Repairing Hog Damage.
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BufordBoone
share your feral hog concern, certainly a problem in my neck of the woods. agree w/the idea that individually shooting them may scatter the herd for a while, it's only temporary & they'll return @ night. have tried the small pen idea with some success, however we have an abundant coon population here (will gnaw through the lid of a plastic feed bucket) and they rob the baited whole corn in the pen once the word gets around. agree that the large corral idea would be very effective if you have the time & resource, sorry can't help you with designs as i have basically given up.
about the time i disc & drag an area w/a cedar bough, back they come. in fact a recently plowed area attracts them as they are basically (here) after grubs & worms. I live within the national forest...both they and the game & fish basically refuse to deal with the problem & with the across the board federal budget cuts, doubt it will be anytime soon. in terms of poison, at least in my own case, think it would come back to haunt me...don't want it in my watershed as i have numerous ponds on my place.
so apologize that i can't offer any helpful info, just to let you know you are not alone. these images were taken off my porch a while back. best of luck....
btw the most effective way i've seen to hunt them is to get trained hog dogs, mule or horse, head into the hollers, flush them out & blast them. quite a spectacle....
share your feral hog concern, certainly a problem in my neck of the woods. agree w/the idea that individually shooting them may scatter the herd for a while, it's only temporary & they'll return @ night. have tried the small pen idea with some success, however we have an abundant coon population here (will gnaw through the lid of a plastic feed bucket) and they rob the baited whole corn in the pen once the word gets around. agree that the large corral idea would be very effective if you have the time & resource, sorry can't help you with designs as i have basically given up.
about the time i disc & drag an area w/a cedar bough, back they come. in fact a recently plowed area attracts them as they are basically (here) after grubs & worms. I live within the national forest...both they and the game & fish basically refuse to deal with the problem & with the across the board federal budget cuts, doubt it will be anytime soon. in terms of poison, at least in my own case, think it would come back to haunt me...don't want it in my watershed as i have numerous ponds on my place.
so apologize that i can't offer any helpful info, just to let you know you are not alone. these images were taken off my porch a while back. best of luck....
btw the most effective way i've seen to hunt them is to get trained hog dogs, mule or horse, head into the hollers, flush them out & blast them. quite a spectacle....
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BufordBoone
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Thanks, Big Bubba.
Looks like this is a problem that is here to stay.
I'll continue to "Prosecute them with extreme prejudice".
Thanks to all for the advice.
Looks like this is a problem that is here to stay.
I'll continue to "Prosecute them with extreme prejudice".
Thanks to all for the advice.
EddieWalker
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When I bought my land here in East Texas, I was very excited to find out that I had hogs on it. Now I'm way past the point of dealing with hogs and could care less if I ever see another one. I shot two the other day out of a group of six, but then as the ran away, another group of ten to twelve joined them!!!! The damage is never ending, and no amount of shooting will accomplish anything. The local Biologists suggests trapping them with large pens and one way doors, then killing all of them that get caught. There is some talk about a certain type of poison becoming legal here, but I don't know if it will happen or not. Eventually I hope to fence in my land to keep them and coyotes out.
As to dealing with their damage, the easiest, fastest way that I've come across is to back drag the area with my loader bucket. It pulls the dirt back into the hole and smooths it out in just a few minutes. I guess a box blade would work too, but I've never cared for them.
As to dealing with their damage, the easiest, fastest way that I've come across is to back drag the area with my loader bucket. It pulls the dirt back into the hole and smooths it out in just a few minutes. I guess a box blade would work too, but I've never cared for them.
EddieWalker
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When I bought my land here in East Texas, I was very excited to find out that I had hogs on it. Now I'm way past the point of dealing with hogs and could care less if I ever see another one. I shot two the other day out of a group of six, but then as the ran away, another group of ten to twelve joined them!!!! The damage is never ending, and no amount of shooting will accomplish anything. The local Biologists suggests trapping them with large pens and one way doors, then killing all of them that get caught. There is some talk about a certain type of poison becoming legal here, but I don't know if it will happen or not. Eventually I hope to fence in my land to keep them and coyotes out.
As to dealing with their damage, the easiest, fastest way that I've come across is to back drag the area with my loader bucket. It pulls the dirt back into the hole and smooths it out in just a few minutes. I guess a box blade would work too, but I've never cared for them.
As to dealing with their damage, the easiest, fastest way that I've come across is to back drag the area with my loader bucket. It pulls the dirt back into the hole and smooths it out in just a few minutes. I guess a box blade would work too, but I've never cared for them.
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Now see what you've done. The dreaded double post problem has returned.
oosik
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I just finished reading on feral hogs. Lordy - those thing are a walking case of viral & bacterial infections, internal & external parasites and various types of zoonotic diseases. Its really too bad somebody hasn't figured a commercial use for a dead hog. If it could be turned into a profitable commercial enterprise - it wouldn't be long and they would be all but extinct.
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They say it's only lethal to hogs.
