Any Wild/Feral Pigs in Washington?

[ssbn21]

I know they are in the vast majority of the US. I was curious if anyone has come across any here in Washington. Hate to go all the way south to Texas to get a good shot.

[buckfvr]

Hear tell no. Cal has some decent pig hunting..........

[bobcat]

 

The closest I know of is California.

[washelkhunter]

Oregon has a population growing there. They'll be in Wa before long.

Found this on the ODFW website:

Hunting feral swine in Oregon

In Oregon, it is illegal to sell, or offer for sale, a hunt for feral swine on public or private lands.

In general, there is little opportunity to hunt feral swine. There are still relatively few in the state (between 2,000-5,000 pigs) and most observations have been on private land. If you do see a feral swine while out hunting for another animal and you have landowner’s permission, you can take the animal. You will be doing wildlife and habitat a favor.

Hunters looking for swine will see obvious signs in suitable areas such as in drainages with water or springs e.g. rootings, wallows and rubs in these areas.Photos of feral swine damage.

Specific locations of feral swine are hard to come by as they are mostly on private lands and they move around. The major feral swine activity in Oregon is generally located in near Madras, Maupin, Fossil, Spray and Mitchell —the hot bed of activity being a large circle around the Antelope area.

ODFW does not have a list of private land owners that are willing to allow hunters on their lands to control feral swine.

[stevemiller]

While it would be awsome to do a hog hunt here in our home state,The way I understand it we dont never want that to happen.With all the destruction they do we would lose on deer and elk populations as the problem states have. 

[Humptulips]

There are some on the Quinault Indian Reservation. Have to be a tribal member to hunt there though.

[jackmaster]

Clarks ranch in Oregon, you can hunt all sorts of stuff there, pigs are pretty cheap to hunt there, this thread seems like dejavu for some reason....

[ssbn21]

Thanks for the info!

[Bullkllr]

While it would be awsome to do a hog hunt here in our home state,The way I understand it we dont never want that to happen.With all the destruction they do we would lose on deer and elk populations as the problem states have. 

Actually might be a good thing. A steady diet of pork might turn the wolves attention away from deer and elk.
Wolves do especailly like pork you know.

[trophyhunt]

I remember a few years ago wdfw was encouraging people to go hunt pigs on the coast, no license or tag required.  Can't imagine they all got killed, you should contact fish n game and ask.

[Biggerhammer]

I know a guy who claimed there were wild pigs on the Olimpic Peninsula. Went their to hunt them, came back with not a pig sighted and claimed he saw Bigfoot. No joke!

[Westside88]

I remember a few years ago wdfw was encouraging people to go hunt pigs on the coast, no license or tag required.  Can't imagine they all got killed, you should contact fish n game and ask.

There were some near my place. Most of us figure someone was trying to get a population started by planting them just based of where they all started showing up. There were several shot that first year. I never heard of any after that.

[elkboy]

I'd just as soon they not be here.  They are an absolute disaster on hooves. 

[dfresh96]

haven't been yet but there is a ranch in Shoshone, Idaho...just have to be able to book it 6-8 months in advance...

[mountainman]

Lots of hogs on the peninsula! Used to be alot near Cheney on the ranch. Rumors of some up north in the Colville, but Idont believe it..