Heres a thought. There are many people (like me) who would hunt hogs everyday if we had a place to hunt them that didnt mean buying an expensive lease or paying thousands to hunt on private property. If we need to get rid of hogs...why not make hog hunting free instead of charging. And i dont mean licensing. I mean the cost of the hunts themselves
I have a friend who has a ranch in Elgin, Texas and he has a large tank/pond that I used to go fishing in all the time. Last year he called me and said the tank was GONE, and it was. Feral hogs descended on it and you would have had to see it to believe the damage they did. It looked like someone took a back hoe to it--what used to be a beautiful place to fish was turned into nothing but dredged up mud, tons of it. No water remained--just mud. I couldn't believe my eyes. Yeah these pigs are a HUGE problem.
Have him post a place for hunters to contact him so they can set up hunts. Just ask that the hunters agree to not cause further harm to the land or leave trash. There are many hunters that would jump on this. Just a place to pitch a tent or park a RV/camper (maybe hook ups but I would charge for that) and I bet they would clear out every hog on/near his land quickly.
Have let hunter come to his land and hunt I came to Oklahoma couple days ago and killed 9 hogs with me and 3 of my brother us.. We plan to go to Texas to hunt next but we need a spot
Need to put them on the menus of all the high end restaurants. Same with lionfish. Feral hogs are good eating, much better than venison, put a market on them.
If a pig or hog knows its going to die its adrenaline runs into the meat and ruins the taste, you have to electrocute them then cut their throat for nice tasting meat
they can give you undulant fever which can last from weeks to months. the possibility that a restaurant might not cook it to 170 degrees every single time is small. plus, cooking past 170 degree makes the meat pretty tough and less appetizing. if you cook it past 180 it can maybe be an okay food source in times of emergency, even though i wouldnt bet on it being safe 100% of the time.
When the ranches stop charging huge dollars to hunt them i can start to feel sad for what there going through. I think there is a bunch of us that will deal with problem for them and even supply our own ammo.
I’m pretty sure that if I owned a ranch I wouldn’t want just anybody running around on my land shooting things up. Having seen goats, cattle and horses shot during deer season in Maine, exercising control of your private land seems a pretty smart move. The ranchers aren’t getting rich off hog hunts, they’re trying to control their property and turn a bad thing into a not as bad thing while keeping their families and their animals safe. Ask the farmers and ranchers who aren’t charging for hog hunts and I’ll bet you can find a place to hunt hogs to your hearts content.
@@Wayne-O-5169 I live in Maine and every farmer I've talked to has never had an animal shot by hunters ... ever. Texas ranchers could offer hunting-by-permission-only. Then they'd know who was on their land.
@@davidjenson4512 They do that now: You have permission to hunt, AFTER you pay me this FEE. And sometimes, "And depending on the size of the hogs you take, it's this much, or this much, or this amount here." It's a big money grab a lot of places. In my opinion, the whole thing has gotten turned around. To me, if a single hog can do say a hundred dollars of damage in a night, (just using that as a figure), you would think the land owner would be happy to have someone take it out for free. Maybe even offer a few dollars toward a person's ammo and fuel. But the way it is a lot, if not most places, no, you have to pay them. It's about like someplace like Orkin paying you to come spray your house for bugs. Doesn't make sense. Maybe if places that do crop insurance would refuse to pay if the farmers were charging to hunt, it would change. I don't know, but it's a thought.
And yet many landowners still want to charge sizable fees to hunt feral hogs on their land. Very frustrating for hunters whether they just enjoy the challenge or are looking to fill a freezer. Trapped hogs can be sold and generate income or be butchered to feed the homeless.
But tpwd still wanna use those poisons they invested millions into. And though they made it legal to shoot them without a license on private property they haven't loosened any of the regulations or cost to landowners wanting to lease their property specifically to hog hunters.
@@FlySwann there is no cost from TPWD to the landowner to lease out his/her land for hunting. And only the landowner can shoot pigs and other invasive species on their land w/o a license. Everyone else must have a license.
Wm H I owe a good deal of land and use to allow people to hunt for free and had to stop because people junked up the land with camping supplies and water bottles to beer cans it's pathetic really but when I charge hunters I get a different class of people who are more respectful to me and the land so it's not us landowners at fault it's the people who didn't raise their kids right
@@rockyreynolds4027 that's also a big problem, lots of folks really ruined it for allot of others. Lucky I have friends with land that'll let me hunt for practically free if I help clean up sites and clean deer during the busy part of the year.
They've tried hunting and even organized shootings with automatic rifles, night vision, trucks, and helicopters, but it doesn't work. A big haul can put a dent in a population, but shooting disperses the hogs and many escape just to reproduce quickly and come back just as strong. The only way they can be eradicated is through very careful coral trapping that takes months and months to get a sounder of reproduces to get trapped all at once. You can't get only a just a few, you have to trap the whole sounder because those that escape become educated to avoid corals. Since sounders range slowly, you can remove a whole sounder, then move on to he range of the next sounders and set up a new coral. And on and on. This takes time, cameras, and remote triggers, but it works. Hunting, sadly, has failed as a single intervention, but it can be useful in conjunction with trapping to get any left behind.
Feral hogs in suburban areas along Walnut Creek in Austin are an ongoing problem that is rapidly increasing in severity. I greatly appreciate the guidance from these videos and TPWD's valiant efforts to control the swine population. This video, in particular, addresses the very complex issue in a concise and educational format. I believe a follow-up video, in the same style, that is tailored to educate the public on safely dealing with the increasing number of suburban feral hog encounters would be welcomed and highly beneficial. Unfortunately, we still have folks who do not understand the dangers and ineffectiveness of hunting or engaging these animals in an urban or suburban setting. Many Texans are frustrated at the lack of cooperation between agencies and their current efforts to control these populations in non-rural areas. Inevitably, this frustration and lack of education will lead to some very poor choices on the part of some residents who live in close quarters with these hogs and each other. Please consider a video by TPWD that specifically highlights the potential consequences of these poor choices. Thank you for all of your tireless efforts.
I've just read that feral hogs have been here since 1493. There are now over 6-7 MILLION of them ranging from Texas all the way north to Ohio and Michigan. I don't think we are controlling them fast enough. Need MORE hunting and other methods.
@@MIKE2111ful As I understand it, they were brought here from Europe. They had no predators to begin with. Then, imbeciles transported them around the country to hunt for sport, spreading them far and wide.
@@MIKE2111ful 7, 8 billion people breeding like rats. Almost all of them with an insatiable greed for anything and everything. It's a wonder there is any wildlife left on earth whatsoever.
@@VirgoCali89 ...actually laloni, militant left wing activists call out daily for the death of trump voters but i digress.... Feral hogs otherwise referred to as giant rats or tiny godzillas...monsters either way.... they can root several feet into soft soil, eating invertebrates and the bulbs and rhizomes of plants, so they’re having negative effect on the plant community as well as wildlife,” said Rob Denkhaus, natural resource manager for the city-operated Fort Worth Nature Center. “They can be predators on some wildlife species such as ground-nesting birds, reptiles and amphibians and the like,” Denkhaus said. “So their impact is far-reaching, and ALL negative.” Rick Taylor, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife biologist in Uvalde and author of the booklet “The Feral Hog in Texas,” would agree. “Feral hog activity can destabilize WETLAND AREAS, springs, and creeks by excessive rooting for food, trampling and wallowing,” Taylor said. “In addition to WETLAND HABITAT DESTRUCTION and alteration, hogs damage trees and destroy countless thousands of acres of farmland...try driving a 4wheeler after some wild pigs came thru and uprooted the field....Wild hogs are also predators at times....wild hogs prey on FAWNS, YOUNG LAMBS and BABY GOATS...If the opportunity arises, they may also destroy or consume EGGS of GROUND NESTING BIRDS, such as turkeys and quail.” these things are basically tearing up the good earth...do u hate mother earth laloni?...oh and dont let one of these things get between your child and something it wants cuz itll kill your child to get it...these cockroaches on the landscape breed like cockroaches too...they get preggo at SIX MONTHS like a cat and can litter three times a year...they are CONSTANTLY pregnant and constantly squeezing out destructive little baby beasts...too fast for us to hunt them into manageable numbers...when they make it into subdivisions thennthe fun really starts...forget having a garden or flower bed...rioters would be better for the hood than these damn things.....🤧
Laloni, unfortunately for the cute little hogs, there's no way to establish some type of hog ranch where we can release them, and let them live out the rest of their lives in heavenly bliss.
One thing I think would help a lot, NO HOG LEAVES A TRAP ALIVE. This deal of trapping them and selling them to a place that does paid hunts isn't really helping a whole lot in my opinion.
I agree, over the past few weeks I have been reading and watching every bit of information on these hogs. From the way it sounds to me, Texas isn't super serious about getting rid of them and this is a money maker for them.
Y'all need to have your governor declare a free, year round, open, hunting season on feral hogs, with no limits. As to the ones who show up in urban areas? Maybe bring in some specialists and hold lots of pork roasts and/or donate the meat to some food pantries and homeless shelters. Putting it up for sale might help offset some of the costs, as well. Meat is good food!
Is feral hogs meat edable? If so, why is it not commercialized It could feed a lot of hungry peoples Is it because of beef meat lobbys? Or hunting lobbys? Thank you
Just make hunting hogs free in these areas so that others can eat them or sell to restaurants. It’s not rocket science. 🤷♀️ Why don’t these farmers catch these pigs and sell them?? If they r doing harm to crops, sell them.
We pay $4,000 a year to be on a lease... 52 weeks of hunting, fishing, setting around a fire... a bargain! Want to hunt? Go find 8 to 12 friends and get a lease...
How is this even a problem? Texans have a lot of guns. Texans love to hunt. Hogs are a great source of food for humans. Add it up, and its basically free "organic" and "free range" food supply.
2 words, private property. If it's your property like in my families case we hunt it regularly especially out in rural areas but when you get out near the cities people start charging to hunt their land which in that case you hope the hogs tear enough shit up on their property to reconsider, which unfortunately is still just a temporary solution. Me and my family have wiped hogs out multiple times only to have new ones move back in because the neighbors couldn't be bothered and we dont always have the time to drive 2 hours out to regularly purge them either as we have personal lives to attend too. Not to mention we had to cull the coyotes because too many were born and started harassing everything but the hogs.
@@mikekean8344 yeah man, people are greedy when it comes to hunting hogs. I just shot my first one last night. Luckily where I hunt I can shoot for free. But many people charge ridiculous amount to hunt these pests.
"Hunting is not logistically feasible in urban areas." Yeah, that's a lie. I participate in an urban archery program in Virginia that manages the size of the deer herds in public parks and the adjacent private lands. Very logistically feasible, but with the whacked out liberals in this area, it's contested constantly. But it's highly effective, and many if not most of the park hunters donate the venison to food pantries and soup kitchens.
you folks in texas are no where near serious at all about gettin control of this pig problem...you would rather be able to hunt them for hunting sake than really get rid of the problem...to everyone else its a problem..:for texans tho, its only a hunting opportunity...and i love hunting but you guys love it too much in this case of these pigs....
Actually more would rather hunt deer. There are just so many hogs and they are destructive, so why not? Plus they taste good. What's your solution? Napalm?
Not true. Here in San Antonio they have been known to attack small children, dogs, etc. I bought a twelve gauge a few days ago, hehe😋. Primarily to fire warning shots and scare them off but I’ll shoot if need be
Yeah and that's part of the problem dumb Texans like to shoot anything that moves and that's why there is no predators left to keep the pig population in check.
@@MIKE2111ful hold on now...what predators are you referring to?...what predator in texas would go after a pig?...a bear?...not many bears in texas...a cougar?...again, not alot of those either....
I saw a few of them heavy Feral Hawgs in my Trailer Park bar last night. After about 5 Jäegerbombers and a 12pk, man they sure looked nice. So they have a open season on them? They sure eat all the fast food and Nachos so I can see why.
Howdy Sir As hog trapping has evolved with the advancements in technology, cell cameras and triggers. Hogs becoming trap wise. Has anyone made up-dates to the latest and best techniques for trapping wild pigs?
At 2.43... As a hunter in the Czech Republic, it's the first time i see 'feral' hogs with eartags.... So they must have been caught or at least have been under control by humans once before? What's the point of turning them loose again??
They might have been domestic farm pigs that got loose. Pigs adapt very quickly to being set free so even farm pigs can look and act like wild boars not too long after being released
I think the wire mesh traps have a few elemantary mistakes: 1) the whole grid should be covered with an opaque foil or with wooden plates! Otherwise the outer hogs see what the inner hogs do - and in this case don´t enter the trap. The hogs are very curious and so they enter the traps rather than otherwise. In much of the videos you see a few hogs waiting out of the trap -> and these hogs learn for their life and teach it to their youngsters. 2) The trapdoor have to operate extremely noiseless to avoid panic! 3) The trapdoor(s) should be constructed typically selfopening/ closing: So the hog have to open it by crawling through the trapdoor with it´s own willpower! Sorry for bad English! Good luck from Tom/ Austria!
TPW is not serious about hunting pigs. Every park I've hunted boasts no limit, kill all you can, but wont let you hunt at night which is when they are active in most parks. Out of more than 30 parks and 7 public lands, I've seen pigs in daylight...Bastrop SP, Government Canyon and Kerr WMA.
feral hog trap: 12v. batteries in series (assuming no access to 120v/220v power) with supercapacitor electrifying simple metal mesh say 40'x40' and corn in middle, when sounder in middle, electrify grid. Increase lethality by stringing 3 wires also electrified, spaced around perimeter of mesh grid = no escape. Could set off remotely with cell pics/video.
another one is a design challenge for MIT: autonomous RC drones with simple 2 part metal jaw to clamp and hold them, must be capable of 40mph: re-usable so you only need 20, 30 of them to tackle sounder. You could incorporate lethal injection or electrocution, but keep it simple and dispatch or bind live and toss in cage truck.
It's real hard to use electic fence on the ground, it shorts out too easily. Plus, pigs feel it under them, they don't know where to go. Half would run out. Must get whole sounder.
Less talk, more action. Take a look at the Pig Brig trapping systems. Unfortunately for the cute little hogs, we don't have some type of hog ranch where we can release them, and let them live out the rest of their lives in heavenly bliss.
Here are the requirements for becoming a Texas Game Warden: tpwd.texas.gov/warden/recruiting-careers/requirements and here is the application process tpwd.texas.gov/warden/recruiting-careers/process
If things are as bad as this video has stated then it may only be a matter of time until an urban hog kills or seriously injures a human, perhaps a child. They are a very powerful animal with the means and ability to do it and will be aggressive if cornered. I hope really that doesn't happen.
Crocodiles, lions, tigers and cheetahs are natural predators of wild hogs. Maybe Texas could take initiatives to expand the population of those animals.
Lions tigers and cheetahs are out of the question for texas but introducing more crocodiles and coyotes bobcats etc. would be good but there is also the problem of ranchers and hunters killing the predators that are supposed to keep the feral hog population under control.
@@alanstevens1296 not really, not enough wildlife around. All private property and rbentually they will be a risk to the people or the livestock and ranchers and farmers will go out and kill them. And not enough land for them to roam.
Had something similar to that happen to me 6 years ago, but only I was in my old VW Jetta and the hog had been hit by another car and had it rear hind quarters shattered. It was still dark and I didn’t see it until I was on top of it. Hit the damn thing at 70-75 MPH, totaled my car.
I'm a retired 49 yr old man, if my beloved state of Texas or any farmer out there provides me a place I can stay anywhere you need help with this issue, I'll volunteer full-time , I'm from Laredo Texas and if y'all want police record, I'll provide one , never been in trouble with the law, just want to help out with this nusence ,used to be a farmer so I know how important it is to get rid of these pest !!
On the upside, at least nobody in Texas ever goes hungry!!😀🐷Hog roast every night, and it’s for free (apart from the initial cost of a rifle & some ammo)😀👍🏻😋🐷
Excellent presentation. The comments section gives valuable insight. Capture of whole sounders seem to be a viable region wide solution. Alternative methods may result in a smarter, low productive breed that can survive with humans.
THERE ARE SO FREEK'N MANY THEY TARE UP OUR FRONT YARD THAT WE PLANTED AND TRY TO KEEP NICE AND BEAUTIFULLY MOWED BUT THESE SOB'S SEEM TO BE EVERYWHERE ....SOME YEARS DONT EVEN PLANT A GARDEN ...
Processing feral hogs could aid government food programs for the millions of immigrants coming from accross the Southern border. Utilizing feral hogs for this purpose would minimize the use of taxpayers money for feeding the multitudes of border crossers and improve Great Leader Joe Biden's raitings in NAFTA and the UN for his humanitarian accomplishments.
@port nut , California's homeless are mostly Liberals and support the border crossings. Their generosity would dictate to feed the immigrants first before themselves. Long live Great Leader Joe Biden! Jawohl Herr Kommandant!
The hog population isn't gonna go down until the big game ranches that offer "trophy boars" are gotten rid of as well. It incentives land owners to managing a herd instead of eradicating them or knocking them down to a acceptable number. It'll also help if more public hunting land was available to hunters wishing to go after them without having to pay expensive leases and fees for them. $25.00 for a hunting liscence and another $48.00 should be all it takes to get rid of them.
non residents still have to get a license to hunt public lands. alot of ppl would come down to shoot hogs for free but if im going to have to buy a licence forget it
3:34 Every effort should be made to ensure humane treatment of animals during trapping (and preparing them for the extermination process). Sounds comedy gold to me. Instead I would suggest to play Metallica "Kill 'em all" during that phase.
Indeed. An anesthesiologist should be at hand to euthanize each and every wild boar not killed on the spot by hunters and trappers. A cardiologist must also be employed to determine time of death and write out a certificate of death. Unless regulated properly, there will be unnecessary suffering to these cuddly animals. PETA and Greenpeace observers must be present during hog-hunting events to ensure compliance with the above mentioned preconditions. Long live Great Leader Joe Biden!!!
If we gonna kill many hogs let’s not waste the meat. I’m seeing helicopters shooting these hogs and just leaving them stranded. Could be used to feed people who needs it.
Mostly their meat contains diseases and the helicopter shootings that leave the hogs is because they cant really take them and its also good as they leave the corpses and nature will take care of it, other predators can come and eat the meat.
@@RacketTattoo ok but what about third world countries. If we can provide solutions that sanitize and give it to them it’s obviously better than them having nothing to eat.
@@RacketTattoo maybe in how you think it. But smart people can always put forth solutions that fixes issues like these. It’s all theory anyways. Nothing is impossible. The only thing that’s withholding progress is greed and politics.
@@froggie1847 its cheaper to raise cattle in their country than export the meat from america. And the only thing that is witholding progress is greed and politics is a stupid answer. Some ideas just dont work
