Looking for land owners who need a hunter to reduce Wild Boar numbers.

[JHT]

Hi.  I reside near Seattle, WA and would be willing to travel to most any State that has land owners NEEDING to reduce significant numbers of wild boar and other pesky types from their property.  Be able to provide me with some insight into your problems, including the severity, and I may be able to cull some undesirable pests for you.  Please be able to refer me to a clean, inexspensive motel/hotel in the general area of where I will be spending my hunting hours.  If the problem is an ongoing one I would most likely be able to make several trips to your site over the upcoming years.

I do not expect any payment for providing this service, although an occasional meal or a few gallons of gas would be much appreciated.

Thanks and best regards,

Jay

[swordfish]

Jay,
Don't feel bad about not getting any takers.
Everyone and their dog says that hogs are a problem, but it's a problem that they enjoy tackling them selves. You need to try to contact farmers more than "land owners", and even they prefer to lease out hunting rights to get rid of them. They seem to have the mind set that they can make money off their problem, and they do. It stinks, but that's just how it is. On occation you will find some really cool people that own land and will invite you out to hunt hogs, but not often.
Richard is one of those cool people on this forum that has extended the offer to a lucky few here. People like him are few and far between.
Good luck in your search, and good hunting where ever you get the chance to.

[JHT]

Swordfish, thank you for your reply and I now have a better insight into the "problem" with wild hogs.  Jay

 

[no guns here]

I was at a gun show this weekend in San Antonio.  Stood next to a guy looking at suppressed rifles.  He was complaining about all the hogs on his ranch and how he had to use suppressors so he could shoot more than one at a time.  Turns out he wasn't too worried about his hog problem.  Seems he wants people to pay him to kill off his problem animals.  They compete with his deer, cattle, exotics and cause lots of damage but he wouldn't dream of "letting" someone shoot the hogs.  I told him that when it gets bad enough to give me a call and I'll come out and help him out.  I have two kids (18 and 17) that need some hunting time.  Told him that we would be glad to shoot yearling females and not his big money hogs... he almost brightened up at that.  We'll see if he calls.  I doubt it, but I'll be danged if I'm going to pay someone to kill off their nuisance hogs that are already costing them thousands per year.


NGH

[HL]

The problem is that the land owner will have to make sure he has enough insurance to cover any bogus lawsuit that may arise from someone getting hurt on his property. You may not be one that would file a suit, but there are a lot that would jump on the opportunity to sue a land owner for their own stupidity.

I'm one of those land owners with a pretty bad hog problem, but I would never allow anyone out there to hunt them. Main reason, we have cattle. In the past some have been shot and no one seemed to know how it happened. Trash is another big problem. It's the country, so it's OK to clean vehicles of their trash and leave it for us to clean up.

If I ever decide to allow anyone to hunt my place, I will check and see what the premium will be for an insurance policy to cover any and all possible claims and charge them the cost of the premium.

As far as contacting farmers, most likely they are the same as ranchers in Texas. They know the value of a lease and if there is any game at all on the place, it is most likely leased out or left for family to hunt.

[no guns here]

Yup, I know... insurance, lawsuits, trash, shooting cows and all that crap.  Some of us know better.  As far as trash... I've picked up more than enough trash off of hunting areas.  A good portion is feed sacks, baling wire, baling twine, rolls of old barbed wire, old tools, scrap tin sheets, etc.  More trash from most of the farmers/ranchers than anything else.  I can almost guarantee that if I wanted to I could fill a pickup bed with trash off of almost any quarter section.  I don't litter, my kids had BETTER not.  I carry my own insurance.  I close gates and I will let you know if I see anything wrong with any of your livestock, crops, fences or equipment.  Spent more than enough time in SW OK, N TX ranch land to know better.  Pigs and deer look NOTHING like any cow I've ever seen.  If you can't see it, you shouldn't shoot it.  The only problem with that I can ever see is a ricochet.  You can mitigate the risk but you can't eliminate the possibility.  I have some ideas that might help with this problem for some people.  I'll have to flesh them out and do some more thinking on this.


NGH

[JHT]

I have given this situation a great deal of thought and have concluded that this is a "real problem that does not exist except in the minds of those landowners who need or want a problem to complain about."  I do not want to throw this theory onto all landowners, so for those landowners who really suffer with this problem I extend my sympathy and offer to assist in mitigating their problems, if so desired.   Regards, Jay

[Land_Owner]

There were days when the pigs stacked up under the corn feeder and throughout the property.  I could point you in their direction and you could shoot them to your heart's content, provided they stayed "local" while you were doing it.  Then the State Trappers took over.  In the past 18-months they have trapped and killed over 450 in the 5,000-acre woods behind me.  Still, there are pigs killed on the adjacent State Highway, week end and week out, from lands to the north and east that they did not trap.  Like an infestation of mosquitoes.  When the insecticide is removed from the environment the "bubble" of protection collapses and soon enough the 'skeeters return, mostly with a vengeance.

I am fairly certain that the pigs will return again soon enough.  Stewart, 45-70, BBF (from Canada) & wife, and others, will get their opportunities and hopefully many more.  But I will not invite someone to shoot pigs on my land if I suspect that the pigs are not in close proximity.  It makes no sense for a hunter to drive multiple hours (or fly), to sit over a smallish property and see nothing for their effort, except a real nice piece of ground that is torn up from hog rootings and you can't figure out why they are not right there in front of you with such an abundance of good sign.

[markc]

Landowner, good point.  Even with auto feeders, there are those times (often) the pigs just do not show themselves. 

[teddy12b]

I can't see holding it against famers, ranchers or land owners for charging people to hunt.  If the hogs are destroying their livelihood all they are doing is recouping some of their financial lost.  Kind of like turning lemons into lemonade. 

I'd love to go hunt hogs, and I about had a trip setup with a guy who worked a ranch in texas, but due to a pregnant wife at the time it never worked out.

[encore4me]

 For me this would not be a problem but a blessing. would love to have something big to hunt year round that tasted so good.



Matt

[JeffG]

Yes, I have to admit, when I saw the title of this thread I thought, This will rank right up there with "WANTED; LONELY BEAUTIFUL RICH SINGLE 22 YEAR OLD WOMEN, I WILL TAKE CASH TO DATE THEM"

[Mohawk]

Hog hunting is in high demand which will always have a price. Many landowners will say "over populated" but that's just to reel you in. That translates to "high success" to an eager hunter. If flocks of doves blanketed the sky blocking out the sun and "ravaged" sunflower crops....... you will still have to pay. That's just the way it is. 

[gcrank1]

You can always buy your own land, and have your own 'problem'.
They did.