My Oklahoma Hog Problem

[Okie Hog]

Since 2000 we have owned 80 acres north of Elmore City, OK. Never saw a hog track until about 2007. Now the area is overrun with wild hogs. i attempt to kill little pigs before they become hogs.

There's a feeder where i shoot little pigs from a tree stand about 35 yards away. Last year i killed about 45 little pigs and several adults. there. The ones i missed last year are back with their offspring this year.

 

[Mulebrain]

This reminded me of one of the best sandwiches around

 

[deermanok]

They're all over the place. I bow hunt alot at McGee creek wildlife management area. Hogs are everywhere on that property. Late last season I missed a shot on a big boar one afternoon.

 

[PathfinderNC]

Hog heaven (or hell, depending on how you see it).

 

[Pa-brushbuster71]

Screen name checks out

 

[Mulebrain]

I was thinking, heck when times get hard that would be a blessing.

 

[Musketeer]

Free-range bacon!

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

I think you should put together a week-long muzzleloader (or not) hog hunt. Invite 5 or 6 of us to come down and do major damage. We can either kill them all off or make them decide to relocate to a friendlier neighborhood.

ADK Bigfoot

 

[retrieverman]

You’ll never even make a dent in the pig population by trying to hunt them. If you’re serious about thinning them, find someone with a cellular triggered trap.

 

[recurvebill]

Sorry N.Y. man , but 5 or 6 hunters ain't even going to dent the numbers !! Even if you hunt for a week solid !!! HOWEVER !! Would be a week of pure hog heaven for everyone involved !! Good luck with your endeavor !!

 

[zerosprk]

Shucks, I'd be willing to drive up there and shoot as many as the law will allow...

 

[brazosland]

Tannerite is the answer you are looking for...

Put a half pound on the bottom side of a five gallon bucket full of water suspended over your baited hole.

Close is good enough, but the more hogs more or less under it is more better.

You are basicly making a water impulse charge that will focus the blast down and laterally. The ones under and near will be mashed into the ground, the ones in a 30 foot radius will have their insides scrabbled. You will find them the next day scattered around within a 100 yards or so.

Buy more than one bucket, you will need a new one each time...

It’s fun and effective!

 

[Patocazador]

It's too bad that there are no natural controls for hogs that aren't dangerous or pests for humans like a bacterium that only affects Sus species.

 

[3Setters]

Free-range bacon!

I was thinking the same thing. Or if you shoot them small enough, put them on a spit and cook them over a fire.

 

[Longrifle]

Looks like maybe we all need to road trip and help this man out with his problem.

 

[smoothshooter]

Since 2000 we have owned 80 acres north of Elmore City, OK. Never saw a hog track until about 2007. Now the area is overrun with wild hogs. i attempt to kill little pigs before they become hogs.

There's a feeder where i shoot little pigs from a tree stand about 35 yards away. Last year i killed about 45 little pigs and several adults. there. The ones i missed last year are back with their offspring this year.

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What do you do with the hogs after they are shot?It would be impossible to eat that many.
Looks like you would have to either leave them lay or dump them in a ditch somewhere.

 

[Okie Hog]

Looks like you would have to either leave them lay or dump them in a ditch somewhere.

A few larger pigs and adults are given away. The others are dumped.

 

[Stony Broke]

Once guy gets into serious hog shooting, you just can't find enough people that want the dead ones. If a guy would clean, skin and do a good job of cooking one up on a smoker, someone will want it.....but most just don't want to have to do their own cleaning and processing. I've dumped hundreds of them over the years as I just can't/and don't want to have to process all the dead hogs to give away. It's sort of like giving fish away....people want the meat in filet form or generally not at all ! This is a pic from my old bone pile where the critters come to eat and drag away a lot of the bones......

 

[R.J.Bruce]

Those dead hogs will keep an entire ecosystem fed, from vultures to kites to crows to weasels to coyotes to foxes to dung beetles to worms to etc. Nothing goes to waste in nature, as long as the stench of decomposition isn't bothering anyone.

 

[FishDFly]

Coyotes and vultures appreciate a free meal.