill pasture and wild hogs had rooted up so much of it that it looked plowed. My cousin has the place next to ours and he and his son in law usually keep the hog population under control.

My Jim wants to trap and kill them. I was wondering if we trapped them anyone would buy them. From the look of the tracks I think they are shoats and there must be a lot of them from all the damage they have done.

We have a hog trap that is my dad's that we could use. A young man my hubby works with, whose grandfather has hog problems in West Texas, told Jim how to build an interesting kind of trap.

Anyway, do you all think that anyone would buy the hogs if we trapped them?Or should we just eliminate them? They are a problem around here and live around the woods and creek areas. I think I am going to start carring a gun when I go to our back pastures as the critters seem to be moving our way as the forests of this area are decimated.

What would you all do?

Swampthing · #2 08/26/05, 08:54 AM

I'd have a BBQ...Invite everyone and make sure you get to the tenderloin first!

Wild hogs are few and far between here....good luck!

Ken Scharabok · #3 08/26/05, 09:35 AM

I suspect most would find wild hogs to have a 'gamey' taste. I would avoid trapping if possible. Consider renting out the property to an organized hunting group/club for them to harvest the hogs. They would essentially do the clean-up for you.

Cyngbaeld · #4 08/26/05, 09:58 AM

There is someone advertising in the 'american classifieds' paper to buy hogs. Do you want the number?

BearCreekFarm · #5 08/26/05, 09:58 AM

Some of the best eating ever, if you butcher them under 80-90 pounds.

NativeRose · #6 08/26/05, 10:05 AM

Sorry y'all I don't really care for wild hog meat.

Ken We don't really want anyone hunting on our place. We had some trouble with hunters in the past. But it was a good idea.

Wind In Her Hair I like your idea of donating them to someone who wants the meat.

Cyngbaeld Yes I would like the number. If they are in our area maybe they wouldn't mind coming and picking the hog up when we trap them.

Thanks everyone for your info. I will pass it on to my Jim when he gets home from work.

Rosemary

Cyngbaeld · #7 08/26/05, 10:41 AM

WILD HOG trappers, we buy live wild hogs. We are giving great prices for them. We take hogs from 7AM to 7PM every day, even holidays. We'll take them after 7PM or before 7AM if you call. We also sell hog traps. Call Steve or Joan at 979-884-0277 anytime

here is the ad

Ken Scharabok · #8 08/26/05, 11:55 AM

Rather sounds like you have to deliver the hogs to them. If domestic pigs are hard to get loaded...

I suspect they resell them to wild game hunting farms. If you have the capability to haul them, perhaps you can sell them directly yourself. Might be able to locate some in your area through perhaps Field & Stream, on the Internet or through the North American European Wild Boar Association, P.O. Box 133, Lake Spring, MO 65532.

I have my farm leased to a hunting club. Keeping signs up and poachers off is now their responsiblity.

whiterock · #9 08/26/05, 08:55 PM

In an idle conversation yesterday I was told some will trap the young ones, feed them out to about 150 and sell them. Seems the upscale restaurants in Dallas and other cities can't get enough of this delicacy. They were sold through a hog market around Waco I think.

I have seen several large and some small in my pasture the last two mornings but am not able to get close enough to do anything, yet.

Ozarkguy · #10 08/26/05, 10:27 PM

.

Don't know of anyone that would purchase them, but YES carry a gun if you're in hog country. They can get VERY mean, especially if you run into a sow with younguns. Be careful.

Ever see this one? Now HERE's a big pig! Hope you don't have any like this by you!!!!

Now HERE'S a big pig!

gotta love those hills.....

Ozarkguy

.

bigcozy · #11 08/27/05, 02:52 PM

I saw a thing on Hogzilla on TV. They dug it up and proved that was indeed a huge hog, not as big as they claimed, but world class big.

As to the problem, you might try bowhunters. They tend to be a little more careful and of course they are quieter and less dangerous. If you can find some guys you are comfortable with, any bow shop owner could probably steer you toward somebody.

We had this problem on some land we couldn't maintain full time. In the end we talked a neighbor into feeding some dogs that we turned loose on the 40 acres. As long as this guy fed them a couple of times a week they stayed on the property. Worked, they ran em all off, but ran all the deer and turkey off too.

NativeRose · #12 08/27/05, 04:18 PM

Earlier in the year when I was berry picking I was near the neighboring fence on our west side. It is a forested area and very thick with undergrowth. I wasn't paying attention and just happily picking berries until I realized I was hearing something very large off in the brush. It was either a hog or one of the local wolves. I think it was a hog. It seemed to be tracking me through the woods. Needless to say I quickly left the area. I used to climb trees when I was little. At 53 I am not sure I could still climb one but if I saw a wild hog believe you me I would find a way to climb one fast. A couple of years ago my son and his friend were camping out and a bunch of hogs treed them. Luckily, my son carried the gun up with him. He shot one and the others ran off. Scary things hogs. They will slash at anything. I have heard they will cripple a horse trying to get at a hunter.