Repairing Hog Damage in a Pasture

[rockinbbar]

Spent 12 hours dragging a 12' ridged harrow yesterday, repairing damage done by feral hogs.

The pasture had to be repaired before the spray truck could get on it today to apply fertilizer and weed herbicide ahead of the upcoming rain forecast.

Do you have feral hogs where you live? They do much agricultural damage?

I much prefer to deal with them before the damage occurs!

 

[Lineman North Florida]

I have had the best luck with a rotary tiller fixing where hogs have rooted, I will go over it a couple of times and then usually roll with a roller, but it is very frustrating dealing with them.

 

[rockinbbar]

I have had the best luck with a rotary tiller fixing where hogs have rooted, I will go over it a couple of times and then usually roll with a roller, but it is very frustrating dealing with them.

Most of the damage I deal with down here is large scale damage to pastures or hay fields.

I agree the tiller does a great job. But as I said, the damage I deal with is large scale, and I use an offset disc, and that 12' harrow to cover more ground than I could with a tiller.

 

[EddieWalker]

When the Lockdown happened, a buddy would come over every night and sit in my deer blind with a thermal scope to shoot hogs. His best night was 14 hogs. He has had several nights where he got a dozen. He shot about 140 the first year. Second year it was less then half that. This year he's only shot a few, and it's very rare to see them, or any sign of them on my place. He still has several game cameras out, and we do too, but so far this year, we've only seen one hog on our game camera. I didn't think it was possible to shoot enough of them to make a difference, but thankfully, I was wrong!!!!

 

[rockinbbar]

When the Lockdown happened, a buddy would come over every night and sit in my deer blind with a thermal scope to shoot hogs. His best night was 14 hogs. He has had several nights where he got a dozen. He shot about 140 the first year. Second year it was less then half that. This year he's only shot a few, and it's very rare to see them, or any sign of them on my place. He still has several game cameras out, and we do too, but so far this year, we've only seen one hog on our game camera. I didn't think it was possible to shoot enough of them to make a difference, but thankfully, I was wrong!!!!

Yeah, I hunt with thermal for other folks who farm. They can't resist those fresh plowed fields.

We get many, many more than most people can imagine... But here on my ranch, like your place, I've pretty well eliminated them.

I've had one sounder of hogs in the past 3 1/2 years, and I got 7-8 out of it, including that huge boar that had no ears...

 

[1 Old Man]

I hate feral hogs. They tear up my hay pasture. Last Fall I had a group that tore up my front yard. I caught them crossing my back yard in the middle of the day, stepped outside and shot the big sow. Haven't seen them since. But hogs here kind of migrate. I'll see them in early spring and early or late Fall. I no longer put out deer feeders because the coons and hogs tear them up.
I have actually had to add fill dirt to a few deep hog holes, but I use a chain harrow, and if the holes aren't too deep I have used a flail mower. Yep, a flail mower. I busts up the dirt mounds around the rooting hole and kind of smooths it out. Deep rooting holes will throw you out of your tractor seat and make it tough to get hay cut and baled. You can't ever kill to many feral hogs.

 

[Texasmark]

How do you dispose of them?

 

[rockinbbar]

How do you dispose of them?

When hunting to rid agriculture areas of hogs, myself and a partner can knock down 15 hogs at a time from one sounder.

We look into the fields we hunt and find a likely sounder with wind direction, distance, etc., and then stalk (walk) out to them quietly. We usually set up 30-40 yards from the group. Rest our rifles on tripods and target an animal, and give the signal. When the group runs, we take any we can hit on the run.

We then walk back to the pickup and drive around gathering the hogs and loading them. At a predetermined location with the land owner, we stack them up.

We do that 2 or 3 times in a good night's hunt. So you are talking about lots of hogs... Nobody could possibly butcher that many hogs. Now and then someone will keep a young sow for meat, or take lions, etc. But for the most part, they go back into nature's food chain.

 

[1 Old Man]

How do you dispose of them?

.300 B/O, .270 Win and sometimes a 5.56. Depends on what I have with me. I prefer to call it hog relocation.

Now and then someone will keep a young sow for meat, or take lions, etc. But for the most part, they go back into nature's food chain.

This exactly.

 

[rockinbbar]

.300 B/O, .270 Win and sometimes a 5.56. Depends on what I have with me. I prefer to call it hog relocation.

This exactly.

I'm using an ar10 in .308. Not as quick on followup shots, but it sure anchors them.

Had several occasions where I line them up and get more than one per shot.