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....and today I learned that feral hogs will rule the world.

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GeddyWrox wrote:
December 20 21, 10:18 pm
....and today I learned that feral hogs will rule the world.
They're anarchists.

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I suddenly have a different attitude about the Nippon Ham Fighters.

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These Pharrell hogs do not look happy.

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I've been down the rabbit hole of hog hunting and trapping.

This video is wild. Feel free to watch the whole thing, but how crazy they go when trapped is ... crazy.

https://youtu.be/v7JATeB8Ug0?t=441

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AWvsCBsteeeerike3 wrote:
December 20 21, 9:03 pm
I've never had feral hog, but according to youtube, you can eat it.

Never heard of relocating deer, but wouldn't be surprised in the least if their numbers are already at saturation almost everywhere. There are certainly a ton of them in our area. We had some wake us up the other night as they were on our back deck. Hooves just clomping around being loud AF. We live in the middle of a subdivision in the middle of a city. I've also seen coyotes though not recently. My buddy has a deer camp out in the woods and I went hunting a couple years ago though shooting deer doesn't really sound like fun, drinking whisky and sitting in the woods is fine by me. Told him I didn't really want to shoot anything he said, well, if you don't, someone will run into it with their car, so might as well shoot it. Ha. Still, I couldn't.

Back to feral hogs, I don't think they're very easy to hunt. This would be evidenced by their massive numbers despite a perpetual open season on them with no bag limits, no restraints on hunting methods, and lack of license needed to hunt them. Not many animals can withstand those types of liberal allowances along with the ire of farmers while maintaining healthy populations. Their ability to eat damn near anything, get to damn near anything, avoid humans, and reproduce quickly all likely contribute. A friend of mine used to raise pigs and he insists they're smart as [expletive]. Those that do hunt them tend to have to bait them for a long time or use sophisticated night vision/hunting equipment, other popular methods are trapping them with the use of electronic/remote controlled gates, heavy duty fencing, bait, and game cameras; using dogs to track them; or shooting them out of a helicopter. Point being, it's not like deer where you can just wander into the woods, sit in a stand for an hour, and see/shoot one.
All you need to hunt them is a 2009 Honda Accord.

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or shooting them out of a helicopter.
When pigs fly

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haltz wrote:
December 24 21, 9:55 am
or shooting them out of a helicopter.
When pigs fly
It is indeed imperative to shoot feral pigs when they’re flying helicopters. Dangerous bastards.

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