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My neighbor was telling me a story about how his friend shot a 500lb feral pig that was charging at him. His story went like this, he was walking to his blind and heard some noises behind him, he turns around and sees this huge pig charging at him so he had to shoot it 3 times in the head before it died. Now I never saw this pig but i dont think i believe him on the 500 lb part of it lol. This was in Roscommon county by the way.

How many people have seen/shot feral pigs in Michigan and if so what county?

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Feral pigs have been recognized and are in the hunting rule book. As for 500 lber, I think it would have made the news.

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I haven't seen any but they are running around up there. Thats is a huge pig i heard there around 250 but that may not be true

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I'm sure while it was charging it looked even bigger than 500 lbs.

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well 500lbs isnt that unbelievable , I did just go on a russin boar hunt and downed a 290lb boar and saw pics of bigger then that .

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Last year there were 5 or 6 hogs spotted in the Omer area along the river. They are in Michigan for sure but I don't believe a 500lb story.
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my buddy shot a russian boar opening day of rifle i mecosta county and i think it weighed about 350 and he was in the paper for it, grand rapids press about 3 weeks ago because it is the biggest pig shot in michigan on record, so i dont know about 500 pounds, i've heard of them but not in MI

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I heard about the 350 in Mecosta county and a few other smaller ones but not a whole bunch were killed from what I have heard but either were many deer! I would love to see one!!!

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Wow 500lb!! Thats a lot of pork!! IfI took one that size I would for sure be bragging about it. I'm sure it was big but Iwould have to see it to beleive it. Anyway, isn't all you need to shoot one is a deer tag or some kind of hunting tag?

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does anyone know all the regualtions for boar hunting, like what times of the year can you hunt them b/c i found a herd in newaygo and one guy already shot 2 and i want to go out and hunt them but dont know any regulations

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Hey Robv2007,

From what I understand in Michigan if you see hogs shot them. Once they get established they are about impossible to eliminate and they can play havoc with the Whitetail fawns. From what I have read about the hogs in Michigan most are still heavy on the Russian/European boar blood so a big one is probably 350# tops. Here in Texas alot of feral hogs are crosses between domestic looking pigs and russian. My first hog I shot was over 600lbs and had to be removed from the field by a front loader. My second hog was a little over 200lbs and was heavy on the Russian side with the heavy tusks that were 4 inches long. I just ate some of his meat for dinner tonight! Very good. If pigs in Michigan get crossed with some loose domestic pigs you will see much larger hogs. Good luck on taking them out, if you see them blast them!

jake

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As long as you have a valid hunting license (i.e. small game license) you are free to harvest them. The DNR is pretty adament about making sure they are harvested so they don't get established.

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can you hunt them any time of year with any weapon in MI with a valid hunting license

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not sure about your state. here in Iowa if you see one you can shoot it. doesn't matter what time of year it is. the only thing they want you to do is call them so they can get a blood test from it. i heard that most of the hogs run about 160 and don't get much bigger then 225. thats what i heard if some one knows diff please let me know.

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As long as you hold a current license for the season and are hunting with a valid weapon for that season you may shoot them. For example, I could have a small game license and be hunting coyotes with my .243 during coyote season and shoot them. It is kind of a weird situation because there is no season for them so you need to technically be pursing an animal that has a season. Now I know some small game doesn't have a season and is open all year round but I'm not sure if it is possible to get by with that. If there isn't a season running that I could use to carry afield an appropriate gun I would get in contact with my local C0 and see what could be done.

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This is the link to Michigan dnr about feral swine.You must have a valid hunting license, an unused deer license would not be legit because seasons over. I suggest getting a small game license.

http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10363-155439--,00.html

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I live about a 1.5 miles from a older guy that i rabbit hunt with and he shot one last year that weight 200 pounds and shot one two weeks ago the same size. Then on monday he went out hog hunting because he seen them the night before and missed one. I live in sothern Michigan. I have not seen one yet but many people i know have. ihave a friend that had to run throw his back yard a couple days ago. We need to get ride of them because they cause ALOT of crop dammage and hert the turkey population.

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Right you are and this why the DNR has worked to make it easy for hunters to shoot them on sight without worry for rules and regulations (even though there are a few).

Where does this guy live?

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ive been hearing stories of them all over michigan, but is there anycertain countyin michigan where the population is really thick??

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if you go to the dnr website for hogs posted above in another post you will see where the most sightings and killings have been, mainly the east side of the state, we found a couple in newaygo and plan on going hunting for them sometime during the year

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ronjohn
i live inHudson Michigan It is in the southeastern corner of the state. The guy that shot them lives about 1.5 miles from me.

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Was the pig shot in the Lake Hudson State Recreation Area?

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No it was shot about 3 miles west of hudson. Lake Hudson is about 5 miles east of hudson.

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I believe you can shoot them year round. The DNR wants them eliminated. I shot a pig in 1962 with arecurve bow when I was 12 years old in Roscommon County, near Prudenville. It had escaped from a pig farm at some point, and was running down a deer trail. There were others in the area, I heard, but that was the only one I ever saw.