Mowing wild hogs

[k0ua]

Well I said earlier that we dont have any wild hogs around here.. But according to the Mo. Dept. of Conservation, we do, in fact they say we have between 5000 and 10000, of them in 20 counties, and my county is one of the ones. They are a shoot on site basis here the MDC wants all hunters to eradicate them.. but they say you must kill 70% of the population every year to keep them from increasing.. I guess we are not killing enough of them....."their here!!"

James K0UA

 

[two_bit_score]

Just because you don't see them doesnt mean they aren't there.

 

[rmk700]

No wild hogs here in these parts for sure. Seen quite a few Mountain Lions and Bobcats in the wild though.

 

[RobertBrown]

Robert...I also have taken 4 cattle panels, wired them together along with a door panel and held it all down by wiring to t posts. You catch many more that way...sometimes too many at once. I have had hogs climb out if there is any kind of corner. You haven't had that happen? When walking to the trap they will panic, up and over one or two may go.

I have not used a hog as a bait hog. That's a good idea I may try that, later.

When they do get trap shy, I will leave the door down and still keep corn inside the trap, while spreading corn around the outside of the trap. They will root around and try to get the corn inside the trap, but can't. After a couple weeks, I take the door off and most will go back in and eat the corn I place in there. Conditioned just right again. Just a tip I learned...

We build em 5' tall, the wire can over lap the top as long as it's open.(no limit on the height just can't have wire on top so the turkeys can fly out.) Catch the shoats cut em and then release. If they are upwards of 100lbs we choke them down until they passout and then cut em. Stomp em until they come around and release them ( backwoods CPR "Florida" style) and then they get larger, faster, a better meat hog than the alternative rank boar.

 

[two_bit_score]

We built this trap a little tall.
We've caught up to ten good sized hogs in it at one time.

 

[JoeinTX]

"Do coyotes eat piglets?"

They certainly do. If they can get them. Coyotes are not ferocious killers either so they have to encounter the stray piglet that's ventured off from from the herd. They don't go in and drag them out of a bunch.

One funny thing regarding coyotes and pigs. One would think the boom in pigs would necessarily correspond with a boom in the coyote population. Not so. We are seeing so many less coyotes than you'd ever expect. Deer population is healthy and consistent. Pig population on the rise. Yet, coyotes we seem to be seeing less and less in recent years. We began leaving the coyotes alone 10-12 years ago in hopes that doing so would help check the pig problem but the coyotes are not responding in a corresponding manner. This is no small thing. The coyote population has been a serious issue for livestock raisers for the last hundred-plus years. Now, they are falling off of the map yet they are an important part of the wildlife landscape. We don't shoot at them anymore and it's rare that neighbors have to kill them for any reason. Very different from 20 years ago.

"The advantage is that they are open to hunt year round, they taste good, and there isn't any real rules on hunting them."

Along with the obvious damage, this is the primary reason I enjoy taking them. I am a varmint/predator hunter, not a game hunter. I see real purpose in removing the animals that are destructive and of little use and value from my property as opposed to those that are.

 

[RobertBrown]

"Do coyotes eat piglets?"

They certainly do. If they can get them. Coyotes are not ferocious killers either so they have to encounter the stray piglet that's ventured off from from the herd. They don't go in and drag them out of a bunch.

One funny thing regarding coyotes and pigs. One would think the boom in pigs would necessarily correspond with a boom in the coyote population. Not so. We are seeing so many less coyotes than you'd ever expect. Deer population is healthy and consistent. Pig population on the rise. Yet, coyotes we seem to be seeing less and less in recent years. We began leaving the coyotes alone 10-12 years ago in hopes that doing so would help check the pig problem but the coyotes are not responding in a corresponding manner. This is no small thing. The coyote population has been a serious issue for livestock raisers for the last hundred-plus years. Now, they are falling off of the map yet they are an important part of the wildlife landscape. We don't shoot at them anymore and it's rare that neighbors have to kill them for any reason. Very different from 20 years ago.

"The advantage is that they are open to hunt year round, they taste good, and there isn't any real rules on hunting them."

Along with the obvious damage, this is the primary reason I enjoy taking them. I am a varmint/predator hunter, not a game hunter. I see real purpose in removing the animals that are destructive and of little use and value from my property as opposed to those that are.

Perhaps it's because they are both omnivorous?
Although the coyote is more the carnivore, and maybe a more important part of the food chain as they kill a lot of rodents.
Doesn't much matter. You won't be rid of either no matter how many you kill.

 

[toppop52]

That's exactly right, especially regarding western or pure blood coyotes, the pigs out compete them for food sources so they breed less and move away more often. It has less effect on eastern coyotes/coy wolfs/coy dogs as they all have intermingled genetics and tend to hunt in packs where they can not only compete for other food but will actually take adult pigs sometimes.

 

[Redbug]

Not sure it I posted this before...if I had sorry for the mind slip...
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Also for your entertainment pleasure...down in Georgia...
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This one's pretty neat...in Texas...I don't remember where I ran across this one...what kind of equipment are they using?
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[corvettefarmer]

Saw these around 2 this afternoon. They couldn't decide if they wanted to play with the neighbor's toys or annoy the horses.