Hogs in Tennessee
#1
Spike
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 40
Hogs in Tennessee
I'm considering getting a lease in Tennessee and I was wondering how the hog problem is down there? I'd like to get it to hunt whitetails, but I read a news report from a few years back about the hogs and was wondering if there are still a lot around?
#3
Well I'm not from Tennessee and don't often make it up that way but from what I can tell hogs have been a problem there and as we've seen in Florida and Texas that problem usually just keeps getting worse. Hogs are quite a nuisance but they are a lot of fun to hunt and are nice to go after when it's not deer season.
#4
Spike
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 40
The landowner told me that the state came in and tried wiping them out. He said there aren't really that many any more, but I didn't know if he was feeding me a load of bull so I thought if ask people on here and see what they know about it. Do you know how they effect deer in the area? Like if they spook the mature bucks out of the hunting grounds? I've never hunted a state that had hogs so I'm new to all this
#9
Most folks just don't realize how quickly wild pigs can spread. They are sexually mature at 4-6mths of age, their gestation period is only 3.5mths & their litters avg 4-6 piglets with 8-10+ being possible. Once mature, man is essentially a pigs ONLY predator! Feral hogs can DOUBLE THEIR POPULATION IN ONLY 2 MONTHS!!!
Their ONLY saving grace is that they ARE delicious!
Their ONLY saving grace is that they ARE delicious!
#10
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Centerville, TN
Posts: 39
http://www.tn.gov/twra/article/wild-hog-regulations