Wild Hogs in Austin

/ hsoi

No… the Republic of Texas biker rally isn’t for a few months yet.

I’m talking about feral hogs.

Apparently they started showing up in a northeast Austin neighborhood.

I can’t say I’m surprised because I know friends that live east of Austin have seen them running around. And so, the feral hog problem starts to come closer to home for the urbanites!

You know… I’ve got 6.8 Special ways to take care of a hog problem. Just give me a call!

Tho granted, the best way to try to manage this is going to involve trapping. If they’re as small as the article reports, trapping should be more effective AND they better do it now because they’re just going to reproduce like the plague.

4 thoughts on “Wild Hogs in Austin”

    • Oh no… they want to relocate the hogs (said the video). Because you know… they don’t get it.

      *sigh*

      I understand why they don’t want hunting within the city limits, but by far it’d be the most effective means of population control. People complain about the deer eating their landscaping. Now we’ve got hogs coming in and that is ONLY going to get worse (trapping might be the most effective way to control it, but it’s still a losing proposition).

      Bow hunting only (minimizes noise and projectile maximum range issues… they can still travel a LONG ways under ideal circumstances, but certainly less than any bullet). Every regulation otherwise remains in effect. I mean, if you damage someone’s property, you are responsible. If you injure someone, you’re responsible. You can’t just cross onto people’s property without permission, etc. etc..

      If nothing else, there’s the Rick Perry defense. If one of those hogs was chasing down me or my kids, well… I’d use something more than a Ruger LCP, that’s for sure. 😉

  2. years ago, my friend in rural Maine, complained to a local about problems with deer eating her garden.

    the look on the face of the garden center employee when she inquired what aisle she could find Dr. Winchesters Lead Pills (TM) must’ve been priceless.

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