Feral Pigs in NY

A mixed blessing, I fear.

[Tique]

Just curious but if all the above is true why does Ray Hammond's place (which has many many hogs) have so many turkeys and deer. Same can be said for Ft. Stewart and many other places.

[Stumpkiller]

Just a guess, not knowing Ray Hammond's place, but perhaps feeders & food-plots cut down on food competition?

[Bjorn]

We have had them in California for 400 years lots of deer and turkeys around too. They root and eat.........just like everything else it would be great if they chased the deer from our flower beds. Place where they are outta' control is the media-as usual.

[Stumpkiller]

Don't know if you caught the program "Pig Bomb" on the Discovery Channel.  They were hyping up the dangers (and plugging a reintroduced series called "Pigs Gone Wild").  They made it sound like the Entelodons were reborn and coming to drag us out of our homes and eat us.  Had a pair of Frank Buck wannabees who should have been embarassed.

   

No question feral pigs are bad where accidently introduced and it's going to be a destabilizing agent in an already reeling environment.  I hope they eat purple loosestrife (an introduced weed that is now everywhere hereabouts).

[Rob DiStefano]

it was bound to happen sooner or later, seeing how unchecked the hog population is in the south and southwest.  there is no way of stopping the feral hog invasion in the north.  it's too bad and it will only get worse over the next 20-30 years ...

[Knawbone]

Our waters are so messed up{ lamprey,zebra muzzles,ect.}, why not our land too.And just like numerous other situations with our country-not good to say the least.May God save our land, our hunting, and our country.Only He can sort it out now.  

[kwc]

just to let you know they have been in ct a school is having a problem with them tearing up the ball field looking for grubs i think somewhere in litchfield county

[Bjorn]

Here's a little piggy video: