Caretaker found dead was attacked, killed by wild hogs in Anahuac
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My big concern about shooting hogs is how to get rid of them. Our place isn't big enough to just leave them lying around. We raise horses and have coral board fences. I think they discourage hogs but can't swear to it.
I know you know this but not every non native species has a negative effect on their environment to the point of needing eradication. Some quite seamlessly integrate without damage or displacement of native species.
Still regarding the horses, and burros by the way, they round them up and kill them or otherwise dispose of them regularly.
There is a slight difference in the effect on the environment and the length of time the animals have been in the environment. Many will say horses and burros, and dont forget cattle, have been there 500 years and they dont reproduce and choke out natural species and vegetation and have become a resource.
Hogs are xtreemly destructive. The nuisance that an deer elk wild horse or burro may cause to a garden or land is easily delt with if even noticed in comparison.
I grew up around the Phoenix area. There are plenty of horses and burros and even a few cattle roaming the areas we camped and hunted, were talking 40 plus years ago when Phoenix was a smallish town. Non shod hooves really are not noticeable unless you're tracking and the only damage those animals did was to sleep. Burros are noisy bastards at times.
I think a big part of it is birth rates, predators and certain environments will only support certain animals. Central here is birth rates predators and damage hogs do.
Still regarding the horses, and burros by the way, they round them up and kill them or otherwise dispose of them regularly.
There is a slight difference in the effect on the environment and the length of time the animals have been in the environment. Many will say horses and burros, and dont forget cattle, have been there 500 years and they dont reproduce and choke out natural species and vegetation and have become a resource.
Hogs are xtreemly destructive. The nuisance that an deer elk wild horse or burro may cause to a garden or land is easily delt with if even noticed in comparison.
I grew up around the Phoenix area. There are plenty of horses and burros and even a few cattle roaming the areas we camped and hunted, were talking 40 plus years ago when Phoenix was a smallish town. Non shod hooves really are not noticeable unless you're tracking and the only damage those animals did was to sleep. Burros are noisy bastards at times.
I think a big part of it is birth rates, predators and certain environments will only support certain animals. Central here is birth rates predators and damage hogs do.
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One must also think about what they do and it’s side effects whether it’s harmful, neutral, or helpful in the scheme of things. Besides the local raccoon populations the increase in deer hunting and deer feeders have helped boost the ability of hogs to reproduce. This has helped to contribute to the hog numbers that we have today. Every deer hunter who has a deer feeder has contributed to the increase in feral hogs.
My family raised pigs. I worked on the farm every day. So I know a little something about hogs too.
A lot of feral hogs today are just descendants of domestic hogs that escaped or were turned out and became feral.
Really? Razor blades?
I've shot my share of tuskers and have a collection of skulls and pointed tusks with edges on them but none are as sharp as razor blades.
I've also read where deer 'have razor sharp hooves'.
English are creepy as ****.
HKShooter65
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The only remaining trace I've noted a week after a dead hog is left in the field is white buzzard poo on the rocks in the proximity.
HKShooter65
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Not literally, of course.
Tusks are more like tent stakes attached to a 200 pound animal.
Deer hooves are more akin to police batons!
Formidable weapons indeed.
Thank you....
...and thank you.
We actually had a local Vet interested in the hunt and carried her with us. Cant tell ya how many dogs were saved by having her there. She was a beast and would sew a dog shut on the spot.
