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[MikeWalking]

It is so funny that this keeps coming up since there has not been a verified wild pig seen or killed in WA. It is all speculation and hype from the early 90's.

So that Pickup truck with 3 dead hogs the F&W guy was standing next to when he made the On Air invite to come hunt'em was ...??



Ok what's going on?  I typed several question marks but I did not put in the emocon?

[Hannibal]

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It is so funny that this keeps coming up since there has not been a verified wild pig seen or killed in WA. It is all speculation and hype from the early 90's.

There was a "Free Kill all ya Can" hunt authorized by WDF&W on the peninsula some years back  ........ It was a Blast..........

[Houndhunter]

all gone now, but there were a few areas that had them in huntable numbers. i would be suprised if there was more than a handful out there now

[satchel3006]

They do do guided hog hunts (released pigs) near Soap lake. I have spoken to one of the guides at the Sportsmans show in Tri-Cities. He wouldn't be more specific other than it was near Soap lake.

i may have talked to the same guy i also talked to a game warden and he hadent heard of any pigs near soap lake who knows though

[poohdog]

They did kill some up the wynoochee and off the cougar smith road. But that was like 9 or 10 years ago and havn't heard anything since.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Back during that fiasco near Montesano and Wynoochee in the 90's, I spent several trips down there and I saw hunters everywhere, but no pigs. I was told that a few were spotted over by Donkey Creek Road, but never saw any sign of them. I asked The WDFW in Montesano about them and was told that 53 were killed, mostly by locals while they were in their gardens.
Not recognised as a game animal and therefore, no limit, no season, no regulations, if you saw one shoot it !.
Then I heard them laughing as I walked out of there like somebody told a good joke !

[billythekidrock]

Back during that fiasco near Montesano and Wynoochee in the 90's, I spent several trips down there and I saw hunters everywhere, but no pigs. I was told that a few were spotted over by Donkey Creek Road, but never saw any sign of them. I asked The WDFW in Montesano about them and was told that 53 were killed, mostly by locals while they were in their gardens.
Not recognised as a game animal and therefore, no limit, no season, no regulations, if you saw one shoot it !.
Then I heard them laughing as I walked out of there like somebody told a good joke !

But no pics.

Wish I had my camera when I saw one in Matheny....and when I saw the Emu in the CF.

And I wonder why no one believes me? lol

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Why would I take pictures ?....I never saw any.......I got so frustrated I went to the WDFW office to ask I think it was just a trick by the Montesano Chamber of Commerce, that town was loaded with hunters!

[billythekidrock]

I didn't mean you.

I meant in general. There was lots of hoopla, but no real facts.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

There was lots of hoopla, but no real facts

I hear that, had me heading down there 3-4 times a week for a month and a half, even went back in September for berries and deer....
At least those were there!

[KTMSMOKER]

A buddy of mine swears he killed a pig near springdale.  I saw pics, he doesnt travel to hunt.  I dunno though, I have spent alot of time around there and I have never seen any.  Probably a pig or two get away once and awhile.  I think it would be cool, but they are hell on farms and would drasticly change our ecosystem.

[ouchfoss]

I was told that a few years ago that one of the Quinault tribal police found a bunch of them on rez land not to far away from the Matheny area and shot and killed them all and let them lay because they're not a native animal. Im not sure how true this is because I've never seen any pictures proving otherwise. I think it was the next year after that my brother in law was driving down the the Moclips highway on the rez when a pig hopped out on the highway and he had to come to a stop not to hit it and behind it was a dozen little piglets chasing mommy.

[billythekidrock]

I was told that a few years ago that one of the Quinault tribal police found a bunch of them on rez land not to far away from the Matheny area and shot and killed them all and let them lay because they're not a native animal. Im not sure how true this is because I've never seen any pictures proving otherwise. I think it was the next year after that my brother in law was driving down the the Moclips highway on the rez when a pig hopped out on the highway and he had to come to a stop not to hit it and behind it was a dozen little piglets chasing mommy.

I heard that too. I also heard that most of the hogs came (come?) from the rez. lol

The parkies also told me that they used to see a few near the park.

[teal101]

They do do guided hog hunts (released pigs) near Soap lake. I have spoken to one of the guides at the Sportsmans show in Tri-Cities. He wouldn't be more specific other than it was near Soap lake.

It's between soap lake and mansfield somewhere.  They release hogs onto their ranch and over time they go feral and start growing hair/tusks.  I saw a picutre of one taken.  Went around 400lbs and was pink with black blotches, starting to grow long hair, and tusks.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

Your family owns the area around Jameson?, Is that part of Grimes Hunt Club?
I used to go fish Grimes every opener, until I had my Daughter, planning on going back sometime.