Pig Bomb

[twentynine]

Well I tried for the big pig this morning. He didn't show, back tracked him over the nieghboring 300 acres. Lots of tracks, lots of bristle in the fences, couple places where he is wallowing, but no big pig.

He shows up at the bait station 1830 to 2000 hrs, naturally after legal shooting hours. Can't legally hunt'em at night until deer season closes, that's Feb 15. Here in La. you have to have a hunting license but you can take as many as you want anytime during the year. The only restriction is what I stated above, and word is that the state legislature is working on a bill to allow night time hog hunting year round.

I got a few more tries sitting over the bait, next thing will be the trap.

This is what I am dealing with, so far just the one on the camera. I pretty sure he originated from a pig farm about 1 1/2 miles across the woods. Man got tired of raising hogs so he let'em go. Over the last couple years quite a few have been taken on the niehboring property. This one goes about 200# I figure, he is about 30" tall.

 

[onecent]

I was driving to Florida several yrs. ago and while i was driving through Georgia, i was on interstate 95, i saw the biggest wild hog! he or she was standing on the side of 95, this hog was humongous! if it ran out in front of somebody, it would definitely have caused severe damage, it must have weighed way over a 1000lbs, and it didnt quite look like a domestic hog more wild boar type maybe a mix? they are out there!

 

[LizFM]

DH's dad raises pigs (including heritage breeds) on his commercial farm. One Berkshire mama sow will got loose and raised babies in the woods and pasture. SHE came back up to the pig house when she was done, and he caught the weaned babies and raised them.

All pigs have tusks (the size varies), the only reason domestic ones don't is that pig farmers clip them off when they're babies.

People have been letting pigs loose to fend for themselves since Pilgrim times. Farmers from Pilgrims to pioneers have just turned pigs loose until late fall/early winter when they'd eaten the acorns in the woods and weather was cold enough to butcher. Much easier than trying to keep pigs fed and mucked out and inside the fence and less dangerous to the kids and other livestock (like chickens).

Hot wire can discourage pigs (unless they're really determined or hungry). Just has to be a strong enough ZAP to make them decide to try elsewhere. Nose height (to a pig) off the ground (just like any other animal).

DH has seen sows eat sparrows that were eating out of the feed trough next to them (munch, munch munch GRAB Crunch Swallow). And when we were back home for a visit last month, he was shooting the pigeons that had gotten way too numerous in a couple of barns, and the pigs acted like kids in a candy store...when the pigeon would land in their pen they'd grab them and chase each other around for them.