re: Feral Hogs

If you can fence them out, that’s best long term option. I surrounded my house by pipe fence with the lowest rail about 6 inches off ground and spacing between rails that I thought would keep them out. It replaced a barbed wire fence that didn’t deter them. The pipe fencing didn’t work either. The wire type fencing as the other poster suggested would probably work as would hog panel fencing. I debated doing that around the bottom of the fence but didn’t like the look. I settled on a one strand electric fence around the entire perimeter of my pipe fence which surrounds my yard. That has worked going on 5 or 6 years now. I know the hogs come near the fence because I can see rooting in the pasture on the other side, but they haven’t crossed the electric boundary. I don’t know if they can hear or feel the current. Whatever it is seems to work. My dogs learned about it pretty quickly and now they don’t go closer than several feet to it. It seems like animals can sense the current. Shooting them does seem to discourage sounders from the area but not permanently. That may not be an option if you are in subdivision. Trapping is best option to try and get rid of them but, it’s best to get the whole sounder at once. Locally, lsu ag would loan out its drop traps but it’s been years since I’ve seen that option advertised. Long term however, a different sounder will eventually come though and thus, it would be a constant effort to try and trap them and get rid of them. Putting up some sort of boundary deterrent, either fencing or electric barrier, is likely the best option for your circumstance.