Jg,

I'm glad that we don't have them locally. I've seen the destruction that they do.

There are a few scattered populations in Ohio and PA. I even saw one once while hunting in PA. But I didn't know what I was looking at at the time as I was just a kid.

We were putting a drive on through a creek bottom out to a power line and field edge. I was standing on a pile of brush , thad been pushed up by a bulldozer, watching for deer to hit the power line. Down through the brush I saw what looked like a little black football running through the brush. Absolutely on a tear. I was just a kid and thought it had to have been a baby bear. But another guy in our group got a better look and it was a group of pigs and that was one of the small ones.

Several hunters in the area ended up shooting them.

All that being said..... They sure are fun to hunt. I've had a blast both times I've hunted them in Florida. And I wished I lived a little closer so that I could go more often!

​​​​​​The six I've cut up have all made excellent sausage as well.

-Jake