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re: Odd wild pig question but here goes
Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:48 pm to SenseiBuddy
Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:48 pm to SenseiBuddy
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If you could press a button today and instantly wipe out 70% of the entire feral hog population in the U.S., within just 12 months, their numbers would be right back to where they were before you pressed that button. That’s how fast they reproduce and spread. It’s like trying to empty a bathtub with a spoon while the faucet’s wide open.
That's crazy and a little scary, too! I spoke to a coworker, who has right around 100 acres, and he said a few years ago he spotted a small group for the first time on his property and immediately went on a mission to get rid of them. He did but he said it only made it worse because he said it was like they were multiplying daily. He said he fought that battle for a few months, but realized he was never going to win, so he and his BILs go out about once a month and shoot a few to try and keep them 20-30 acres away from their home, but he doesn't know how long that will last. He said his biggest problem is the landowners around him don't live on their land and rarely visit their property, so the hogs have a safe place to go and multiply.
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Posted on 8/5/25 at 3:51 pm to homemadeshine
Guaranteed there are more hogs than deer in my area. If there is corn on the ground a sounder is coming. Kill those and more show up. Get picks of new batches of piglets often.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:20 am to LSUA 75
I actually stopped eating wild pigs after messing with them for over 20 years, but when I did eat them, I only butchered pigs in cold weather. Kinda like the old timers did back in the day lol.
This post was edited on 8/6/25 at 11:23 am
Posted on 8/6/25 at 11:29 am to homemadeshine
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Kill them all.
Eat what we want, buzzards get the rest
This 100%. As long as there is a food source you have to kill 60-70% of the population to maintain current population numbers.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:18 pm to PlaySomeHonk
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I only butchered pigs in cold weather. Kinda like the old timers did back in the day lol.
So what's the reasoning for butchering in the winter?
Also, are wild pigs considered an invasive species because I hear a lot of them have Russian in their bloodline?
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:29 pm to homemadeshine
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So what's the reasoning for butchering in the winter?
1. Pigs retain body heat longer than other animals like deer. They have a lot of fat and their bodies are typically denser. So you want to take advantage of the cooler weather to help reduce the body temperature.
2. Less insects to deal with than in the heat.
3. Hoping they are fatter during the winter.
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Also, are wild pigs considered an invasive species because I hear a lot of them have Russian in their bloodline?
They are invasive. Wild pigs/hogs is the general term for all feral swine. "Russian boars" are just a breed of wild hogs. There is some evidence of "russian boar" traits in some of the hogs we kill. Every once in awhile we will kill one that is long, lean and mean.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:30 pm to homemadeshine
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I spoke to a coworker, who has right around 100 acres, and he said a few years ago he spotted a small group for the first time on his property and immediately went on a mission to get rid of them. He did but he said it only made it worse because he said it was like they were multiplying daily. He said he fought that battle for a few months, but realized he was never going to win, so he and his BILs go out about once a month and shoot a few to try and keep them 20-30 acres away from their home, but he doesn't know how long that will last. He said his biggest problem is the landowners around him don't live on their land and rarely visit their property, so the hogs have a safe place to go and multiply.
Trying to keep hogs off a small tract like 100 acres is like trying to keep birds out of your yard. Best you can do is bother them enough they hopefully move to other areas with less pressure.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 12:38 pm to homemadeshine
invasive: tending to spread especially in a quick or aggressive manner: such as a non-native organism : growing and dispersing easily usually to the detriment of native species and ecosystems
Ain’t got shite to do with nationality.
Ain’t got shite to do with nationality.
This post was edited on 8/6/25 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 8/6/25 at 7:56 pm to homemadeshine
They are making a Boar, a Barr. A barr eats better, is larger, and isn't knocking up sows while being a deterrent to other boars.
Posted on 8/6/25 at 9:32 pm to TigerDeacon
“Russian boars”
It’s actually Eurasian,”Russian “is a bastardization of Eurasian,sounds badass ,I guess,
They were the first wild pigs I ever encountered back in the 80’s when I hunted by CLECO Lake.Definitely had the traits,long and lean,always black and had a ridge of hair down their backbone,like the Arkansas razorbacks.
The piglets were striped like chipmunks.
I don’t know how they got there but obviously someone brought them in.
The wild pigs in my area were all sorts of colors as were the piglets.An a-hole in the area bought them at a sale barn and turned them loose on his property.Of course he didn’t have a fence capable of holding them.
It’s actually Eurasian,”Russian “is a bastardization of Eurasian,sounds badass ,I guess,
They were the first wild pigs I ever encountered back in the 80’s when I hunted by CLECO Lake.Definitely had the traits,long and lean,always black and had a ridge of hair down their backbone,like the Arkansas razorbacks.
The piglets were striped like chipmunks.
I don’t know how they got there but obviously someone brought them in.
The wild pigs in my area were all sorts of colors as were the piglets.An a-hole in the area bought them at a sale barn and turned them loose on his property.Of course he didn’t have a fence capable of holding them.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 11:45 am to LSUA 75
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The piglets were striped like chipmunks.
That's not just "russian" hogs.
Posted on 8/7/25 at 3:26 pm to TigerDeacon
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Pigs retain body heat longer than other animals like deer. They have a lot of fat and their bodies are typically denser. So you want to take advantage of the cooler weather to help reduce the body temperature.
Ok, that makes sense. So, since they live in the same areas as the deer, do they also suffer from worms and can they catch CWD like deer?
Posted on 8/7/25 at 3:35 pm to LSUA 75
Hell I had one on camera running with a sounder that was black and white like a farm raised Berkshire
Posted on 8/7/25 at 5:38 pm to bayoudude
Trust me when I say these things
1. Stop feeding pigs. Put excluders on feeders.
2. Trap pigs using electric, cellular gates. Immediately clean out the trap when it’s sprung.
3. Thermal singles (roaming boar or sow)
4. Put cell cameras out, everywhere. Move quickly to exterminate sounders.
1. Stop feeding pigs. Put excluders on feeders.
2. Trap pigs using electric, cellular gates. Immediately clean out the trap when it’s sprung.
3. Thermal singles (roaming boar or sow)
4. Put cell cameras out, everywhere. Move quickly to exterminate sounders.
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