ducks4you
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The threat has been neutralized, at least for now. Are there large populations of these feral hogs still running loose? Will electric fencing keep them out? I know a lot of people near me use electric to contain domestic pigs, but these guys are a breed apart it seems.Those pigs are very destructive. My back field still has the run down barbed wire fence. The hogs have plowed it like mini bulldozers. Holes, bumps, they have torn up the grass and it’s so rough that I have to put the Kawasaki mule in 4 wheel drive. Once I get it fenced like the other 2 fields, it will keep them out. I’ll have a lot of work, dragging a disc, with tires tied to the back of it to smooth it back out. One pass won’t be enough either. Neighbors hay field is likewise being destroyed. Plus those things are mean! I don’t walk in my back field, it’s not safe. I drive the mule or tractor.
The threat has been neutralized, at least for now. Are there large populations of these feral hogs still running loose? Will electric fencing keep them out? I know a lot of people near me use electric to contain domestic pigs, but these guys are a breed apart it seems.
There are literally millions of feral hogs in Texas. If you are hunting your own land or have land owner’s permission, you don’t even need a hunting license. It’s legal to shoot them, day or night, all year. You can even shoot them from a helicopter. You can’t shoot them off the road, for obvious reasons.T
The threat has been neutralized, at least for now. Are there large populations of these feral hogs still running loose? Will electric fencing keep them out? I know a lot of people near me use electric to contain domestic pigs, but these guys are a breed apart it seems.
I’ve been missing you Mary! Glad to have you back. Fly into Dallas, I’ll pick you up!Hi Bay, I've been without a desktop and phone screen is too small to be on here. But I'm back and have caught up with all your hard work and projects. Never knew you had wild boars on your property. It's nice to have all that free meat and good thing you have the skills to process them. You know I wish I was there to help you with all the work on your homestead LOL.
Mary
... It’s legal to shoot them, day or night, all year. You can even shoot them from a helicopter. You can’t shoot them off the road, for obvious reasons.
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Same here, but a dead hog is pretty good proof.around here you'd have to explain those obvious reasons as it seems to be a common thing for people to drive around in the fall with bright lights and guns and to plink deer from their vehicles...
I might keep my eyes out for cheap fares if there's still such a thing. LOLI’ve been missing you Mary! Glad to have you back. Fly into Dallas, I’ll pick you up!