Wild pigs are a serious problem across the US. They are even in Canada.
They were the main topic for the second year in a row at our Ag seminar in January.
According to the stats they gave, females generally have 2 litters a year of 4 to 6. The population doubles every 5 years. I don"t remember whether there are 1.5 million or 2.5 million in Tx. Herds, called sounders, generally consist of two or more sows and their young. The boars are solitary except when breeding. Both the boars and sows can be agressive and won"t hesitate to attack.
Wild pigs eat anything they can get their lips on. Grasses, roots, insects, birds, even fawns.
Wild pigs carry diseases like brucellosis which can be transmitted to people and pseudorabies which can be transmitted to livestock and is fatal.
Wild pigs cause over $56 million in agricultural damage in Tx annually.
It is open season on wild pigs. No limits, but hunting is not an effective method of control or eradication. Trapping using methods which take most or all of the herd is encouraged. There are now procssors which will take all the animals.
Currently there isn"t any licensed poison that can be used because there isn"t anything that will kill only pigs. BUT,(this is the good news) in 2015 there"s supposed to be a bait licensed that kills only pigs. You can bet there will be a huge back log of orders. Our name will definitely be on the list.
One of the places they tore up recently was our new hay field that between the dirt work, seed, time and fuel expense, we"ve spent around $6,000 bringing it online.
Another field they tore up was out in the open and where we"ve never seen any activity or even tracks.
They are a threat to the environment, livestock and people.
From my experience, they don"t seem to like the fields I"ve sprayed with herbicide. As soon as it is dry enough, I"ll spray the new field and maybe that will keep it from further damage.
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