Recent hog kills! check it out.

[stillwaiting]

been a while since I've seen any posts, just wondering if anyone's been hunting them/seeing them. Like to hear some stories.

Thanks

[Ugottaluvit]

A lady hit one with her car Thursday or Friday 3/15 or 16 in Lenawee county. It was in the paper.

[unclecbass]

screeeeeeetch, weeeweeeeeweee, BACON.:D

[GVDocHoliday]

A lady hit one with her car Thursday or Friday 3/15 or 16 in Lenawee county. It was in the paper.

I think when her husband asked her to throw some pork on the grill...she may have taken it a little differently than what he meant:):):).

[mrctfd]

You can read the story about the boar getting hit if you go to www.lenconnect.com (http://www.lenconnect.com) and type in wild boar in the search box.
I live near the spot it was hit, Go by there everyday and never seen one. I'll be lookinga little closer now:dizzy:

[Whit1]

I think when her husband asked her to throw some pork on the grill...she may have taken it a little differently than what he meant:):):).


:lol: :lol: ...............GREAT line GV! :lol:

[MAttt]

Wow! A wild hog/car collision sure sounds funny but it's a good sign that
they are doing good now and we should have a decent huntable population in a couple of years.
I can't wait to see my first out in the woods!
Ham Hunting! lol

[WalleyeHunter811]

I live near sanford but frequent it alot.....By the black creek camp grounds they spotted a hog.. Two guys in a truck seen it and backed up and the passenger got out of the truck and flushed it to the road where the driver smucked it with the truck..Lil less to say there was some hella damage to the truck but they got the hog.. wouldnt it have been cheaper to leave the one guy with the hog and go get the gun?

[tedshunter]

I think you would think differently about a huntable population of hogs if you knew the damage that they would do to the environment,and that would'nt be good for a deer herd that already has to worry about T.B. and such.Not to mention the other critters

[swampbuck]

I have seen the damage that they have done around Houghton Lake. It is substantial. but from what I have seen I wouldnt say that it is something that is going to ruin the woods. I think that in a ag. area it would probably be a lot worse.

When this all started I was in agreement that they needed to be eliminated but the more I have seen and read. And by hunting and expieriencing how challenging they are, I now think that a huntable population might not be that bad. As far as the deer, from what I have seen the deer seem to do alright with the hogs in the southern states.

[Critter]

The problem with any hog population is the damage that will occur to ag areas and once you have an established population they are almost impossible to manage. Talk to any of the southern states, there is no season and no limit in most states and they are still swarmed with em. In some places they are shot and left for the buzzards. That is not the kind of practice I want to see here. I grew up on a farm, my Dad still runs a beef operation and has a hard enough time with the deer, adding hogs would be a disaster.

[Tooth517]

A buddy of mine hunts in Eaton county west of Charlotte and he said he was out bowhunting in early Nov. when he heard what he beleived to be a hog out in this big swamp just grunting and snorting and splashing around for almost 2 hours. He says it was definitely not a deer grunting. He never got a look at it though. Yeah I don't think hogs would be good for Michigan's farmers or the health of the deer herd. Nothing but trouble I think.

[outdoor junkie]

But I personally do not want them established here in Michigan. They do too much damage anywhere they go. Look at all the states that have them established, and they can do nothing to control them. I prefer to just keep hunting them elsewhere.

[skidoomaster]

Sorry - didn't kill these in Mi. but since I'm from Mi, thought I would share these with my fellow Michiganders. Enjoy...

Hog hunting in west Texas last week....

(The guy on the left is Forum member Doppler)


http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/520/medium/DSC02788.jpg

[skidoomaster]

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/520/medium/DSC02790.jpg

[skidoomaster]

These things are full of intestines!

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/520/medium/DSC02793.jpg

[skidoomaster]

was even lucky enough to get a coyote!

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/500/medium/DSC02797.jpg

[micooner]

Anyone who thinks we should have a huntable population of hogs here in michigan is NUTS. These animals multiply like Rats. They can breed starting at 6 months of age, have as many as 14 in a litter,and have 2 litters a year so you do the math. The erosion they cause is terrible when they wallow in the swamps and ditches. They will scour a spot for food and destroy it.It is easy to say the damage we are seeing now is small but if they get established you will be singing a different tune..Kill'em all

[7MM Magnum]

Looks like you guys had a GREAT time out there,...:D

I'm just counting the days to my Elk hunt out West in October.;)

[Little Roober]

Cool pics! Why did you shoot the little one? Was that one of those "shoot any pig you see" deals? JW

[7MM Magnum]

Cool pics! Why did you shoot the little one? Was that one of those "shoot any pig you see" deals? JW

One of those "Pygmy hogs". ;)

[Little Roober]

Ohhhhhhhhh, gotcha. :p

[davidshane]

Hey bud I"m real happy for ya and all, but as a sportsman, I think we all need to watch what type of pics be post on-line for the world to see. Your pic of the pig with it's belly opened up is a little over the edge to me, no need for that. I know this forum is full of people that have seen this type of thing before, but there are still a number of folks that this would turn away. We need to represent for a positive outlook, and guts does not! Too much blood too.

Again, I'm happy that your hunt went well and I'm not trying to pick a fight or drag down your accomplishment. Just trying to provide a little food for thought.

Again congrats!

[walleyeguy22]

Wow! A wild hog/car collision sure sounds funny but it's a good sign that
they are doing good now and we should have a decent huntable population in a couple of years.
I can't wait to see my first out in the woods!
Ham Hunting! lol


With mentality like this its no wonder they escaped in the first place.

[7MM Magnum]

Come on Dave,... give the guy a break here. :rolleyes:

This IS a hunting/fishing website and if you haven't seen this kinda' exposition,.. or don't want to chance seeing it.

Then DON'T go to a website where the possibilities are that you might. :dizzy:

I'm just about fed up with all the stupid things one has to do now days to try and not step on anyones toes, .. or be politically correct for fear they MIGHT be offended.

It's gotten WAY out of hand. :rant:

Everyone knows that after any animal gets put down it needs to be opened up and have the internals removed,... even FISH. Ya' don't want to chance seeing this kind of display once in a while don't open a thread on a sportsman's website where it's a high possibility is it might be there.

Good Lord,... what's this world coming to anyhow. :mad: :rolleyes:

[MAttt]

I realize as much as the next person that hogs are not good anywhere for the environment, but from what I've read on them and their breeding and number of sightings I think they are here to stay now.
In the southern tiers most will be protected from the majority of the hunters IMO on private land like the deer are and will be impossible to keep in check.
So I figure I might as well keep a positive attitude and look forward to hunting them in the near future.
If I had my choice between piggies and them big dogs they are breeding up in the UP, I'll take the piggies anyday.:)

[doublell]

Come on Dave,... give the guy a break here. :rolleyes:

This IS a hunting/fishing website and if you haven't seen this kinda' exposition,.. or don't want to chance seeing it.

Then DON'T go to a website where the possibilities are that you might. :dizzy:

I'm just about fed up with all the stupid things one has to do now days to try and not step on anyones toes, .. or be politically correct for fear they MIGHT be offended.

It's gotten WAY out of hand. :rant:

Everyone knows that after any animal gets put down it needs to be opened up and have the internals removed,... even FISH. Ya' don't want to chance seeing this kind of display once in a while don't open a thread on a sportsman's website where it's a high possibility is it might be there.

Good Lord,... what's this world coming to anyhow. :mad: :rolleyes: I agree totally. I belong to a fishing club and we had our montly meeting and the subject of bleeding out your walleyes coming back from canada due to the latest problem brought to us from the balast of saltys came up. Anyway one of our directors said they ruled canadian waters out because they did not want to give PETA any ammuntion knowing we would have to kill our walleyes under the new rules if we fished in canadian waters. So again the rights of the few supercede those of the majority. The silent majority is getting restless and I see a big storm on the horizon.:mad:

[trout]

These things are full of intestines!

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/520/medium/DSC02793.jpg


I think it's a good pic.
Shows how to gut a pig and more importantly the hunter is wearing gloves for protection.
My high school biology class was worse than that pic.
Meat doesn't come from the grocery store ya know. :)

[Bayboat]

I have no problem with that/those pictures and I very much appreciate you posting them. Having hunted in that part of the country it brought back good memories. Rarely post any pictures anymore for that very reason. Post a fish and you are holding it wrong, post a game bird and you get grilled as to why you killed it. Not worth the grief. Anyway, thanks for posting and please don't stop.

[DANIEL MARK ZAPOLSKI]

this is a sportsmans and sportswomens site the last time i checked it out! if you can't deal with these pics don't come to this site! those pics tell it like it is, and if you think that the ***food ferry*** comes every night to your icebox and deep freezer and waves a magic wond and the food appears every day your **nuts**! this is a fact of life, people eat meat and people kill animals and this shows proper wild game handling to the next generation of hunters. sorry, but as a matter of fact i'am not sorry at all i think i'll go get some porky pig and grill it now!

[walleyeguy22]

I realize as much as the next person that hogs are not good anywhere for the environment, but from what I've read on them and their breeding and number of sightings I think they are here to stay now.
In the southern tiers most will be protected from the majority of the hunters IMO on private land like the deer are and will be impossible to keep in check.
So I figure I might as well keep a positive attitude and look forward to hunting them in the near future.
If I had my choice between piggies and them big dogs they are breeding up in the UP, I'll take the piggies anyday.:)


WOW--:dizzy: -- I hope you get your wish for your sake ,you can keep the pigs down there, we dont want em up here

[FixedBlade]

Where do you think they get the caseings for your hot dogs, sausages, and brats from? HOGS... Yuuuummmm.....

[skidoomaster]

Cool pics! Why did you shoot the little one? Was that one of those "shoot any pig you see" deals? JW

Let me answer that like this...........

I once flew down here with a bow instead of a gun. The land owner was actually mad. They much rather you show up with grenade launchers and semi-autos!

A few years ago, a number of farmers got together and recruited as many hunters/dogs as they could. They drove their fields and killed over 300 hogs in a day. A year later, the hogs were back and continued the property damage.

[jrsoup]

I agree...true to life actual pictorial account of what happens after harvesting a wild hog. For crying out loud Dave I looked at your pics...did anybody complain about Yogi laying on the tailgate of that truck or the pic of the whitetailed buck. I wish everyone would use this site for what it was intended. All of the bickering and nay saying is exactly what the opposition is hoping to achieve...divide and conquer.:sad:

[oldrank]

mmmm...bacon.....last year me, my brother and my uncle went to a ranch and took 3 pigs home.....so i ended up with a couple hundred pounds of pork......it was the best tasting pork id ever had......this year we are raising 3....im actually gonna pic mine up this week....they should be ready by mid july.....i can taste the ham already...and tonite i had cornish game hen for dinner...that i raised up....mmmm.....i bet i havent bought a pack of store bought meat in 6 or 7 years.....and guess what...i killed every bit of the meat I eat.....guts and blood and the whole works.....this is the real world.....live in it...

[The Terminator]

Agreed, that pic is pretty mild. No gratuitous gore, just a successful hunter dressing out his quarry. Much worse goes on a commercial slaughter houses.
(not like my validation is necessary ! :-) )

The Terminator

[KalamazooKid]

Great stuff .......... post on skidoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!:coolgleam

Congrats on what looks like a fun hunt!

[davidshane]

I agree...true to life actual pictorial account of what happens after harvesting a wild hog. For crying out loud Dave I looked at your pics...did anybody complain about Yogi laying on the tailgate of that truck or the pic of the whitetailed buck. I wish everyone would use this site for what it was intended. All of the bickering and nay saying is exactly what the opposition is hoping to achieve...divide and conquer.:sad:

Yogi wasn't being held open! It's perty obvious to see that I fall in the minority on this one, heck I might be alone (and that's ok). As I stated in my previous post, I'm not trying to rattle anyones cage or offend Skioomaster. It is still my opinion (and maybe only my opinion) that when we place these photos on here, that we should attempt to make them tasteful. No guts, no brains, no blood soaked hunters. Again only my opinion!

[john warren]

matt, i share your excitement about any huntable game..... but...and its a huge but, these animals have the potential to destroy our agriculture business and decimate native animals. they are no more a good thing then zebra muscles or sea lamprey. we really need to get after them and do what we can to limit their success. my hmble opinion.Wow! A wild hog/car collision sure sounds funny but it's a good sign that
they are doing good now and we should have a decent huntable population in a couple of years.
I can't wait to see my first out in the woods!
Ham Hunting! lol

[john warren]

lol,,, well,, i like eaten them too much to let them rot.... god bless sweet baby rays!The problem with any hog population is the damage that will occur to ag areas and once you have an established population they are almost impossible to manage. Talk to any of the southern states, there is no season and no limit in most states and they are still swarmed with em. In some places they are shot and left for the buzzards. That is not the kind of practice I want to see here. I grew up on a farm, my Dad still runs a beef operation and has a hard enough time with the deer, adding hogs would be a disaster.

[tbbassdaddy]

GREAT PICS JON!!! Man, I have to meet up with you sometime for that TX hunt!!! Awesome!! Awesome!! Awesome!!!

tb

[crazyc]

yummy sausage bbq whos house when ?
hook a member up
nice job:cool: :corkysm55 :corkysm55

[skidoomaster]

Anyone is welcome. Get your butt down to Snyder, TX this coming Friday! (3/30) We will be hunting Fri night, Sat all day. And then again on Tues (4/3). Open game on cats, coyts, and hogs.

The large pig in the pics we took to the taxidermist for a European mount. We prefer to process the ones under 100 lbs. Taste much better...

[skidoomaster]

Now this is what I call a real hunting truck!

http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/photopost/data/520/medium/03.jpg

[skidoomaster]

This is hilarious! A must see!

http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t...nderfeeder.flv (http://s160.photobucket.com/albums/t183/stainless2/?action=view&current=piggyballsunderfeeder.flv)

[Hunter333]

That guy walked up and kicked that hog??! Hilarious! After looking at the pics, I still cant believe that you shot a poor little hog like that! :D Kidding, just kidding! I bet they make for some awesome BBQ!!

[Ferg]

Wow! A wild hog/car collision sure sounds funny but it's a good sign that
they are doing good now and we should have a decent huntable population in a couple of years.
I can't wait to see my first out in the woods!
Ham Hunting! lol

:yikes:

You don't want these things around - beside - you CAN HUNT them right now - they are fair game in ALL other seasons -

ferg.....

[Nwing]

I have been trying to find some of these ferrals for nearly a year. I know of at least 4 groups of people hunting them..and ALL of them are carefull not to shoot all of them, and none of them will share the location of any of the hogs.
Hunters themselves are going to end up allowing these to spread, if they won't share the location of them with others willing (and wanting!) to take some.
Soooooooo..if anyone out there has any idea where there are some to be found...I'd love to know!

[Nwing]

just tossing a quick post in so I can subscribe to this thread.

[WalleyeHunter811]

That almost has to be the funniest video i have ever seen..If i got kicked in the junk i would be very carefull never to come back to that feeder again for sure LOL maybe this will start a new fad hunting

[fisher210]

Here's a post from another forum that might help you out where some of them are....

Thanks for the updates Dave!!!
Recent sighting for you to take back to the forum:
Oakland county, near Ware and Anderson Rd. (a group of six to eight pigs reported here)
Gratiot county, near M-57 and Ransom Rds. (hit the Gratiot-Saginaw State Game Area), numerous pigs seen
Gratiot county, Maple River State Game Area off of Maple Rd. and Wilson Rd., numerous pigs seen
Oceana county, both north and south of Walkerville
Roscommon county, Baccus Creek Flooding area, numerous pigs seen
Ogemaw county, east of West Branch (west of Lake Ogemaw), numerous pigs seen, some taken
Lenawee county, I had reports of more than one pig where the roadkill pig was hit
Hope this helps. If any of your hunters are going out and would like specifics for the area they are going to hunt, have them email me and I'll let them know locations of sightings for those areas.
Thanks again.
Kristi

Kristine Brown
Laboratory Technician
Wildlife Disease Laboratory
Wildlife Division
Michigan Dept. of Natural
Resources
(517)336-5047
brownkr@michigan.gov

[Craig M]

Just a different angle of thought. If these things populate out of control and spread, they will compete with the native species. Just think of what pigs can do to winter deer yards and other sanctuaries. Not good!

[Nwing]

Thanks guys. I had found Kristine's email on the DNR site, and emailed her yesterday. She very promptly got back with me, and was very helpfull, and plan's on keeping me up to date on locations. Right now, pretty much what was posted here...but she pledged to keep me updated with new reports. I agree...if these things get out of controll, they can play havoc with both agriculture and native wildlife..
I'll do my part, and keep updates here from time to time when I get a good angle on locations.

[chris_kreiner]

What are we all waiting for lets go hog hunting? I am ready. Actually is there any regulation regarding season or weapon.