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  • Double Naught Spy

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    As I am not a deer hunter, I am glad that deer hunting is coming to an end. I lose access to several of my properties during deer season on properties where I do hog and predator control. So when my landowner told me that his buddy had filled his tags and that I could return to this first property, I was quite pleased. It isn't particularly large, but it is planted in winter wheat. The really cool and terrible thing about the property is that there is a petroleum pad in the middle of it that occupies a large area. There is a tank battery, chemical injection (I think) tanks) and a natural gas compressor that runs all the time and is VERY loud. If I walk back and forth across the pad, I can see almost all of the property, which is really nice. As I learned very quickly, the deer hunter had not put much pressure on the hogs.

    After I finished with the first property, I moved on to check others and found hogs on another small property (80ish acres) that is a small cattle operation with some serious cross fencing. Unfortunately, I encountered hogs immediately on the opposite side of an 8 strand fence and I was afraid to shoot through it for fear I would hit the wires, so I headed to the open gate...

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    Hoji

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    Deer hunting for the season coming to and end or deer hunting in general?

    Do you get bacon from them? How is it? Never had wild hog bacon.
    Almost no fat on most feral pigs. They do taste good but if you are looking for bacon from them you will be disappointed
     

    Moonpie

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    Hoji

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    I’m looking for ranches and farms to do predator and pig control as well. One question what do you do with the pile of pigs. Donate or bury?
    You cannot donate feral pigs, at least not to any charitable organizations in Texas. Against the law.

    Unless you have the resources that DoubleNaughtSpy has( top end NV/Thermal, experience, traps, etc) you are not going to make any difference whatsoever in controlling pig populations.

    Just look for a cheap place to hunt pigs and do not try to couch it as “control help”
     

    Lonesome Dove

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    You cannot donate feral pigs, at least not to any charitable organizations in Texas. Against the law.

    Unless you have the resources that DoubleNaughtSpy has( top end NV/Thermal, experience, traps, etc) you are not going to make any difference whatsoever in controlling pig populations.

    Just look for a cheap place to hunt pigs and do not try to couch it as “control help”
    Do you know what I own? Or have experience with? Small land would holds would be quite easy to control. But thanks for the donating info.
     

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    Almost no fat on most feral pigs. They do taste good but if you are looking for bacon from them you will be disappointed

    I haven't done a lot of necropsies lately, but last year we were getting hogs with a LOT of fat on them, 1-2" thick just about all over the body. It is pretty interesting when you shoot a sow that appears to have a 1" shield on her shoulders and it isn't shield, but fat.

    I don't think this year's (winter season) hogs are nearly so robust, however.

    Do you know what I own? Or have experience with? Small land would holds would be quite easy to control. But thanks for the donating info.

    Hoji is correct that hog meat cannot be donated (as to shelters). Meat for public consumption or sale must come from hogs first inspected when they were live and then after butchery, just like for regular domestic hogs.

    I don't know what equipment you have either and I won't guess. Doing hog control on smaller properties is often more difficult than on larger properties because you have residences, barns, livestock, vehicles, equipment, etc. in a much smaller area. Safety issues are often amplified and shooting solutions minimized on smaller properties.
     

    Coiled

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    Hoji is correct that hog meat cannot be donated (as to shelters). Meat for public consumption or sale must come from hogs first inspected when they were live and then after butchery, just like for regular domestic hogs.
    Difference being, the Hoj comes off as confrontational while you come off as informational. (that's a legit word, right? :) ). JMO after reading each of your posts for years.

    BTW, another great vid.
     

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    I don't piss on my opinion, maybe you do.

    Changing my avatar is unrelated, just something that makes me laugh.
     

    Big Green

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    My question about bacon comes from my viewing of commercial bacon available at grocery stores. I love bacon and always have but it seems like the last few years as bacon has skyrocketed in popularity, the quality has diminished greatly. These days it seems to be primarily fat and no meat. Even many of the premium brands you have to look through many packages to find one that won’t disappear in the pan. I was wondering if wild hogs don’t have a little more meat.
     

    Hoji

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    Difference being, the Hoj comes off as confrontational while you come off as informational. (that's a legit word, right? :) ). JMO after reading each of your posts for years.

    BTW, another great vid.
    Yep. No apologies either on this subject. As one who for years was paid to kill pigs at the taxpayers expense, and on multiple properties now in the private sector(unpaid ) I feel like I can comment with some authority on the matter.

    Roasts me to no end when people looking for free places to hunt couch their inquiries with “looking for someone to help with hog control.”

    Hunting does absolutely nothing to control a population. It does make the bastards smarter though.

    Just make friends with people with property and volunteer to help out with work. Brush management, fences, erecting buildings , etc and you will eventually be invited to shoot a critter or two.

    If you are unwilling to do that,

    Find an outfitter and pay to shoot.
     

    Mowingmaniac 24/7

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    Hoji,

    What do think 'IS' effective in controlling feral hog numbers?

    Or, is this such an intractable problem there is no solution?
     

    Hoji

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    Traps that can be triggered with your smartphone, aerial shooting( helicopters) where geographically feasible and what DNS is doing to pick off the smart ones.

    I have witnessed a helicopter team from USDA Wildlife Services kill almost 4000 pigs in a week using helicopters. Cost was about $ 50,000

    Those are cheap , cheap pigs.
     

    Hoji

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    Between the aerial shooting and subsequent trapping, wildlife services was able to take out about 75% of the areas population.


    Only problem is, it takes about one year for the population to rebound to 100% if you kill 75%
    After you do the above you have to keep the pressure on them by doing night shooting where you drive and spot.

    Dog teams can move them somewhere else as well but they are not all that effective for population control
     
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