EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Fellers,, I wanted to find out from the other guys on here that is familiar with the NWR and Wmas in the state of La..  The question is,, where are the freakin hogs at ?  The difference between last yr and this yr as far as the hog population goes is unbelievably noticeable..  So much so,, I dont know if the hands behind the scenes are not sneaking in their invention of poison and not telling the public..  I was raised up hunting by several Wma and Nwr and have leases that border them and I can tell you aint no other explanation for the decline in the hog population is one yr..   Not only the ones that I hunt around ,, but others in the state that I know guys are by are dealing with the same issue..  Just wondering what others are seeing around the state.. 

The two wma’s I hunt hard during deer season have dropped so dramatically in hog populations it’s eye opening. I’ve thought all year they’ve been trapping but trapping alone doesn’t account for the numbers. I’ve said the same thing about the poison aspect as well.  I know In Tensas they are trapping the heck along with one or two by the house, but trapping isn’t that successful.

Hog numbers down everywhere I been this year and everybody I talked to said same thing we didn't have any acorns this year I ain't seen no traps in no wma I been in this year nor I have I found any dead hogs anywhere but numbers are down drastically from years past

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Same everywhere. Don't know what has happened

Poison sounds the part except as mentioned, if that were the case where are the carcasses? I would think poison is going to hit a bunch at once so you would have a pretty good pile of hogs in one spot and I would think a pretty strong odor. I’ve seen similar things happen here and it seemed to be a migration type thing. For one reason or another they pack up and leave. Could be food, water, habitat change, but I would think those places would be because they have so much pressure from dogs. Even non hog dogs running are going to stress them. We have a hog dog under every shade tree around here. I know that those spots that are owned by some jacka$$ get stacked full of hogs because they figure out it’s a safe haven.


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I have had the same thoughts and conclusions here in my area. Figured maybe a birth control or poison of sorts was established quietly but haven't saw any evidence nor heard any rumors of that here. I have mentioned the guys with Thermal equipment having reportedly killed a pile of hogs here in the last year, but hog pops. are off 1.5 hrs east of here as well, seems to be too widespread to be Thermals. A real good hog hunter from south Tx. told me he hadn't saw but a very few small pigs and that maybe the bad winter storm last year stressed the hogs into aborting or not cycling, but there has been time enough for that to have passed here. The hogs here have pigs year round and don't really have a "breeding season" which is more common where hogs are tied really hard to the mast crop. I don't really have an idea that fits the entire scenario, but it is certainly a mystery.

195 hogs killed in 48 hours…..doesn’t take long for that to put a dent in a local population.  Helicopters, thermal, boar buster traps, habitat, weather. They are all factors in declining a local population. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20220316/92dcaeb673f157fe54ba2f54549c8e2b.jpg)


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Lots of hunters...running a knife through every hog..... over time makes a big difference.

That's for sure

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No ethics.

Couple years ago I went to Europe. In some countries they had signs around at the parks about leaving food around. They were having an outbreak of African Swine Fever that was spreading through the wild population and killing them. They like the pigs over there and wanted to keep them around!

thanks for the info fellers,,,   I was beginning to wonder if I had trained these dogs too good..LOL..   

Lol highwater that might just be the other part of the problem.


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DFW area has hogs like normal this year ...