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Offline jh45gun

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« on: October 20, 2005, 06:40:42 PM »
Saw two pigs tonite one I could not get a shot off fast enough and the other was getting to be after shooting hours and getting dark. Next time maybe  :grin: From what I have been hearing the origonal pigs that excaped a couple of years ago have really been breeding and they are getting to be a problem in the area. Hope after the leaves get off the trees better and the grass dies down they maybe easier to find and see.
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« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2005, 05:28:01 AM »
kill em all.  those things are a menace.
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« Reply #2 on: October 21, 2005, 03:05:34 PM »
Quote from: wijim
kill em all.  those things are a menace.


I would love to at least one to start.  :grin:
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2005, 02:21:11 PM »
Let me know if you need help. I would be glad to assist in porker removal. I heard there were some in the Medford area where I hunt but we haven't seen any. Maybe the wolves are after them.
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« Reply #4 on: October 23, 2005, 02:42:27 PM »
try the black river bottoms off of hwy 64 west of town.   thats where they were originally established.
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« Reply #5 on: October 23, 2005, 04:14:36 PM »
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Let me know if you need help. I would be glad to assist in porker removal. I heard there were some in the Medford area where I hunt but we haven't seen any. Maybe the wolves are after them.


Well if you want to try up here the area north of highway 13 in Douglas and Bayfield counties is the place to go. Between highway 13 and Lake Superior which is not a wide area I would suppose that south of the hiway would have pigs too. Problem is most of the area is private property but there are some town and other areas that maybe open. The DNR is begging folks to shoot them. I do not know I kinda would like to see them established as they would be a other hunting opportuntity though I hear they do damage with rooting ect. The area is a T zone too. Jim
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« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2005, 05:51:52 AM »
Don't know when I'll have time to chase them until next fall. My wife and I are having a little boy in Jan. and now it's almost gun deer time combined with smaller game. Keep an ear open for me . :D
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« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2005, 06:48:17 AM »
OK from the sounds of things they are getting established fast so I doubt the deer season will take them all out and they breed like rats so I think they may be around for a while.
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« Reply #8 on: November 01, 2005, 07:30:20 AM »
I moved up here from South Carolina a couple of years ago and I'd say pig hunting is one of the things I miss the most. Yes, they are varmints, but challenging to hunt and good to eat (unlike coyotes). I hope they are fruitful and go multiply a lot! The farmers won't like it, but then they might give you access to get rid of them. And since they are not game animals, you would have something to hunt pretty much year 'round! This short deer season around here is too dangerous for hunters with the whole world in the woods at once blasting at anything that moves! It would be a win-win for hunters! :eek: pg
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« Reply #9 on: November 02, 2005, 10:24:31 PM »
I agree but others may not and the DNR will not.  :grin:  8)
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« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2005, 08:24:18 AM »
Hogs don't get CWD, and it would make the T-zone more productive!!! :D
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« Reply #11 on: November 06, 2005, 04:17:42 AM »
BOY...I would love to hunt Feral Pigs !! Unfortunately, I live just outside of Milwaukee and we dont have any of them critters around here. Maybe I can make a trip up in your neighborhood and do some pig hunting. Would be great. I would assume that a .357 would do the job. ...Hmmmm, I can taste it now...
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« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2005, 08:44:51 AM »
Count me in.

I just like to hunt.  I know the DNR wants 'em all dead, and so be it.  But I'm not convinced that it would be all that bad.  Maybe the landowners will learn to hate 'em and people will start letting others hunt on private property again.  I'm nearly convinced that the deathknell for hunting is when they quit allowing people to hunt "unposted, unfenced, untilled" private property.  That's the way is was when I first got started, and perhaps the good hunting that afforded is the reason I got hooked.

Now?  They'll zing ya ifn't you just spit on the wrong side of the property line.
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« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2005, 06:27:10 AM »
Possible feral pig sighting.

A trusted friend saw what he thinks to be a feral pig 3 miles East of Rosendale Wi. Black fur, funky snout and what might have been teeth/tusks.

How long does it take a farm pig to go feral and get fur and teeth/tusks protruding from it's snout (on the sides).

I was under the impression that tusks/protruding teeth (unsure of what they really are) were more of a trait of Russian Boars.

Enlighten me. If the pigs I see at the State Fair were released in the wild, how long until they looked feral? At what point is a pig feral enough for hunting under the DNR'S rules such as they are?

I'm a city slicker and know that most farmers tag their cattle with ear tags. Do pig farmers do the same?

Any info would be appreciated.

Nixter
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« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2005, 12:06:00 PM »
Boy...Rosendale is NOT too far from home... :grin:
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« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2005, 03:48:43 AM »
Unlike other domesticated livestock, pigs revert to their atavistic traits quickly----behavior in just weeks and physically after three generations or so--- which is also not very long---sows can have up to three litters per year. Yes, they will get high shoulders, low hind quarters, lots of hair and tusks-----they become "razorbacks"---all this without Russian Boar interbreeding. Bring 'em on! We need us a pig roast!!!! :grin: pg
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« Reply #16 on: November 18, 2005, 07:56:02 AM »
I have heard of more than one report of pigs sighted in the Clark County
Forest northeast of Neillsville. There's some pretty BIG woods there.
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feral hogs - how delicious are they?
« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2006, 11:39:35 AM »
how tasty are wisconsin feral hogs to eat? what do they taste like? I would like to hunt them year round for something to do to cure cabin fever.
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« Reply #18 on: April 03, 2006, 06:01:35 PM »
Talked to the DNR guys this spring at the local sport show they said they think they got most of them last fall and a few over the winter.  :(  Well maybe they missed some and they breed good this summer I hope so. I think it is a great idea to have more things to hunt in WI. But like said though I know the DNR and I suppose the land owners are not too keen on it.
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« Reply #19 on: April 26, 2006, 12:05:50 PM »
I will bet my Swiss rifle would be the PERFECT firearm for a Wisconsin pig hunt.

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« Reply #20 on: April 26, 2006, 04:31:34 PM »
Well it certainly should do the job!  :grin:  I like my k31 too.
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