Yeah, there are! Four of the largest hogs taken from the sounder were pregnant females and if they were comparable to the one that dropped her litter prematurely, they are going go have 6 or more each, meaning that would account for another 24 hogs or so that won't be doing damage.

The pile of pecans is better than a feeder as far as being an attractant for the hogs. The grower actually crushes up the unused, rotten, wormy, old pecans and uses the material for compost and fertilizer. In the new groves, there is a healthy mat of that stuff around each tree.

This was my third time to hunt in the groves and what I have found interesting is that the hogs do not seem to do much rooting there. They seem to be after and pecans left on the ground and don't waste much time or effort on rooting.