Pacific Northwest Hog Hunting

[spiker7mm]

With the limited Deer and Elk season in Washington State (combined 18 days regular season), I was watching one of the outdoor channels and they were hunting hogs vic Spokane, WA.  That got my attention but I have been unable to find any information.  I've heard that Oregon has Ferrel hogs you can hunt year around.  A co-worker talks about hunting pigs in the mid-west. All of this sounds like a great excuse to get out in the off season and satisfy my hunting habit.  Any information would be appreciated, please provide specifics. 

[quickdtoo]

The only feral hogs here in Washington that I'm aware of are on the Olympic penninsula, dunno about the Spokane feral hogs, but there is a game farm there that offers hogs hunts.

Another highlight of opening weekend was that no feral pigs were reported in the region, said Jack Smith, regional WDFW wildlife manager. Smith has asked hunters to report any such sightings because of concerns that the pigs – some weighing as much as 250 pounds – could destroy the area habitat. One hunter did find a skull, complete with 7½-inch tusks, indicating the beasts' presence, but no live pigs were reported or taken.

http://wdfw.wa.gov/do/weekendr/oct3001.htm

The feral pigs that roam the southern Olympic Peninsula woods have been spotted again. A hunter took one animal in the upper Wishkah River valley, while signs of the wild oinkers were found in the Deckerville Swamp area near the Mason-Grays Harbor County line. It's thought that the pigs are descendants of wild boars imported from eastern Europe to the Olympic Peninsula in the 1930s. No hunting license is required to harvest a feral pig, which are considered "feral domestics" and can top out at 300 pounds or more. They have tusks like their wild European cousins, and can be dangerous when confronted.


http://wdfw.wa.gov/do/weekendr/jan2302.htm

The Oregon feral hogs are somewhat elusive, good luck in finding them!!

Tim

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/resources/hunting/small_game/

http://www.oregon.gov/OISC/docs/pdf/swine_ra.pdf

http://www.clr.pdx.edu/docs/feral%20swine%20action%20plan.pdf

http://www.dfw.state.or.us/agency/directory/index.asp

[BUTCHER45]

     I am going to be actively hunting oregon's wild boar and have gathered quite a bit of info on them, their whereabouts, and where they came from.  Lot's of Euro blood.  Possibly more Euro percentage blood than any other truly wild hogs in the country. 
     A guy that owns private property right in the thick of it is allowing me to set up bait stations and trail cams plus I know of two locations that are on public land in another area though those seem to have more domestic blood from what I hear.   
     The goal is eradication.  These things do not belong in Oregon's wilderness.

[spiker7mm]

Quicktdoo and Butcher45, thanks for the replies.  Butcher45 if you wouldn't mind providing some of your research as to the location of the hogs, I'd appreciate it.

thanks

Spiker7mm

[trotterlg]

Just look at the meadows, when you see one that looks like it was disked up you have found the pigs.  I've never seen one in Washington, however in Northern CA when I was a kid they were all over the place, take a friend, they will eat your dog and you.  Larry