Pig Bomb - On the Discovery Channel

[Julie_A]

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Dear Lord! I know what I'll be dreaming/nightmaring about tonight!!!

 

[Julie_A]

Two words for you... Old Yeller!

I'm scared to death of wild hogs. Thank goodness, they haven't made it up here yet.

 

[ScoobyRoo]

Boyd, My DH and kids used to go to a ranch in OK to go wild pig hunting. They went archery hunting. My DD's age 8 and 10 at the time shot their first wild hogs and had a BLAST!! The ranch is closed now but there are places here in southern Kansas that sells permits to help keep these under control. But you have to fill out a lot of paper work, (more info than needed IMO) AND pay. That is just wrong if they are a problem to the farmers.

 

[HLAC]

I've bowhunted for wild hogs in Texas and in TN. In Tennessee we use dogs to bay them and try to move in for a shot. It's um.. interesting because the pigs are pretty mad at the dogs.. but they know it's the people who are really their problem and they'll charge you given a chance.

Two of the guides that I used there were badly mauled by boars at various points in their jobs. One had his leg broken and cut so deep that he lost conciousness from blood loss on the way to the hospital. The other one had a hog grab him by his knee and shook him like a ragdoll. It ended tearing his kneecap half way off.

In Texas they would sprinkle corn down the sendero and I'd hide in the mesquite and prickly pear hoping to get a shot as they passed. (you learn to not shift around at all when everything around you is covered with thorns and spines)

Anyhow, the hogs down there (near Laredo) were extremely skittish. More so than the deer or coyotes. It's amazing how fast a hog can spin and run off and their eyesight is better than most people give them credit for. (they can definitely pick up the motion of somebody drawing a bow)

Cut boars taste better than intact boars but the ones I've had are still good. Sows are very tasty. I'd rather have wild pork than the flavorless store bought stuff.

-Christine

 

[fowltemptress]

Feral hogs . . . ugh, terrible, terrible pests. There's not enough media attention on how truly devastating these pigs are to property. They destroy fences and pasture and kill and eat newborn or injured livestock, and they have a terrible habit of popping up on windy roads and destroying vehicles. Their meat is pretty vile, too, unless you get a piglet. But they're so big you fill up the freezer fast, and most of the hunting is just population control. People keep up hog traps year round, and those rich enough pay hunters in helicopters to swoop through and slaughter as many as possible . . . which, sadly, doesn't put a dent in the population. I'm fully in support of anyone who wants to try their hand at hunting them. It should be everyone's one good deed in life. I don't know if anyone here has ever stumbled onto one of them or into the midst of a group of them accidentally, but it truly is the stuff of nightmares.

 

[TammyTX]

I know some people who trap so many hogs they give the meat away. I don't know what kind of trap he uses but he can find several in there at once.

We saw about six in the back pasture adjouned to our property. Later that night three were hit by a semi on the Farm to Market road (that's what we call rural routes down here, that or Ranch Roads).

I watched that Hogzilla show and I guess a domestic pig can go "wild", even change appearance, in just a couple of weeks of being free.

That would be like turning into a Caveman after going camping!

 

[redhen]

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Yup! Pigs are the only animal that can change their skull shape in ITS life time...

If a farm hog gets loose...his skull/ snout will lengthen for better foraging and rooting to survive in the wild..
If a wild pig gets caught..its skull/snout will shorten to feed out of the hog feed troughs or food bowls..
Its pretty neat! THey showed the actual skulls to prove it..

 

[BoJak]

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I honestly don't know the difference Please .. info?

Javelinas are a lot smaller than wild or feral hogs, and travel in packs, boars, sows, juveniles and young all together. They're fast, dangerous, unpredictable, and they work as a team to take down anything they see as a threat. If one of them sounds an alarm, they all come running to rend, tear, and disembowel. Their tusks are razor sharp and poisonous, and a javelina gash will go bad very fast.

 

[Boyd]

they sound like critters that should be wiped out... preferrable from a distance. Now if I could find wide open spaces to use my .308 on them ...

 

[BoJak]

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I like sow or doe best, though I've never tried uncut game. Gamey taste is not my fave, though I think it's better than the factory farmed crap they sell in the stores.

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I started reading this thread thinking anyone who hunted wild boar was tetched in the head, but now it's sounding really interesting. But with a bow? Wow! I take my hat off to you Christine.

I'm more like Boyd. I like the ability to reach out and touch with a rifle, though hunting in brush tends to bring you up closer to what you're after. I used to wear a .38 when we hunted and needed it a couple of times. If I were to go after wild hog, I'd also pack a sidearm with a lot more stopping power than a .38.

I came to this site for info on chickens and now I'm thinking about hunting wild hogs. Come to think of it, I have a lot of space in my chest freezer...