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HOG HUNTING ON THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA!

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Krusty:
Jackalope,

I am well aware that those are old reports.

I am still wary of reporting or discussing hogs with the WDFW. Both actual populations and locations, and even any interest in hunting them.
We have not had a season in the past or had to buy tags, but if the WDFW sees a viable financial opportunity, that could change.

At one point in time we didn't even need tags for bears, they were "varmints", and that has changed.  ;)

That didn't happen for the money it could generate, but for the money it could save. The state enlisted us as a free management tool, and stopped paying for a control/bounty system.

Krusty

actionshooter:
Guys, I've got to call BS on this. I don't believe they were ever there. I have lived and hunted in that area for over 20 years. I know a ton of people who live and hunt in the area. I personaly know no-one who has seen them, heard them or seen sign. I have never seen a picture and no-one I know has ever seen a picture. I believe this was fabticated by a local sports shop (which will remain name-less) to drum up buisiness using the rag Hunting and Fishing News as an advertisement.
 This is my opinion, if some one can show me any evidence please post it!  :dunno:

Parker:
I'm no expert but I do know a couple of things about pigs. 
They are an amazing animal when it comes to their ability to go wild.  A domestic pig will begin growing long hair within about two weeks of escaping.  Such a pig would look pretty similar to a wild pig already, but the really amazing thing is that their offspring will already have an elongated snout and possibly teeth (tusks) as well.  Also, a pig can have several litters a year.  Taking that into consideration, and the fact that pigs tend to be fairly smart and independent (making them prone to escaping), it doesn't seem like it would be that far out there to find a feral pig roaming around the sticks.  On the other hand, they are incredibly destructive, so if there was a good sized population people would know. Just my two cents!  :hello:

boneaddict:
Dang it action shooter...wasn't the Rambo First Blood movie filmed in that area.  Didn't he kill a wild pig for food with a spear.  There was your evidence, but I think he ate it. :chuckle:

Krusty:
Actionshooter,

Wow dude, it takes a lot of balls to call a guy a liar, especially without saying what locality this businessman might be in.

I know a guy, a personal friend of mine, that owns a sporting goods store, and has killed a Wynoochie hog.
I wasn't with him, but if that's where he said it came from, I believe him.

His shop is a lot closer to the area pigs are rumored to be than I am, but he's not in any position to make huge financial gains by "outfitting" hog hunters, and he doesn't like media attention so I doubt he was motivated by fame.

There was a day, when a man's word was taken for that.
If he said he climbed a mountain, or shot a pig, or whatever.

Remember guys and gals, the grizzly bear, and the mountain gorilla were the same as Oly pigs... nobody wanted to believe either of them existed either.

Feral pigs, whether part of a "lost herd" or recently escaped livestock, have been proven to exist, both by the WDFW and the State Patrol.
In the last round of media frenzy, one was struck and killed by a lady in a car, and the WDFW spokesman said he thought that accident and others combined to have killed more pigs than hunters had (that he knew of).

I have never seen one, but I won't fall over in shock if I do.

There's a planted and well known flock (or flocks) of wild trukeys in the area, and I spent three hard years looking for them in and out of turkey season... I never saw bird, nor turd.

Every year or two, somebody reports taking a turkey from the southwest borders of the park.
Must be a popular place for liars?

Krusty

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