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<blockquote data-quote="dougduey" data-source="post: 1749082" data-attributes="member: 33159"><p>JE Custom, I live in San Antonio and we have a huge hog problem around here. They're showing up in the suburbs now and tearing up peoples yards. All the ranchers I know that try to manage the hog numbers are only putting a dent into their population. Like GunHawk stated, their gestation cycle is 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days. They'll have a litter of about 10. It's pretty much impossible to trap them fast enough to eradicate them. Hell, the state was considering using Warfarrin to poison them so they'd bleed out internally, because they are so out of control. </p><p>I had free reign to night hunt all the hogs on my golf club that's just East of Castroville. Did anyone see that news post of the 400 lb hog taken off a golf course in San Antonio? That's within 5 miles of my golf club. Although I got a lot of big boars and a few sows and their piglets, I didn't do much to lessen their numbers or drive them off the property. With all the building going on in the area, the hogs were pushed to the golf course. It's a refuge with plenty of cover, food and water. They caused so much damage on the golf course that the owner finally put a game fence around the entire property. I think it cost him about $450,000 but was worth it to stop all the destruction caused by the hogs. As you know, hogs are very smart. The local helicopter hunting outfitter had access to our golf club, too. He'd take out 50-80 hogs on some days. The pigs learned to bunch up under trees to keep the helicopter from getting to them. I started carrying my AR when I played golf because the course superintendant would grab me to help him kill the hogs under the trees when the helicopter pilot would call him and tell them where they were. We'd get a few and the helicopter would then chase them down after we flushed them out. A bit of an Apocalypse Now moment!!</p><p>Now, how did this effect other game in the area? I stopped seeing any deer on the course during daylight hours. I would find them at night while hog hunting with my thermal set up. The turkey didn't get effected as far as I could tell. Quail numbers are up since the game fence was put in. </p><p>My buddy has hunting land south of Sonora in West Texas. We just started seeing hogs on the land in the last 2 years and the numbers seem to be increasing. Not sure if this is related, but we did not see a single deer last weekend for opening day of deer rifle season. Heard only 5 total gun shots over the 2 days. That's totally unheard of. It usually sounds like WW III, and we normally pass on taking most the deer we see. It may or may not be related to the increase in hog numbers in the area. If it is related, I'm not surprised.</p><p>As far as I'm concerned, we need to wipe them out but I doubt that can be done. We can only hope to get them to a manageable number now. I'm totally impressed you were able to manage your hog numbers on your properties. That's very digitized do. </p><p></p><p>Doug</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dougduey, post: 1749082, member: 33159"] JE Custom, I live in San Antonio and we have a huge hog problem around here. They’re showing up in the suburbs now and tearing up peoples yards. All the ranchers I know that try to manage the hog numbers are only putting a dent into their population. Like GunHawk stated, their gestation cycle is 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days. They’ll have a litter of about 10. It’s pretty much impossible to trap them fast enough to eradicate them. Hell, the state was considering using Warfarrin to poison them so they’d bleed out internally, because they are so out of control. I had free reign to night hunt all the hogs on my golf club that’s just East of Castroville. Did anyone see that news post of the 400 lb hog taken off a golf course in San Antonio? That’s within 5 miles of my golf club. Although I got a lot of big boars and a few sows and their piglets, I didn’t do much to lessen their numbers or drive them off the property. With all the building going on in the area, the hogs were pushed to the golf course. It’s a refuge with plenty of cover, food and water. They caused so much damage on the golf course that the owner finally put a game fence around the entire property. I think it cost him about $450,000 but was worth it to stop all the destruction caused by the hogs. As you know, hogs are very smart. The local helicopter hunting outfitter had access to our golf club, too. He’d take out 50-80 hogs on some days. The pigs learned to bunch up under trees to keep the helicopter from getting to them. I started carrying my AR when I played golf because the course superintendant would grab me to help him kill the hogs under the trees when the helicopter pilot would call him and tell them where they were. We’d get a few and the helicopter would then chase them down after we flushed them out. A bit of an Apocalypse Now moment!! Now, how did this effect other game in the area? I stopped seeing any deer on the course during daylight hours. I would find them at night while hog hunting with my thermal set up. The turkey didn’t get effected as far as I could tell. Quail numbers are up since the game fence was put in. My buddy has hunting land south of Sonora in West Texas. We just started seeing hogs on the land in the last 2 years and the numbers seem to be increasing. Not sure if this is related, but we did not see a single deer last weekend for opening day of deer rifle season. Heard only 5 total gun shots over the 2 days. That’s totally unheard of. It usually sounds like WW III, and we normally pass on taking most the deer we see. It may or may not be related to the increase in hog numbers in the area. If it is related, I’m not surprised. As far as I’m concerned, we need to wipe them out but I doubt that can be done. We can only hope to get them to a manageable number now. I’m totally impressed you were able to manage your hog numbers on your properties. That’s very digitized do. Doug [/QUOTE]
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