is there any breed of dog that can hold it's own against wild pigs?

[RacetrackReject]

@Cherry

Why can’t they just figure out a way to capture these things live, slaughter them and send the meat to food banks??? Why is this so difficult? Set up makeshift pens, run the hogs in and kill them? It’d be like shooting fish in a barrel–no???

They do have a way to mass harvest them on public lands and land where they can get permission to do so. It doesn’t work in my area because we are too forested here. Basically they chase them with a helicopter and use an AR to shoot them.

Years ago, Pres. GW Bush (before he was President) started a program in Texas to harvest feral hogs, process the meat in USDA slaughterhouses, and use it to feed the homeless. I’m not sure if the program is still ongoing, but it is something that has at least been tried, and one that a lot of people were behind at the time.

[RacetrackReject]

This should be a public Facebook link, no need to have a Facebook account to watch it. This is a baby feral hog, just to show how aggressive they can be, even in the tiny versions.

https://www.facebook.com/retouchet/videos/10112519268477494/

[atlatl]

@Bluey

Feral hogs are an invasive species that doesn’t has a real predator that will slow them down.

Most everything gives feral hogs a wide berth.
They are mean, shortsighted, fast and powerful.
They even fight and kill and eat each other if one looks cross at another.
They have a very bad disposition and are fast to anger.

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You forgot that they are quite tasty. At least the ones Mr. Atlatl has hunted.

[Bluey]

@atlatl

You forgot that they are quite tasty. At least the ones Mr. Atlatl has hunted.

In December, a local fellow trapped over 50 in three weeks.

He made some good barbecue of the first ones, eventually everyone got tired of that.

There are way more pigs than people care to prepare, cook and eat.

Most just leave them there and next day there is nothing left.
Other hogs came by in the night and didn’t even left hair behind.

Here is some of the latest news on feral hog control:

http://www.deltafarmpress.com/crop-protection/toxicants-studied-feral-hog-control?NL=DFP-01&Issue=DFP-01_20180301_DFP-01_885&sfvc4enews=42&cl=article_2_b&utm_rid=CPG02000002450437&utm_campaign=25294&utm_medium=email&elq2=d025b4db68bb4438898d942dc621b39c

Still no good solution out there, but they are working on it.

[Equibrit]

2016 Feral Hog Map; https://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_…map-county.jpg

Aaaand the diseases they can carry;

http://vet.uga.edu/population_health_files/diseases_of_feral_swine_brochure.pdf

[IndysMom]

you know, we’ve hunted lots of things to extinction. You’d think we could do that with these!

[Nezzy]

@IndysMom

you know, we’ve hunted lots of things to extinction. You’d think we could do that with these!

They breed so fast, and they don’t have any other enemies except humans. They are really hard to get rid of.

[Ladylexie]

@jazz8899

Plott Hound could certainly take a wild hog down. There is always a chance for them to get hurt though because no matter how capable it only takes one wrong move there and they have tusks for a reason. It’s not like every dog will have the drive to do it either. I agree that you should try to talk her into bringing them in at night.

No it wouldn’t.

[Ladylexie]

@Nezzy

I realize how dangerous they are. Was just curious if any breed of dog was bred for this or not. I personally keep my own dogs in the house most of the time, unless i am home, and then they have an acre of fenced yard. ( and a doggy door). My friend was brought up on a farm and believes dogs should stay outside. But after this, i think she has changed her mind.

Omg! I hope she has changed her mind otherwise she sounds so cruel.

[Nezzy]

@Ladylexie

Omg! I hope she has changed her mind otherwise she sounds so cruel.

She is not cruel. She was just raised that dogs work on the farm and not in the house. Where she grew up, Dogs slept on the porch and guarded the property. She took very good care of her dog, she took her to the vet for annual exams and vaccinations, she was good to her. But it’s not MY way of thinking, I prefer to keep my dogs in the house with me.

[Ladylexie]

@Nezzy

She is not cruel. She was just raised that dogs work on the farm and not in the house. Where she grew up, Dogs slept on the porch and guarded the property. She took very good care of her dog, she took her to the vet for annual exams and vaccinations, she was good to her. But it’s not MY way of thinking, I prefer to keep my dogs in the house with me.

I’m sorry but leaving your dog in possible harms way is cruel in my opinion but you define it as you wish.

[Nezzy]

The property is fenced. The hogs got in without her knowing. Not Cruel.

[Christa_P]

My only suggestion would be set up a HOT perimeter with Hi Tensile wire and a big charger outside the dog area.