prsman23 wrote:What's the hog count up to?
Only 15 for the ranch this year, I have shot 6 of them. The idea behind all the feral hog killing is to take them out of the food chain so the native game, the whitetail, isn't in second place especially in light of the three year drought we are locked into. Seems to be working as I saw 11 bucks walk up the dry creek bed I was watching. Two of those fellows were outstanding mature bucks.
I've also noted that we are killing middle age boars. These are fellows that are looking for territory, better said, they are newcomers. They will travel in a light sounder like the four I observed and split off when they find what we like. What we are not seeing are sows, I don't think they are around as we are placing too much stress on the hogs through hunting. Perfect. I don't mind the sows and their baggage around at this time of year because I can shoot one and her piglets will keep the coyotes on their feet hunting them down rather than fawns.
