Ferrell Wild Pigs on Animal Planet..

[Timothy]

On right now in my network....

Pretty interesting!  Suuueeeeeyyyyyy!

[Pathfinder]

Is that Will Ferrell Wild Pigs?   


Sorry, couldn't resist.

Heading to the corner . . . .

[Timothy]

 

Actually, the focus was around Abbeville, GA (sp).  I had no idea that the problem had grown so big over the last twenty years.  The hog problem is getting serious with populations up in the 6 million nationally and spreading north...

Seems someone near Abbeville imported some european boars for sport and they've bred with the local populations and become a huge problem because of the aggresive nature of the species.

Nasty little critters for sure.  I would never walk the woods around here without a sidearm because of rabid animals, down south it's really for self preservation against the pig populations.  It's worth a look if they repeat the show...

[True_Texan]

In my neck of the woods, we have a huge problem with hogs. You can actually make a living just going from rancher to rancher offering to trap or kill hogs on their place.

On the way to my family ranch, you are welcome to kill any hog you see on the trip there. Doesn't matter if you are shooting across fence lines, they just want them dead. They destroy the grazing fields rooting up the grass. It makes it murder on your back to have to shred down the weeds with the tractor. Beats you to death. Walking through the regrown grass isn't fun either. Break your ankle if you're not careful.

There is also a local guy that has some kind of deal with exporting the live hogs for Japan, wild boar is a delicacy I guess. You trap them live, take them to him and he will give you $0.25 a pound if it's over 100 lbs and $0.40 a pound if it's under (smaller hogs aren't so damn tough and chewy) Helped a friend haul some hogs over there and walked out the door with about $1500.

It's still easier (and more fun) to shoot'em though. Just have to trap a few every now and then so you can afford the ammo later.

[TAB]

Where I hunt pigs, the farmers will gladly pay for your tags if you come and get rid of them.

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[True_Texan]

That's a great way to do it then. No money out of your pocket, place to hunt and get to have fun at the same time.

There are no tags required here. No season, no restrictions. Most of the time during deer season, hunters will shoot a hog or two at the end of the day. Damn things vacuum the corn off the ground at the feeders. Leaves nothing for the deer.

[jaybet]

I've seen this show twice and I can't believe the attitude of the professors and government types. "We don't know how to fix this problem". Hell...give everyone a night scoped rifle and ammo....pork for everyone. No more famines, no more problem.

[TAB]

I've seen this show twice and I can't believe the attitude of the professors and government types. "We don't know how to fix this problem". Hell...give everyone a night scoped rifle and ammo....pork for everyone. No more famines, no more problem.

if it was only that easy.  Many of the places pigs live its illegal to hunt or its just to hard for most poeple to get too.  Very few people are hardcore enough to travel even a mile thru heavy brush, let alone 5.

[MikeBjerum]

if it was only that easy.  Many of the places pigs live its illegal to hunt or its just to hard for most poeple to get too.  Very few people are hardcore enough to travel even a mile thru heavy brush, let alone 5.

There are enough people that are both willing and tough enough to make a major impact if they were allowed to ... and a bounty wouldn't hurt either.  The bounty is the crucial part of the formula that keeps the hard core going (both financially and when initial interest has been satisfied) to finish the job.

[TAB]

For the most part its free here, other then a hunt lic tags are really cheap  $8/5 last time I bought them.  No season no limit.  Still they are very hard to find on public land. not all farmer will let you hunt on thier land, many will, but you have to know some one...