Feral Hogs? In Indiana?

[Bigum1969]

Originally Posted by paddling_man

We had Russian Boars feral all over the Smokies in East Tennessee. Nasty, filthy, dangerous! They will even eat deer fawns. 30-30 did just fine in the short range shooting of the scrubby hills and mtns around Knoxville. Tn DNR wanted them shot on sight. As many and as often as possible. Good to eat when less than 200 lbs.

I've got a friend in Texas. They hunt with dogs and finish the hog with a large knife.

I've got to admit that is a little disturbing to me. I know I'm going to get blasted for this, but it seems hunting with dogs and finishing them off with a knife isn't exactly humane.

Go ahead, let me have it...

[hoosierdaddy]

They have been found in Lawrence, Jackson, Orange and Crawford Counties. Rumor has it, they were "imported" from the South by people who want to hunt them locally. I'm pretty sure you can use high-powered rifles to hunt them and it is open season all year.
I have heard BAD things about these critters (destructive, mean and once they arrive they are hard to get rid of).

[Don]

Lemme know where they are at. I'll help dispose of the problem. 5.56x45 does a nice job on them.

.45acp is not a round you would want to hunt these things with. If I find them here, My setup will be my 20" ar15, my ruger redhawk .44mag then my g30 for a backup gun.

[paddling_man]

Originally Posted by Bigum1969

I've got to admit that is a little disturbing to me. I know I'm going to get blasted for this, but it seems hunting with dogs and finishing them off with a knife isn't exactly humane.

Go ahead, let me have it...

No flames from me. I was a little surprised when I was first exposed to it via friends in Texas and Australia. Apparently, it is relatively common there. The dogs wear wide collars to minimize k9 injury. The hogs... Well.

Since there was no graphic warning at the thread title, I removed the image. I can't edit it from the quote but did what I can after a potential faux pax.

FWIW, the traditional method was to use dogs to corner and finish the pig with a short hafted boar spear. Not everything "traditional" continues to be a good idea, conceded, but I personally don't have a problem with this method. I can see how others might and offer no judgement (or flames ) accordingly.


Anyone that knows of a population, has property owner permission, and intends to organize a hunt? I would love to tag along - traditional or centerfire.

[haldir]

A lot of old time hog farmers killed their hogs by slitting their throats while feeding, or is it chasing them with dogs that disturbs you.

[ashylarry]

Id probably poop my pants if one of those came charging at me

[VanillaThunder]

my mouth would water. i think it would be like the old cartoons....i'd just see pork chops , ribs, and bacon coming at me. slowly, albeit....

[paddling_man]

Continuing on what we had in East Tennessee...

Sus scrofa Gray; European Wild Hog

Here's a picture of cute old Wilbur. My great-uncle had a mounted boar head in their home that he had taken. Born in 1908, they farmed within miles of what later became the Great Smoky Mountains Nat'l Park. Let me tell you, those mounted heads are disturbing to a wee five year old from Daytona Beach!

[wolfman]

Those tusks are as sharp as a razor and a wild hog knows how to use them !!!!!!

[Josh Smith]

Originally Posted by Annie Oakley

For all my farming experience hogs were never my cup of tea...just something about them. Saw a show about them a couple of years ago and as soon as the first or second litter delivered in the wild the babies are back to what they were before man started keeping them. They said that one that escapes starts taking on the characteristics within a year.

OH! Sort of like strawberries?