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wild pigs
Topic Started: Jun 16 2009, 07:33 AM (381 Views)
monkey49
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there was a special on discovery tv about wild pigs that i found interesting.there is a ---pig epidemic---man and bear are their only preditor.the natives have crossed with the russian boars and gives them size,grit and speed. they are spread over a wider range than ever before. even with hunting allowed--they are increasing at an alarming rate. the dnr estimates that 5 million exist now---a sow can have 3 litters ever 14 months with 6 piglets being the average litter. a sow can breed and reproduce by 7-8 months of age. there have been numerous documented cases of attack on humans some being killed by the russian boars because they are naturally mean and aggressive.i found these facts interesting and wanted to share.....
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James_Jamison
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They are sure thickening up here in Henry Co. Ky. I saw trail cam pics on one of the farms that I hunt, that had a sow with 6 striped pigs, another sow with 4 pigs, and one sow with 13 pigs during spring turkey season. This was all on different parts of a 450 acre farm, it's steep hills, with deep hollers, no way to get them out, just a big old breeding pen. You need a dog here that is intent on finding pigs and won't fool with squirrel or coon to get them, and it would have to be a fairly deep hunter. I shocked Wally off them, thinking he was trashing on deer, so I won't ever have a hog dog in him, but that is fine, he's worth alot more to me as a squirrel and coon dog, than a hog dog. I might try and start a pup in the near future on hogs, and see if I can get rid of some of them.
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JAMES JAMISON
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Not very well known but there is a pretty well established population of Feral Pigs in central NY. Our DEC would love to see them gone but there are some private land owners that are charging for hunting rights to hunt these pigs and DEC can't step on thier toes.
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hey, yeah i watched that show last night. it was real interresting thanks willy
william thacker
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hookbone
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I saw it myself,very interesting.Best thing for all ya`ll to do is get rid of the treeing dogs
and get some bayin stock with grit so ya`ll can protect your family and property,for God`s
sake before its too late,please,don`t let em git cha.If ya need help,call me,we will make somethin happen even if its wrong!ILIKEIT ;) :P :P :P
Rob C.
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Jun 16 2009, 08:37 AM
Not very well known but there is a pretty well established population of Feral Pigs in central NY. Our DEC would love to see them gone but there are some private land owners that are charging for hunting rights to hunt these pigs and DEC can't step on thier toes.
Dave- A while back I read an article in an old "Outdoor Life" magazine about some domestic hogs that had gone wild up there in the Northeast. Article claimed it all started yrs. ago when some of the lumber companys up there purchased pigs from local farmers to butcher for the lumber jacks that worked for them. Article also claimed the lumber companys had their own pig pens where they fed & contained the purchased pigs till they were big enough to butcher. Some of these pigs escaped their captivity from the lumberjacks & some of the hogs were just set free to forage on their own after the lumber companys were done logging in those areas & moved on.
Dave- could the hogs that I read about in the Outdoor Life article be the ancestors of the feral pigs in your area?
Edited by FARMBOY1, Jun 16 2009, 08:50 PM.
Wendel Bures
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Me and Tim watched that special last night and it was kinda scary! Tim has been talking for a couple of years about how bad the pig problem is getting in Eastern North Carolina. This problem stems from Hurricane Floyd(I think that's the right hurricane)and all of the flooding it caused. Most of the pig farms are in that part of the state and the one's that didn't die in the floods and were not caught turned wild....and now NC has a pretty serious pig problem. Don't have any here in Statesville and from what I saw last night I don't want any!

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monkey49
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according to that program---some boars get up to 700lb. thats a lot of pig !!i killed one still hunting in georgia that weighed 402 lb.biggest i ever seen. it had a shield of gristle plate??on each side. way bigger in the front shoulders. if i can locate pics.--i will post. stunk so bad i could not eat it.
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