Post by: ssbn21 on February 01, 2014, 11:07:20 AM
Post by: buckfvr on February 01, 2014, 11:09:56 AM
Post by: bobcat on February 01, 2014, 11:21:24 AM
The closest I know of is California.
Post by: washelkhunter on February 01, 2014, 11:59:51 AM
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.
Post by: stevemiller on February 01, 2014, 12:07:45 PM
Post by: Humptulips on February 01, 2014, 12:21:20 PM
Post by: jackmaster on February 01, 2014, 12:25:15 PM
Post by: ssbn21 on February 01, 2014, 03:50:51 PM
Post by: Bullkllr on February 01, 2014, 04:19:36 PM
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. :twocents:
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.
Post by: trophyhunt on February 01, 2014, 04:33:14 PM
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Post by: Westside88 on February 24, 2014, 07:06:17 PM
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.
Post by: elkboy on February 24, 2014, 07:18:58 PM
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Post by: mountainman on February 24, 2014, 07:51:35 PM
Post by: Bob33 on February 24, 2014, 07:55:51 PM
It was a good ten years ago. They were in the Wynochee area. Have not heard of any confirmed sightings since.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.
Post by: stevemiller on February 24, 2014, 09:26:04 PM
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..Colville huh,that would explain the cougar size and population around there, :twocents:
Post by: jasnt on February 26, 2014, 06:38:13 AM
Post by: ICEMAN on February 26, 2014, 06:54:34 AM
Post by: bigmacc on February 26, 2014, 09:15:37 PM
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. :twocents:
I have a buddy who was born and raised in northern Arizona until he moved to Washington in the 80,s.He told me a story [that i think he said happened in the 70,s]of a livestock truck wrecking somewhere around Flaggstaff [i believe] that was loaded with about 400 domestic pigs.About 350 pigs survived and and disapeared into some prime elk and deer habitat.After about 3 or 4 years some were rounded up or killed by predators but a vast majority survived,bred and became wild.He said they became such a problem with tearing up prime elk and deer habitat that the game dept in Arizona open a season to try and wipe em out.My buddy said anyone with a valid Arizona hunting lic. was allowed to take 3 of these wild pigs and if you wanted to kill more you had to purchase some sort of special tag at 10 bucks a piece i believe for each additional pig.The ones he and his 2 brothers shot were in the 300 to 400 lb [per pig] range!He said the area they were hunting in looked like a war zone it was so tore up,trees sage brush uprooted,rocks and boulders moved around and holes in the ground you could park a VW bug in! He said when he left Arizona shortly after he still wasnt sure if they had erradicated all of them :dunno:
Post by: hillbilli on February 26, 2014, 09:43:00 PM
Guess we know who ate all those pigs now dont we??
Post by: mountainman on February 26, 2014, 10:05:59 PM
"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! "dang squatches! Lol! :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle:
Guess we know who ate all those pigs now dont we??
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on February 28, 2014, 07:52:56 AM
I also heard that some feral hogs tried to get into Southern Idaho through some swampy land, and the Idaho F & G Department wiped them out... :dunno:
Post by: Broken Arrow on February 28, 2014, 08:38:54 AM
Feral Pigs ‘Scare The Bejeebus’ Out Of Washington Wildlife Officials
By Andy Walgamott, on July 23rd, 2012
Even though Washington doesn’t have any known population of feral swine, the state is part of a new regional effort to report outbreaks of the unwanted invasive species.
Today marked the launch of the “Squeal on a Pig” campaign to build awareness about the threat the animals pose.
“They scare the bejeebus out of us in Washington,” says Bill Tweit of the state Department of Fish & Wildlife.
That’s because the state has some “great habitat” in the Willapa Hills.
“They would be tough on riparian areas, salmon recovery and agriculture,” he says.
Washington has been more successful than either Idaho or Oregon in killing off the unwanted porkers. Back in the early 2000s, after WDFW issued a press release looking for information on the location of feral swine on the southwest corner of the Olympic Peninsula, there was a mad scramble amongst hunters and others for the free bacon.
For years and years afterwards at the now defunct Fishing & Hunting News, we would get monthly requests for maps or any other info we had on the peripatetic porkers.
No reports have come in for awhile, but Tweit says that last fall, a roadkilled pig was brought into the Montesano office.
It’s unclear if it was feral or someone’s recently escaped animal.
He says that one of the main “vectors” for the introduction of feral pigs is hunting, and unfortunately that appears to be the case in Central Oregon where some may have escaped a shooting preserve and now roam private lands near Shaniko, 40 air miles south of the Columbia.
We wrote about the problems and solutions in the April 2011 issue of Northwest Sportsman.
Ferals are now also established in Southwest Oregon and near Boise. Some that turned up near a reservoir outside Ontario, Ore., several years ago, however, were quickly converted to pork chops and footballs.
Tweit says the damage the pics cause from their rooting is “immediate and apparent.” They can easily tear up moist uplands.
“They are not a stealth animal,” he says.
For that article last year, we quoted the Oregon Hunter’s Association secretary Duane Dungannon as saying, “OHA’s policy is to support efforts to eradicate feral swine. Oregon doesn’t need another invasive species that competes with native wildlife for food and water, and we certainly don’t need another predator that preys on fawns and nesting game birds and does such extensive habitat damage.”
A toll-free number, dubbed the Swine Line by The Oregonian, has been set up for anyone with a report to call. It is (888) 268-9219.
“We’re taking this opportunity to keep them out of Washington,” says Tweit.