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Feral Swine in Oregon
Pat B:
You guys might check with state Agricultural services(Oregon State U. or Cooperative Extention Services) and see if they have info. I would almost gaurentee that if farmers have a feral hog problem, they would love for you to take care of it for them. Pat
Coo-wah-chobee:
J.D. & Kennan.........If you have dairy farms or cattle ranches in the area check with them. Most will shed a tear of joy if they have hawgs on their land and you want to hunt them. Hawgs dig holes and dairy and beef critters step in them and have to be destroyed. Cost them a lot of profit money...................bob
Keenan:
I have heard that they are very destructive and certainly would not want to have any here at home. when I contacted the fish and game a few years ago they said the same thing about contacting the ranchers, however that seem to be more of a task that produced little results. They all hate the hogs and would love for you to hunt them out but numbers then were fairly sparse and sightings and locating proved difficult. Maybe now the numbers are higher to where a person might be able to find something without chasing deadend leads for days. Keenan
mullet:
The numbers are probally alot higher now Keenan.If I remember right they produce 2 litters a year and the survival rate is pretty high.You ought to see what they will do to a cattle ranch or sod farm.It looks like a drunk hit it with a John Deere and a giant roto tiller.
Coo-wah-chobee:
Hey kennan....Eddie reminded me of a funny story. 3 of us were goin' hawg huntin' and another fella wanted to go with us. He was an experienced hunter but had never hunted hawgs. Told him to tape up his ankles and wear 8" high boots. Well, he fancied himself a "big man" and just scoffed at the idea. One of the other guys said "hey we are goin' to be huntin' near the tomato fields not the swamps so you need to tape your ankles" He just laughed again and said good naturedly that we were wimps. We went huntin and the second am came at about 3:30 am and when he got up to go take a leak he could hardly walk. His ankles were all swollen, of course, the rest of us laughed like hell, he soaked them in ice water and then I taped them for him so he could hunt. Yup, like Eddie said...a giant rototiller. We still laugh when we see each other, we call him "Big Ankles" lol :D :D :D.....bob .........As an aside, Eddie's probably correct, survival rate is maybe greater out there than here. Litters can be up to 8 piglets x twice per year. Take into account predation and still do the math ! In a few years you are up to your ass#### in hawgs..................bob
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