Feral Hogs, Northern Part of State!

[wizard_of_ahs]

Yes. I have heard that the taste is slightly different from domestic, but they are still good eats.

How do you say BACON

 

[HICKMAN]

man, these things are worse than illegal aliens!

buddy of mine lives in Texas and these things breed so fast and do so much destruction it has completely decimated his deer hunting areas. Can't kill them fast enough and so many that they just leave the meat to rot.

 

[throttletony]

exactly! they are very destructive as well.

Ditto to the above. I feel a little (just a little) bad that I'm so excited that I may run across some of these on my winter 'yote hunts. Maybe time to upgrade to a .308

 

[Want2ShootMore]

Ditto to the above. I feel a little (just a little) bad that I'm so excited that I may run across some of these on my winter 'yote hunts. Maybe time to upgrade to a .308

Yeah, I'm not excited for the farmers, but I am excited to have a good reason to keep the 458 SOCOM in the vehicle at all times.

 

[patience0830]

Yeah, I'm not excited for the farmers, but I am excited to have a good reason to keep the 458 SOCOM in the vehicle at all times.

you need a reason? WHO KNEW?

 

[Want2ShootMore]

you need a reason? WHO KNEW?

That thought was crossing my mind as I was typing that.

 

[ajanes10]

I've herd that if you dont have them around then you want them....but as soon as they come around that you want them all to go away. There are over 2 million in Texas now. Ill just keep a .308 by the back door when they over take Indiana.

 

[ZS84]

man, these things are worse than illegal aliens!

buddy of mine lives in Texas and these things breed so fast and do so much destruction it has completely decimated his deer hunting areas. Can't kill them fast enough and so many that they just leave the meat to rot.

Yeah but they will let us shoot the hogs and we even get a handshake from the CO

I did not think about the neg impact on deer hunting areas. Hmmmm. To bad we can not just have a few without them getting way out of control

 

[Skip]

Here is a follow up story about this!

ROFL! Need a note about responsible pet ownership!

'Feral' pigs killed in Elkhart County were family pets - wsbt.com

Um, hahahahahahahahaha, um, sorry!

 

[lucky4034]

Sucks for that guy....

 

[eatsnopaste]

The two hogs killed up here in Middlebury were family pets that got loose for two or three days...pot bellied pigs...not feral.

 

[singlestacksig]

The two hogs killed up here in Middlebury were family pets that got loose for two or three days...pot bellied pigs...not feral.

free roaming swine with no tags .. that counts as wild pig.. the owner made the choice to not tag them & not notify the DNR as soon as he knew they got out.. he 'put out food & waited' ?? ..

 

[ZS84]

Ummm turn off the BBQ. I am sorry for the guys loss but there are things that he could have done that could have changed the outcome of this story. If I had a dog that resembled a coyote then he would have a collar on at all times. This guy should have tagged the pigs and contacted the DNR when they got out. This sucks for the guy but he choose not to do these things and now this is the outcome. I am glad that the DNR is standing by how the situation was handled.

 

[Skip]

If I did have a dog that was free to roam, or you did for that matter, and we were neighbors, let me tell you what would happen, or that I would expect to happen if it ended up on your or my property: BANG!

Plain and simple.

Be responsible. It isn't someone else's fault that his pigs got shot, it is his, alone, um, period.

The "fence" for his hogs was two strands of barwire. Guess what? That is NOT how you restrain hogs, regardless if they are Duroc, or potbellied.

No, the shooter is not at fault here. I do happen to know him, and he was on the phone with the DNR the whole time. When the DNR got there, the CO said: "Yep, those are feral pigs!"

If it looks like a wild hog, smells like a wild hog, gets shot like a wild hog..............it will always, from that day forward, be considered a wild hog.................

 

[Aaronhome27]

Got em in Northern Indiana, got em in Southern Indiana, so it shouldn't be too long we'll have em thick here in Central Indiana. Hunting will go up a notch or two. My friend in Texas says they are some good free eating. Fire up the BBQ.

There is another Indiana hunting forum I am a member on as well. On the other forum there is a member that goes by IndianasHogman. He has been killing large numbers of hogs just south east of Indy for several years now and he says they cannot keep up with them there. He has reported that he quit counting after taking over 80 hogs in that area personally. He has taken groups of guys out at a time and had plenty of pictures to show of their hunts as well.

 

[ZS84]

There is another Indiana hunting forum I am a member on as well. On the other forum there is a member that goes by IndianasHogman. He has been killing large numbers of hogs just south east of Indy for several years now and he says they cannot keep up with them there. He has reported that he quit counting after taking over 80 hogs in that area personally. He has taken groups of guys out at a time and had plenty of pictures to show of their hunts as well.

Be my guest to give him my name and number so he can get ahold of me. It would be something I am willing to help him out with.