Hogs at San Luis Pass

[JT]

Awww well dammm, i already lost. robalo jsut sent me a picture of what was at his house last weekend.

[ccahill]

How about a trail cam photo? Video takes a lot of waiting and stalking time and a portion of luck but I should be able to get a still photo with a time and date stamp at a particular location I know of on the island, toghether with the land owner's name and cell phone # in case you want to verify. My trail cams don't record video as far as I know.

I promise you they are here, I have seen them and would have no reason to lie about it.

[Robalo]

For $500 I'll play "HPD" and throw one down at SLP and even invite over to gut and skin it!! I'll BBQ it for us!!

Watch it JT-I thinlk Barhams got same idea as me-I think he's got one penned and is already loading it into his truck and hauling it to SLP.

[Robalo]

Watch it JT-Mona was there last weekend-she'll kick both our butts!!

[Robalo]

I still think I'll run A.C. Adams on PD and see what addies I get and do Google Earth. I still say the only pigs at SLP area are usually tanning on a Heavy Duty folding chair and have two legs-I know, I done seen em-oh my eyes, my eyes.

[ccahill]

I have not seen them at the pass but I have seen them on the west end and there is no reason they couldn't wander down there or even swim from the brazoria county side. I still think the story could be true. Whether it is or not, who knows. The part about 2 pigs just attacking blindly is hard to believe (but not impossible). I suspect old A.C. may have done a little spear throwin' in the dark and then gotten more than he bargained for.

[Robalo]

I think he done throwed lead at em somewhere else. I would think the toll trolls would have said/done something or it woulda been in GDN. Seabreeze paper is riddled (get it) with "eye catchers" and is a funny rag to read.

[boom]

I never said that I I I I wanted to do that but these guys up here used to.

OK...ill go ahead and call bullsheet on wild hogs on the island around SLP or anywhere else on the ISLAND. Produce a video by June 1 and ill donate $500 bucks to the website....

We'll stop all this sport magazine reading fairy tales.

http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?wcd=17796

Experts say feral hogs pose mounting threat

By Ted Streuli
The Daily News
Published February 15, 2004
Doug Smith has a favorite story. The agriculture agent for Texas A&M University’s Texas Cooperative Extension system encountered a Clear Lake family last year that was fed up with feral hogs. Armed with bow and arrows, they set off to slay the swine that had been destroying their property. They returned home hours later without their trophy, to find that the creature had availed itself of their absence and destroyed their front lawn.

Feral hogs — those once domesticated creatures that have returned to the wild — are an ever-increasing nuisance to county residents who find their property destroyed, trash cans ravished and lawns irreparably mauled.

A hassle for homeowners, feral hogs can be devastating to small farmers and ranchers; the omnivorous creatures eat almost anything and can destroy crops and livestock, preferring kid goats and lambs.

In a world of suburban sprawl, feral hogs are especially fond of Bermuda and St. Augustine grass and the insects that dwell in the sod.

“They just love that,” said Smith. “You can have a clear lawn that evening when you go to bed and wake up to find it’s all rooted up.”

Christopher Columbus introduced hogs into the Americas in 1498; by 1593 they were established in Florida and spread throughout the southeastern states, putting down roots in Texas as early as 1689. Smith said that in Galveston County, feral hogs number about 10 a square mile and as habitat turns to subdivisions, they become more publicly visible.

“They’re even on Galveston Island,” said County Extension Agent Corey Bowen. “They’re everywhere.”

And a 400-pound feral hog isn’t a creature to mess with. Bowen said they can become aggressive if cornered or if a sow is separated from her litter.

“A domestic hog is going to go away from you,” said Bowen. “A feral hog is going to lock eyes.”

Although they tend to be most harmful economically, Bowen said they can carry a variety of livestock diseases — including anthrax. Most diseases can only be transmitted through direct contact with a carcass, usually while processing, Bowen said.

Hogs can multiply quickly. Since they reach sexual maturity in as little as six months and have a gestation period of less than four months, a sow producing four to eight babies a litter can turn a pair of hogs into 14 in less than two years. With a life span of about five years, the population can grow to unmanageable levels rapidly.

“On the positive side, they’ve provided recreation,” said Bowen.

Often imported to hunting ranches, hogs aren’t considered game animals in Texas, so there are no limits for hunters and they’re never out of season. Hunting, in fact, is one of the methods the Texas Wildlife Damage Management Service recommends for controlling the feral hog population. Other suggested methods are snares and live traps.

But discharging a firearm in a subdivision typically is illegal, so if there are no bow hunting supplies in the closet, the experts suggest calling the county agriculture extension office for a referral to a professional trapper.


Coe, let me know when you receive the 500.00.

[WestEndAngler]

JT wants a video guys...

[boom]

JT needs to put the money up first, otherwise it's just more bs... I bet the video would be easier to get than the 500.00. lmao

[JT]

JT needs to put the money up first, otherwise it's just more bs... I bet the video would be easier to get than the 500.00. lmao

now thats talking about something you really dont know anything about. Emphasis on really.

[boom]

now thats talking about something you really dont know anything about. Emphasis on really.

So you are willing to put up the money for a video of a hog on galveston island? The article was easy enough and should be creditable. I really don't think that it will be that hard with a digital nv scope.

[JT]

do i need to put my earlier post in a different language? dammm son.

[JT]

and if you're so confident about it, why dont you put up a little wager on it and donate it? LMAO....i think i know the answer on that one! hahahaha

[boom]

do i need to put my earlier post in a different language? dammm son.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLqgekTQbqk
Here is a hog attacking, not running away from a lion. lmao