Feral Pigs - how do I get rid of 'em?

[MIkeHoncho 1905]

I can shoot them on my property, but they come around randomly throughout the night, and I do have a day job.  I've gotten quotes to trap at about $3k.  Anyone have luck with "persuading" feral pigs to leave your property? 

[Mother mopar 3318]

You aren't persuading a hog, if you can you're about to be a very busy person. 

[Parliament 14227]

Kill every one you see, every way you can.  Good luck.  You're fooked.

[HOOKEM4 5036]

They will be there forever, you must bow to your new pig overlords. I kill as many as I can every chance I get and I have 3x as many as before. They are impossible to control with traps, hunting or any other method. Learn to deal with them.

We were laughing at how absurd it is the other night. I killed a sow with babies that were the size of small rabbits. There is no way they will survive right? Over the next two months I saw those little fuckers on game cams just growing up on their own. Now they are medium sized terrorists running around at 2am eating everything they can find. 

Edited September 10 by HOOKEM4
ousux

[Incredulity 11643]

2 hours ago, MIkeHoncho said:

around randomly throughout the night

Claymore mines?

[elfenix 34221]

are they one of those critters that killing them just makes them have more piglets?

[Bevo&Pevo 5120]

2 hours ago, Parliament said:

Kill every one you see, every way you can.  Good luck.  You're fooked.

this is the way. ^^

Option B, make your neighbors far more attractive to root around in.  

[MonkeyDoughnut 10226]

All I've heard is you can't shoot them under control, they just multiple too quickly and are smart enough to start avoiding you. Trapping is the only way to actually have a chance to get rid of them.

[msbesq 385]

Hire some Haitians.

[1978horn 892]

Some think shooting them one at a time is making the problem worse. Spreads them out and then they multiple over larger areas. 

https://www.kut.org/2022-04-07/texas-has-a-feral-hog-problem-hunting-them-makes-it-worse

[Native Horn 3498]

19 hours ago, Mother mopar said:

You aren't persuading a hog, if you can you're about to be a very busy person. 

Paging @Vic Mackey to the white courtesy phone...

[Da Fino 2772]

The only place I have seen that actually defeated them buried a predator apron in the ground around the perimeter when they high-fenced their place. Then brought in a helicopter to kill off every one of them inside the fence. Expensive, but it worked. 

[UTPhil2006 3801]

1 hour ago, Native Horn said:

Paging @Vic Mackey to the white courtesy phone...

Took way too long to get to this answer 

[Mother mopar 3318]

Hire some Haitians.

That's only dogs and cats in Springfield, OH, lol

[ScottS 1061]

[Lat22 4010]

Use this as an excuse to upgrade your kit to include thermal scopes, night vision goggles and suppressed firearms.

[ROFL BOX 6647]

OP, what county are you in?

[thunderlounge 7813]

14 hours ago, ScottS said:

While funny, I’m guessing those dots aren’t just ferrel pigs, but hog farms accounted for as well?

Only way it makes sense. 

[MIkeHoncho 1905]

27 minutes ago, ROFL BOX said:

OP, what county are you in?

Travis

[ROFL BOX 6647]

2 hours ago, MIkeHoncho said:

Travis

SW?

 

Toss up a zip code.  While we can't get  em all, I know of some from this BBS (+me) who would come out to hunt them.  I'm Hays.

How many acres?

[ScottS 1061]

7 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

While funny, I’m guessing those dots aren’t just ferrel pigs, but hog farms accounted for as well?

Only way it makes sense. 

Hell if I know.  For whatever reason I saw this image online the other day, then this thread popped up.  I have no idea where I saw it originally.

I searched Google and found the image on a reddit thread.

My completely uneducated and wild-assed guess would be that you are correct about the hog farms.  Too many dots in Iowa and surrounding area.  But for all I know there used to be a huge hog problem in the corn fields.

[thunderlounge 7813]

That’s what made me think that. In some places there “can’t” be that many ferrel, else it would be all over the news about our new bacon overlords. 

[Superhero 8826]

Better call these guys to help

[RPM 26315]

 

[Kennythetiger 9374]

7 hours ago, thunderlounge said:

That’s what made me think that. In some places there “can’t” be that many ferrel, else it would be all over the news about our new bacon overlords. 

Correct. That’s a USDA map showing hog farm density in the year of our lord 1948. 

[thunderlounge 7813]

2 hours ago, RPM said:

 

This is what the state uses here. 

[Gene Parmesan 4002]

4 hours ago, RPM said:

 

Loved the shot of them all shot dead in the trap.  We aint relocating these fuckers.  Nuking from orbit is the only way.

 

[baboso 6054]

"ferrel"?  

[ztejas 43411]

Baptize them and they'll only come back on Christmas and Easter. 

[BlueGreySky 1002]

On 9/11/2024 at 11:55 AM, Da Fino said:

The only place I have seen that actually defeated them buried a predator apron in the ground around the perimeter when they high-fenced their place. Then brought in a helicopter to kill off every one of them inside the fence. Expensive, but it worked. 

Our place in Coleman County has hogs, but not as bad as we used to.  Some of our neighbors went this route with high fencing and a helicopter shoot.

 

[idigTexas 2284]

Have you tried training some angry birds?

[UTexasFight 9427]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/174980484312
 

 

My folks also had a guy for a while that set up this kind of system on their place, trapped them, then hauled them off and shipped them over to China/Asia when the swine flu was real bad over there a while back.

 

but yeah, in general, you (and Texas) are fooked

https://www.texasmonthly.com/travel/texas-feral-hog-problem-swine-country/

Edited September 13 by UTexasFight

[cabowabo 4484]

 

[Bill Brasky 1443]

On 9/10/2024 at 5:14 PM, Incredulity said:

Claymore mines?

tannerite is more fun 

[Bevo&Pevo 5120]

On 9/12/2024 at 8:26 AM, Lat22 said:

Use this as an excuse to upgrade your kit to include thermal scopes, night vision goggles and suppressed firearms.

bump stocks?

[MIkeHoncho 1905]

On 9/12/2024 at 1:35 PM, ROFL BOX said:

SW?

 

Toss up a zip code.  While we can't get  em all, I know of some from this BBS (+me) who would come out to hunt them.  I'm Hays.

How many acres?

only 5.5 acres.  Not sure the neighbors would appreciate a group hunt   I'm as far northwest as you can get in Travis county. 

 

[ROFL BOX 6647]

only 5.5 acres.  Not sure the neighbors would appreciate a group hunt   I'm as far northwest as you can get in Travis county. 
 

Gun = minimum 10 acres.
Archery or crossbow will legally get 'er done.
[mention=1107]gsoda3[/mention], are you in?  [mention=593]Brisketexan[/mention] will make some cabeza soup.

[gsoda3 3245]

That sounds fun but me and a bow at night? I'll be lucky to hit the hog.

[ROFL BOX 6647]

16 hours ago, gsoda3 said:

That sounds fun but me and a bow at night? I'll be lucky to hit the hog.

[NaTeWHO 852]

On 9/10/2024 at 6:56 PM, elfenix said:

are they one of those critters that killing them just makes them have more piglets?

 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4974]

On 9/13/2024 at 4:42 PM, Bevo&Pevo said:

bump stocks?

Forced Reset Trigger if you can find. The fifth circuit just slapped the ATF's hand down with those. 

[SurlyGator 864]

On 9/12/2024 at 11:10 AM, thunderlounge said:

While funny, I’m guessing those dots aren’t just ferrel pigs, but hog farms accounted for as well?

Only way it makes sense. 

Since the post says the graphic is from 1948, they are probably all hog farms.

[thunderlounge 7813]

Um, yeah… we cleared that up last week. 

[elfenix 34221]

[ROFL BOX 6647]

Legit question, William McNabb:  Where do you live?

[cabowabo 4484]

On 9/13/2024 at 4:42 PM, Bevo&Pevo said:

bump stocks?

If you want to miss the bastards.....sure.

[Bevo&Pevo 5120]

On 9/15/2024 at 8:32 PM, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

Forced Reset Trigger if you can find. The fifth circuit just slapped the ATF's hand down with those. 

Well....I know a guy with a machine shop so...

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4974]

You can 3D print a super safety.