Hogs or HAWGS... They can make a mess of things...... This is the fresh rooting spots on just a 1 acre food plot. They are loving this nut grass... I finally saw them this morning, of course, no pew pew with me, coming in from work...
Rode by that plot yesterday, it's been so dry can't tell how fresh this was. But I don't think it was this bad when I took the other pictures. This is gonna be fun to harrow smooth, better put on my seat belt...
Looks like you better run with the front bucket down to bulldoze some of that in ahead of the harrow. Also looks like the name "bulldozer" is misnamed...should have been "hogdozer"!
So who was food plot for as I assume it wasn’t the hogs. Shoot em, trap em, and shoot some more are there bounty on them there?
Game warden up here told me if I see a pig where a pig shouldn't be (without an obvious ear tag), to shoot first and ask questions later.
Gah, what a mess. No hogs up here, just hungry bears tearing stuff up looking for food. If it's lean, you'll have to add in some fat, but wild hog makes some great sausage gravy (just add biscuits!).
I heard from a coworker a while back that he had seen some hogs in NH he last time he was up there, and had to look it up: https://www.wildlife.nh.gov/wildlife-and-habitat/nuisance-wildlife/feral-swine-new-hampshire Seems that for now they're free to roam and multiply due to bureaucratic constraints. Maybe once the herds are out of control like they are down south, they'll open a season for them. I'd line up to harvest some and thoroughly enjoy the meals afterwards.
Interesting, first I heard of this. Thankfully they're for the most part only located in the southwestern portion of the state and supposedly in a confined area. Unfortunately, the thought of feral hogs being contained in a confined area is a joke. Turms out they were originally imported into the state back in 1890 by a wealthy individual so the 'well-to-do' could hunt them on a 22,000-acre private hunting preserve. Mankind's need to import non-native species into new locations almost always never ends well.
We haven't planted anything in the plots lately, usually plant grain and clover in fall for deer and bees in spring. Turkeys enjoy it too. No bounty that I know of. Several folks down here hunt or trap them
So, if they're wild / feral hogs, who are you supposed to ask for permission? It amazes me how states put BS regs on things so that you can't nip them in the bud when they're controllable. I don't want wild hogs around, but I think it would be fun to be able to just go out and waylay on them. And another source of meat...
It's kind of convoluted but apparently since feral hogs have no official game status in NH and are considered 'private property', you first need to have a valid hunting license and then you need to contact either the Blue Mountain Forest Association or alternatively (if the feral hog is on private property), get permission from that property's owner. I have never heard of any hogs around where I live (or any for that matter my entire life in NH) and unless they were close, it's not worth the 'permission' headache in my book. By the time you got permission (and verified it was the correct permission), the hog would probably have moved on. Plenty of bears around so I'll stick with those (got ground bear meat thawing in the fridge to make bear chili tomorrow).
So when it called them escaped private property, and then said you had to get permission from the property owner, I took it to mean permission from whoever (had) 'owned' the hog, not whoever owned the land. It would be much simpler if it meant whoever owned the land....you can find out who owns the land. How do you find out who owns(ed) the hog...? Thinking about it, there was a somewhat similar situation with some cows locally a couple years ago. I don't think it'd take as long with hogs, knowing what can happen with them and their destructiveness.....
From what I've read, in the area near that privately owned preserve (which I believe costs around $100K per year to be a member), you have to contact the preserve for permission to kill an escaped hog. In other areas of the state, you need permission from the property owner where the hog is located. I get your point though, as feral hogs are basically looked at as livestock per the rules of NH. I think the powers that be realize that you're not going to locate the hog's 'owner' so getting permission from the property owner will cover you legally. After digging in a bit more, apparently there have been feral hogs even north of me, closer to the Canadian border. One person who spotted one in their area said they called Fish and Game, who put them in touch with the USDA, who gave the green light to shoot. But by the time that was all accomplished the hog was long gone. In 1949, the state incorporated rules about feral hogs into state law (RSA 467:3) which gives some protection to individuals whose property is damaged by 'escaped' hogs: Section 467:3 467:3 Wild Boar. – Any person or corporation owning or possessing wild boar in this state shall at all times keep such wild boar in a safe and suitable enclosure so that they may not run at large or damage the person or property of others. Source. 1949, 294:1, eff. July 22, 1949. Section 467:4 467:4 Abatement. – Any person or corporation owning or having introduced wild boar into this state who shall have suffered, permitted, or otherwise failed to prevent the escape of such wild boar shall abate, at his or its own expense, the public nuisance resulting therefrom on or before April 1, 1950, by employing all reasonable means to capture or exterminate such wild boar and their progeny. Persons suffering damage to their lands, property or person after April 1, 1950, caused by wild boar at large as specified in this section, and which are not captured or exterminated as herein provided within the specified time limit, may recover such damage in an action of trespass against the said owner, or person or corporation having introduced the same into this state. Source. 1949, 294:2, eff. July 22, 1949. Section 467:5 467:5 Liability. – Any person or corporation owning or possessing wild boar in this state who shall violate the provisions of RSA 467:3 shall be liable in an action of trespass for all damage done by said wild boar to the lands, properties or persons of others. Source. 1949, 294:3, eff. April 1, 1950.
We don't have feral hogs here...yet. My neighbor has some that are routinely on the loose. They haven't torn anything up yet, but if they do, I'm going to give them a nap. SSS.
