There have been threads in the past about pests in the garden but has anyone any idea of how to discourage wild pigs from ruining my yard and garden? This has become a realy problem and is paralizing the track gang until I can find a solution. They come out at night and I can't shoot them (horses nearby) and seem to get under or around my fencing. I've even considered going back to HO!! Help.
Neil
Electric fencing. Just a single strand at pig nose height will do the job.
-Brian
altterrain Electric fencing. Just a single strand at pig nose height will do the job. -Brian
Make sure to put it on a timer, else you just might be picking yourself up from the other side of the yard.
Tom Trigg
Hi; I sympathize with you, I don’t find does and bucks endearing either. However wild pigs sound like a real bore. I’m wondering what they are rooting for and if the problem could be eliminated or moved to another part of the yard.
Our property is bordered on two sides by national forest and it’s not uncommon to see several dozen deer browsing in our yard. I use Aristo Euro and USA sectional track, they are more robust. We’ve discovered deer seem to prefer native plants growing in our yard and although they occasionally nip a rose or eat an apple it’s a part of living on the edge, so to speak.
Good luck, Rob
Thanks Rob:
Now that you mention it they seem to be only digging up the lawn for ??. The railroad is really only in the way. Others have suggested electric fence which we use for the horses but I hadn't considered it "down low" or shnoz height since things grow here year round. Guess I could Round-up along the fence line for a start and get the hotwire where it belongs.
We live "off the grid" so solar chargers are our staple. They are sometimes finicky and certainly don't like lightning. Has anyone heard about using hair or some kind of organic repelant?
N
http://www.extension.org/pages/Wild_Pig_Damage_Management
http://www.critter-repellent.com/?source=GoogleAW&gclid=CMSu-vXv5JcCFSbCDAodfDA4DQ
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http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_21336_21336
Neiler Has anyone heard about using hair or some kind of organic repelant?
Has anyone heard about using hair or some kind of organic repelant?
Is there a smell that a pig doesn't like ?!?
All the links were great! The solar charger is similar to ours (wonder about shipping prices hmm.) and the repelant seems to deter everything but pigs. The Cooperative site was the most helpful so I gues that traps are my first choice. Anybody like bacon?
BTW, yesterday I saw a 200# sow with 4 babies and a young male in the pasture above our house. Seems like a losing battle .......... sigh
user="altterrain"] Is there a smell that a pig doesn't like ?!? -Brian
bacon?
Have fun with your trains
An electric fence is a good idea, but it reminds me of the war of wills between a work partner and his German Shepherd, Max. Max was a digger; my partner tried obedience school with no luck, he continued to dig up the yard. He tethered Max to a tree and he chewed the rope in two and proceeded to dig up the yard. So my partner put a fence around the patio. Max jumped over the fence and dug up the yard. A friend gave my partner an electric fence. Max figured out how to pull the plug and jumped the fence and dug up the yard.
I was assigned to work in another company location. When I walked into the building I noticed a sign on the bulletin board; MAX THRENCHING SERVICE CALL . . . .FOR QUICK SERVICE.
Wishing all a happy new year, Rob
A large caliber hangun works well. Wild boar sausage is great.
vsmith user="altterrain"] Is there a smell that a pig doesn't like ?!? -Brian bacon?
I've seen them bypass other goodies to get to the bacon grease. About the only thing I know is a true deterent is a good 30-06.
Well I think that once I move the horses the pigs will follow or we'd have ourselves a turkey shoot. Screw the little stuff and use the shotgun.
I'm actually getting the material together for a trap. Found some spring hinges for the doors and have poles and mesh. Since avocados are falling off the tree, got more bananas than one should eat without well, you know, and the papayas rot before you can eat them all, I've got lots of bait.
I'd rather be building turnouts or trestles!
Neiler I'm actually getting the material together for a trap.....I've got lots of bait......I'd rather be building turnouts or trestles! Neil
You might consider a smoke hoiuse. In BOTH scales (1:1 & 1:2x)
I don't know, man. I've been pig huntin in south Georgia with a buddy of mine. We got treed by one a long time ago. I had my Ruger Super Blackhawk .44 Magnum and he had a 30.06. Both just penetrated the skin on his face and went around his skull and out the back. Yeah, you read that right. I finally slid down a little ways and put one right behind his ear. Turned him off like a light switch. I had to check my shorts, though. That pig was a touch over 800 pounds. I mean, he wasn't no Hawgzilla, but he was big. When they get that big, they got some sho nuff armor plating around their head. I got the real deal now though. My wife got me the new S&W .500 Magnum for Christmas a few years back. We've not had a lot of luck with small rifle rounds. They tend to break apart if they hit bone. The larger rounds of the big bore handguns work better down here. Course, you gotta get a little closer.
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Neil,
Your problem with wild hogs is one that I can relate to.
When I want to run trains, I have to lay track, then pull it up when I'm finished because of hogs. I live out in the country in N.E.Texas and wild hogs are numerous and a problem. You can install hog proof fencing($$$$) or trap them. I shoot them. I bait them with soured corn.(take a post hole digger and make a hole a couple of feet deep, pour the soured corn in and wait for them to come to dinner) I illumminate the area with red light(pigs can't see red light) where the bait is, get up off the ground(they can run faster than you or I) and shoot them when they come to root out the corn. I use an SKS with FMJ bullets. (if they can pierce armor, they'll take down a hog). You can lead them where you have a safe shooting alley, by where you lay the bait. Invite your frinds to come help exterminate the pests, then have a BBQ..........
The only good pig is the one hanging in the smoke house!
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Out here in West Texas they run the river and creek bottoms and make foraging runs out into the pastures for anything green. They are omnivores so they'll eat meat and insects and grains/grasses. Tend to agree with Green Streak, the pigs are coming in to feed on grubs and roots in your lawn, and they will keep coming in as long as they don't have a better food source. An electric fence is only a minor inconvienence to the ones we have out here. Do not use a shotgun, even with double 0 buckshot!!! At 6 to 7 yards the .33 caliber ball will not get through the shield carpace of scar tissue, cartilege and sinew that these animals will build up over their neck and shoulders. The safest bet is a medium bore rifle (6mm with 100gr bullets or better) or largebore handgun (.4X with 140gr flatpoints or better) . These are tough, smart and wary animals and unless baited in long shots are the norm around here. Their teeth (tusks) are very sharp, they are very fast, and can be very aggressive if threatened......be careful and good luck.
Mark
My personal favorite method of rodent control
Ya gotta get smart about this! Get rid of the pigs and supplement you train money! After you shoot em, give them to mama and let her use them in her pulled pork sandwich shop! If you want to go high class with that call it a shoppe serving free range organic pulled pork!
Capt Bob Johnson If you want to go high class with that call it a shoppe serving free range organic pulled pork!
If you want to go high class with that call it a shoppe serving free range organic pulled pork!
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