Comments on: Porcine Press Hog Invasion Update – Aerial gunner kills 69 hogs in Nebraska

By: Larry Hardesty

Larry Hardesty — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:13:58 +0000

Phillip, I have seen first-hand what wild hogs do. They can go through an area and make it look like a plowed field. In addition, they can be simply dangerous. I just referred you to the Texas site as a more extensive source beyond my own experience. In my younger days I was around domestic pigs a lot. There is a reason their teeth are cut when young, rings put in their noses, and one does not mess with a sow with piglets or a boar. Put them in the wild and with feral pigs the reasons become compounded.

By: Phillip Loughlin

Phillip Loughlin — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:52:26 +0000

Hi Larry, and thanks for dropping in.

With all due respect, I’ve actually done a lot of research and reading about wild hogs and their reputed damage. I’ve heard a lot of “stuff” about them.

But I’ve also spent a good bit of the past several years in their adoptive habitat, and seen, first hand, what they’re doing… or more importantly, I’m seeing what they are NOT doing.

Simply “doing a search” on a topic is not the same as learning about the topic. The questions I raise are from my own experience, as well as that of many other people who have spent enough time around these animals and the places they live to have legitimate concerns about the validity of the information being passed to the general public.

I could be wrong. We could be wrong. But I think it’s right and fair to question the status quo.

By: Larry Hardesty

Larry Hardesty — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:20:23 +0000

I don’t think you have seen the damage or did much reading about wild hogs or you would not be asking such a question. They are non-native and do a huge amount of damange, plus carry diseases. Cannot think anything redeeming about them.
Do a search on wild hog in Texas and you will see some pretty good discussions about damnage and danger of wild hogs.

By: suburban bushwacker

suburban bushwacker — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:24:52 +0000

This is an interesting one isn’t it. In the UK wild boar as we call them were hunted out a few hundred years ago.
I’m told that the reason we have the famous bluebell woods of southern England is because there aren’t the hogs to eat their tubers.In recent years wild boar have reintroduced themselves through escaping from the farms that were ranching them for the sausage trade. Another source has been animal rights nutters realising them by breaking down the fences at farms. DEFRA (the department for environment farming and rural affairs) is ‘consulting’ on the subject of just how much and what needs to be done about them. They are legal to hunt with 308 cal and above, although we lost the right to bow hunt here about 1000 years ago! If you’re interested in more examples of how they interact with city’s Berlin is the place to look for more info. I’ve heard they have become a major suburban pest there.
Regards
SBW

By: Phillip Loughlin

Phillip Loughlin — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:27:22 +0000

Sometimes you have to ask, even if you’re not sure you want to know the answers.

Even better is, if my question makes someone else start asking questions too… that’s how we get answers.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:36:54 +0000

Asking questions is always a good thing to do. I’m not sure how I stand on this topic either. I know how destructive they can be and I’m not sure if they could be managed for sport purposes or not.

An interesting question though Phillip and it will get people thinking.