OH NO! And some of us thought we were having problems with deer, and some with armadillos, skunks and raccoons. So sorry to hear this. How do people deal wild hogs? I've read that it's a huge problem in Texas.

Aw, geez, short of BEARS or something, I suppose that's my worst nightmare. I'm so sorry.

I don't know how on earth you can deal with them, either. I do read of trappers you can sometimes get to come out. They make a living selling the meat. I hope that's an option for you.

I've had troubles because of the wild hogs also. They got inside my fenced yard this year...I just about went into shock just looking at the destruction!

Sodium nitrite, a meat preservative basically harmless to humans is very poisonous to them. Heard a story on the news a year or two ago. Google it

It was being tested in a Kerrville state park, but I don't know how that's going. It's problematic, because it has to be well-disguised (hogs avoid it like the plague) and poisoning of other species has to be avoided. I try to avoid nitrite in my own diet most of the time because of cancer-causing potential.

I see some hog track on my land , not many so far. There are two huge carcasses in my gorge. I hauled one skull up onto my deck after it was stripped by the bugs. It is 16" long. I think it was lion killed.

Make a few bucks on selling hogs that you caught , if you're interested. There is a market for wild hog meat.

smarty lady

There is a guy somewhere in central Texas that sets up pens to catch wild hogs on people's property. He baits the pen several nights and has the gate wired with a camera and sensor that he can activate by computer. He checks his camera and closes the gate when he has quite a few hogs in the pen. He goes out the next day and loads them up. I'm sure he sells them.

Wanton why do you think it was lion killed? did you see prints or scat? or a lion? if you see some evidence it may not be a bad idea to tell TPWD. If they look around and think its likely they might put people on notice, especially if they get more reports. Just the dead hog could be a lot of things, injured by vehicle, shot, poisoned, bitten by a rattlesnake, etc. another lion sign is dragging, they'll pull a kill into a slightly more secluded place try and hide it. Mountain lions are.generally reclusive and will stay away from people but they still can be dangerous .

I have seen prints , scat.I have heard them, My neighbors on both sides have seen them. There have been deer and hogs with their throats ripped out around. A horse In Henley Texas was taken down. The guys at TPWD are well aware of the lion or lions that follow the Pedernales river. That was last year. They seem to move on for a year or two and then move back in for a bit. I have heard it snarl. Man that raised the hair on my arm. last year, I found track and scat 50' from my back door. I found track in my front field in a place where the grass was beaten down where a large animal had laid down. It was a great place, partially hidden, good for watching the field and water tank. They could see three approaches from that spot. The deer like to gather in that field.

Well the good news is that they will keep the hog population down a little. rarely will they interact with people but they do scare me and I do think about them when I am alone in the wilderness.

Nah, just say : "kiiiitty, kiity, kiity".....

Omar

Say it in a LOUD VOICE WHILE WAVING YPOUR ARMS or whatever.

Which reminds me of some verbal family history. I was told a story by a descendant of a longtime Austen family. THe family used to have a ranch on Cat mountain . This woman's 7 year old great grandmother was walking back from school along the path that followed the ridge and felt something behind her. Her hair was rising on her arms. so she whirled around and saw a Mountain lion real close stalking her, and she remembered her Dad's words not to run, make herself as big as possible and yell and yell and yell.She started to wave her pinafore's apron and yelling (you guest it) Kitty kitty Kitty on top of her lungs to a low slinking lion. It was the only thing she could think of. She never stopped yelling all the way home. She got a life long reputation of being one tough broad not to be messed with from then on. A big deal was made of it. It was written up in the papers.

Some nights I get a weird feeling taking out the garbage down 300+' of caliche road and I start singing off tune loudly. I will sometimes cary the old time maglight that the cops use as a baton. Those little modern flashlights just don't give me much confidence on a dark night.

They are horrid in our E TX property. To add insult to injury, we had a water leak recently that was unattended for 1 week, except for the hogs that found the soil nice and soft for grub hunting. Oh, what a mess! Garden beds and lawn were totally destroyed. I can't tell you how many times I've fallen from misteps in the irregular soil. Luckily I fall in the grass so I can get up with only my bruised pride.

i will read about the sodium nitrate and might consider using it since it doesn't appear to hurt pets, except that both dogs have gotten into soil licking.

we do know there are all kinds of hog trappers that will happily remove them from property but problem is letting strangers in the property.

Yeah the modern flashlights are nice because they are small, lightweight, and bright. my old 4 d cell Maglite is nice because its basically a big heavy aluminum club that also makes light lol.

Be careful taking that trash out. especially dawn and dusk. Then again my fear of them is a little exaggerated and not rational, maybe I'm a wimp.

I am more afraid of rattlesnakes.

On subject. My neighbor tried to trap some hogs in my gorge and got nothing , but he shot three that were all over 300 lbs.. The lion got two . That was last year. There has been a whole lot less routing under the oak trees this year. So far, they have staid away from my garden area. The coons, dillos, and skunks have not gotten the memo though, but their damage is less but still quite irritating.

Last year I had an armadillo that would frequent my yard digging some pretty substatiAL holes all over the place I startled it one evening and it darted off full speed and crashed into the fence. kinda funny

Feral hogs are dangerous. My father hunted deer on various leases during the 50s through the 80s in central Texas. During one of those times he was walking out to his blind when a hog charged him from out of the brush. He fired at and hit the hog, and it ran back into the brush where he could hear it squealing. He did not go looking for it, saying it was one of the scariest things to ever happen.

Hogs can pose as much danger as mountain lions. A sow with young isn't somthing you want to mess with. Double the risk if encountering a boar courting a sow in estrous.
In case anyone decide's to trap hogs,it is illegal in Tx to transport live feral hogs. An effective method of ridding a place of hogs is chaseing them with dogs. Hogs can move fast for a short distance but will turn to fight when out of energy. Trained dogs can quickly subdue an exhusted hog,alowing hunter to kill or capture it. If you are up for some down home intertainment,ride along with a dog hunter. This isn't news to those who grew up around domestic hogs but an agile person ( mom could do it) can snatch the rear legs of a hog off the ground and have him at his mercy. Hogs are among the most intelligent creatures so they will not return to a place where they felt danger. After being chased and hearing one of their sounder mates being captured,the remainder will "git out of Dodge".. Now we come full circle. Chasing them away only add's to someone else's burden. Several yahoos around the state trap hogs for bounty paid by land owners then resale to hunting resorts. The live transport law is for that reason plus risk of spreading disease. I'll take wild turkey over hogs any day.