Posted: 2/8/2005 6:53:10 AM EDT
| So I have read about them in the paper they say there are feral hogs out by Aberdeen and on the Olympic peninsula but has anyone on here seen one?? Shot one??? |
So very funny yet so very true at the same time!! 
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Having lived in PO for the last 14 years, I cannot recall pigs rooting up the golf course. Neither can my wife. I grew up in Bremerton. Bremalows = squid bait. |
| Up here in Whatcom county some smart guys released a bunch of hogs in the hills to hunt. This was twenty years ago. Just last year my buddys found a hog head with 4 inch tusks while dirt biking. They caused so much damage that first year that they tried to get rid of them all. I think some might have made it. |
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Wildlife agency seeks information on wild pigs wdfw.wa.gov/do/jun01/jun2201a.htm] ]wdfw.wa.gov/do/weekendr/jan2302.htm
At least they have photographs and movies of Bigfoot. |
+1 A guy I work with is from Aberdeen, and we tried to find out the low down on them, to try and possibly go have some fun. We found out about as much as the hogs exist. Nothing, nada, zilch. Dragons.......Witches.......Tooth Fairys..........Feral Hogs.  |
| my cousin told me that he hunted them with a buddy who has hounds and that he would call me next time they went out. well that was at least a year ago and I have not heared shit from him... I would love to take the old AK out and shoot the hell out of some of these mithical hogs... |
what area? |
June 4, 2004 Wildlife Commission approves feral hog regulations At its regular June meeting, held June 4, in Aberdeen, the Washington Wildlife Conservation Commission approved emergency rules that allow feral hog hunting on Department-owned or managed lands throughout the state. On all but three wildlife management areas, hunters will be allowed to harvest feral hogs during any regular hunting season by whatever methods are legal during that particular season. In other words, a hunter could shoot them with a shotgun during spring turkey season, or with a muzzleloader during the primitive firearms season. During firearms deer seasons (primitive, modern gun and special antlerless deer seasons) on WMAs open during these seasons, hunters must possess either a filled or unfilled deer license, and they must comply with other deer hunting regulations. Three areas - Aberdeen Creek, Three Rivers and Portland Orchard - will only be open to feral hog hunting during the gun season, and only with methods and means legal during that season. Season dates and hunting methods for each individual WMA are outlined in the soon-to-be-published Washington Hunting Guide and Regulations. Feral hog hunting on private lands remains at the landowner's discretion, however, during firearms big game seasons (primitive, modern gun and special antlerless deer seasons and antelope and elk seasons) hunters must possess either a filled or unfilled deer license, and they must comply with other deer hunting regulations. The Wildlife Commission was authorized to set rules for hunting feral hogs on public lands by a law enacted during the 2000 legislative session. "Feral hogs can damage wildlife habitat, compete with native species for food and can carry a number of diseases, including psuedorabies and swine brucelosis," said Alan Peoples, wildlife chief for the Washington Department of Wildlife Conservation, "but until now, we could not tell hunters to harvest them if they saw one while hunting. This is a big step in that it will allow additional hunting opportunity while hopefully helping curb the growth of hog populations on our WMAs. www.wdfw.wa.gov/ |
Talk to TRG about gooing on a pig hunt without any gun. They sic dogs on the pig and take it live. |
That is true. FWIW, any 'serious' hog hunter down here does not usea gun at all. 4-8 dogs to circle the hog and distract it while the hunter either ropes, or believe it or not, wrestles the pig down. BTW, to answer the 'which gun' question. I use an AR15 almost exclusively. Either in 9mm with 147 grain subsonics or in 5.56. Depends on the range I think I will see them. TRG |
