Thanks from the north
 

Just wanted to let you guys know that you guys are doing a terrific job of making me wish that we would get some hogs in Minnesota. You all have so much knowledge and I just love to see all the pics you guys post.

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Your very welcome. Not a bad bunch of red necks around here. Give it time, the hogs will eventually make there way north.:D

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any time you'll be covered with them one of these days too. so remember what ya hear it could well come in handy one day:D

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Well till then hopefully I hop I can finally get around to going south for a hunt this summer. It shore looks fun.;)

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oh it's fun for sure

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its not fun its a blast !!!!!!!

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I can promise you, you will be hooked for life!!! I got a guy his first hog 2 weeks ago and he still can't stop talking about it. This guy was amped to say the least. Wisconsin has them now, so it won't be long. You'll have the thick wooly ones too! SNOW HOGS

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Yea we got them in Wisconsin that's for sure! We own an orchard and lease out cropland and boy can they do damage! Strictly nocturnal and the rows between the apple trees looks like a plow went through. We can't bait in our county so hunting is almost impossible without dogs and noboby has dogs trained for hogs up here. The erosion is gonna be nasty with spring here and being in bluff country.
If pigs can handle swimming the current of the ole Miss or cross the bridge in Lansing,Iowa you sure as hell are gonna have pigs and they'll be there to stay! Got plenty of pictures of them on trail cam as well.

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I say bring them on, I need something to stick with an arrow when deer season is over. Oh and I keep hearing about them in WI, what is their general area of occupation I got some friends with land out there;)

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We're in Crawford County,SW Wisconsin. By Gays Mills in apple country. We just had a guy that has champion coon dogs, train two of his dogs for pigs, call and ask permission to hunt. We know him and gave him the nod, he said he chased a 400 lbs boar onto our land and wanted to go after it. Chased him for a mile I guess and lost him. Lots of hills and bluffs over here. I got myself some night vision binos and gonna sit by the pond this summer and try my luck. Turkey hunting next week though. Definetly have the rifle in the truck just in case!

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:DWell if you ever need more help ridding your property of the pigs just let me know……

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You might want to try a bait station and get one of those bow-mounted spotlights or set up one on a rifle or shotgun and have at em. Apples are a very popular bait in Europe or Corn and molasses works great too. You could even build a cage trap or I have caught them with leg hold traps so there’s that option as well.

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Any sort of baiting is not allowed in alot of our counties due to CWD. So that option is pretty much out. They seem to leave the apple trees alone but they rut in between the rows causing erosion and trying to drive the sprayers and picking equipment over 4" ruts doesn't work so well. They really raise hell with the corn during the whole growing season as well. When the corn is growing they eat the stalks and in the fall they nock it down and eat the ears.
The down side of letting others in to hunt that you don't personally know is that once the door is open it's really hard to close. Especially when you turkey hunt, extensively bow hunt and have a cabin in the woods for relaxing. Many times I was out bowhunting in the fall and came across trespassers cruising the woods. Once I came across a guy with his son who said they were squirrel hunting. Nice I thought spending time with his son in the woods even though my hunt was ruined for the day. BUT.. his boy had a Red Rider BB gun and dad had a 30-06! I confronted him on it and he fessed up and told me two of his buddies were on the opposite side of our land hunting as well.
It's even rare to hear of many pigs being shot during gun deer season but they are definately here to stay and smart as hell!