A Hog Picture
09-19-2012, 06:39 PM
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
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.
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.
09-19-2012, 06:58 PM
#12
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 21,193
Falcon.. I was reading that you can catch some diseases from handling these wild hogs with your bare hands.. is that true?
09-19-2012, 07:02 PM
#13
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Ohio
Posts: 861
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.
09-20-2012, 04:33 AM
#14
Boone & Crockett
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Comance county, OK
Posts: 11,408
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 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 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.
Falcon.. I was reading that you can catch some diseases from handling these wild hogs with your bare hands.. is that true?
http://www.huntinghog.com/wild-hog-d...and-parasites/
Feral hogs, like any animal, have the potential to carry diseases and parasites. Although they have the ability to spread these diseases to livestock and humans, the transfer from feral hogs to humans and livestock is not well documents.There are two diseases associated with feral hogs and Russian wild boar that have been documented. Feral hogs can commonly carry pseudorabies and swine brucellosis, although many hogs do not. Other diseases feral hogs may carry are tuberculosis, tularemia, and even anthrax.
There's a learning curve to successfully trapping them.
Nothing dulls a hunting knife like field dressing dirty hogs.
Last edited by falcon; 09-20-2012 at 04:41 AM.
09-20-2012, 05:13 AM
#16
Boone & Crockett
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Comance county, OK
Posts: 11,408
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!!
The meat of a skinny hog is not good, fortunately few of them are skinny. This big sow was fat and very good:
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.
09-20-2012, 08:15 AM
#19
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Winnemucca NV
Posts: 58
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)
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)
09-20-2012, 05:29 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Penns Woods
Posts: 1,628
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.
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