It has nothing to do with hunting BPS. It's all about thinning the population of a destructive pest.

Although I have to tell you, trapping can be fun and interesting. But the work really begins when you get a half dozen in a trap. I'd rather skin three deer than one hog. Also, hogs are smart critters. There's a learning curve to successfully trapping them.

It is not really about the hunting Blackpowdersmoke. We understand your comment. Its about getting rid of a dangerous animal, a destructive animal, while at the same time getting a lot of excellent eating.

Falcon.. I was reading that you can catch some diseases from handling these wild hogs with your bare hands.. is that true?

Yeah no kidding. Has nothing to do with hunting. After talking and seeing some pictures of what some people deal with because of these hogs I would be doing it too. I also have been told if you have a hog problem and think your going to even put a dent in the population just by going out and hunting you are sadly mistaking. A lot of guys I have talked to trap, shoot, hunt them with dogs and still have a bunch of hogs on their property tearing up there crops and farming land.

BPS, i can understand your concern; you have never dealt with hundreds of hogs on your property. Every hog we shoot or trap gets eaten by someone. BTW: Its a lot of work.

You were told right. Hogs are an invasive species-vermin. One cannot control the hog problem by hunting alone. i tried that on our three properties for years while the hog population expotentially increased to the detriment of the deer and small game.

A sounder of hogs traveling across country is like a giant vacuum cleaner going over the land: They eat all the eggs of ground nesting birds; they eat the smaller turtles. At one of our places the quail population went to nearly zero. Beginning in the winter of 2010 we trapped hogs there with a vengeance: The quail population has rebounded nicely. Some big boar hogs get a taste for fawns; i've seen that. They also eat young calves.

Contrary to the myth put out by the TV hog hunting shows; hog dogging does not work. The dogs hit a sounder of hogs and they catch one or two; the rest run off to another place to commit their havoc. They will be return.


Yes, it is true. i sometimes hog hunt with a medical doctor who puts on long medical gloves that extend above the elbow before field dressing hogs. Dollar store kitchen gloves do it for me.

http://www.huntinghog.com/wild-hog-d...and-parasites/

Semisane, it was a very long learning curve for me. But we finally got it right.

Nothing dulls a hunting knife like field dressing dirty hogs.

I have wondered how the meat on those feral hogs tastes compared to farm raised hogs. I love pork but I am damn glad we don't have feral hogs here, I wonder if it is because of our colder climate.

I have wondered how the meat on those feral hogs tastes compared to farm raised hogs.

The meat of a skinny hog is not good, fortunately few of them are skinny. This big sow was fat and very good:





Its not due to the cold climate, wild boars thrive in Siberia. Minnesota is fortunate to not have many wild hogs-yet!!

I was watching a show on hogs. They said the way the hog population is spreading, if they are not controlled all states will have a hog population.

Texas allows silencers and hunting from Helicopters to reduce the population.

I have watched videos of heli hunts where they shoot and kill 40+ hogs and seems like it didnt even put a dent in the population - So Why do alot of these ranches charge 300+ for a hunt on their land .... wouldnt you want to do it real cheep so more people come and knock them down faster?

BTW Great pix of the trap and hogs. Id love to give hog huntin a try one day (Guess ill be the sucker and pay 300)

I understand that they're a problem....it's just that I was brought up with a "fair chase" ethic. Maybe if I had to deal with them as you do, I would see things in a different light. For now, I stay with the fair chase ethic.

BPS