We have Feral HOGS!
They are very destructive and we do everything in our power to keep them off the property. It doesn't always work out like we want it too and if you don't like seeing dead animals then stop reading right NOW!!
SOME FAST FACTS AS OF 2006 regarding Feral Hogs:
STATES WITH FERAL HOGS: 39, plus 4 Canadian provinces.
TEXAS COUNTIES with Feral Hogs, 225 out of 254 counties.
HOG POULATION IN TEXAS; 2,000,000 (MILLION)+!
NATIONAL POPULATION is estimated at around 4,000,000.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL AG DAMAGE from feral swine $52 MILLION!
LANDOWNER ANNUAL EXPENSE to control feral swine $7 MILLION
NATURAL LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A FERAL SWINE IS 6 to 8 years.
AVERAGE SIZE of feral swine is 100 to 150 pounds, but depending on the region can obtain sizes in excess of 600 lbs.
REPRODUCTION OF FERAL SWINE: Once a sow reaches breeding age at 7 or 8 months of age they can be responsible for 1,000 plus feral swine in a 5 year period. The State of Texas had an estimated population of around 2 MILLION at last check.( If 1/4 are breeding sows!? )
Last year in one night we had a 2 acre field completely destroyed by Hogs!
It's a pain in the rear and I hate the destruction they do, we are NOT rich and can't afford to be constantly fixing and reseeding these fields. So we borrow Hog traps from my Father in Law and try to trap them. If any are caught we take them and sell them.
Sometimes it doesn't always work out like you would like and the Hogs die in the traps. It's Hot and it's South Texas and if they are in the traps to long they won't live. Not something I like but one less Hog tearing up our property is fine by me!!
Michael and I went down today to check the traps. I forgot to check them yesterday, Oops!
But we finally caught a Hog...He is a boar and probably about 150lbs...bye bye Mr. Boar, next time stay off our land!!
This evening we will take him out of the trap so the vulures and other critters can clean him up...believe me he won't go to waste! I asked Fred if he wanted dinner before or after moving the hog, lol...he's going to try before, brave boy!! Lets see if tosses his cookies, yikes!! At least I'll have a photo opportunity for photos of scavengers this weekend!! Yippee!!
4 comments:
are these feral hogs like Pumba from the lion king...because I love pumba
We had over population with these animals this spring, in the area around my hometown a lot of these live here, and because they couldn't find enough food, they came closer to the city, they were digging every piece of ground and there happened many accident because they were running on the streets. They decided to kill a lot of these animals before wors things could happen.
Astrid
For some reason this reminds me of an episode of the Hillbillies! Maybe it has to do with me reading those signs first LMBO!!
Oh Goodness!! I had no idea!! I can just imagine how hard it is having them wreck your fields!
I'm glad I don't have to deal with that! Yikes!
Laura
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