Guys......If you are having hog problems, do not blame anyone else but your self. Time for different tactics if the ones you are using are not working.


sling it!!!

push them my way ill take all of them....we ahve counted over 75 in one heard i love them swine...that way i always know ill shot sumthin..

I run dogs and you are right there are people out there who give it a bad name but there are also alot people out there who run around with guns shooting pigs a bad name. Or people who give hunting a bad rap in generel. It sucks that there are those people out there. All methods work well when used the right way and I think you should have multiple means when trying to take out a few pigs. Every place is different and every land owner wants it handled different ways. As far as guides if you dont think there are alot of people out there who remove hogs for land owners by shooting them and guide people shooting hogs with high powered rifles There are. I think there just needs to be commucation with the land owners and make sure everyone is on the same page with what you can and cant do. Most ranchers love to saddle up the horse and run some dogs. Me and people I know kill or catch alive then sale the pigs caught. I have also barred alot of pigs for ranchers and game ranches because their hunters like the pigs getting big with big ol cutters.

lol, u know land owners that actually pay dog hunters to come run hogs??? uve got to be kidding me!

I've never been paid a cent for running my dogs, and with most of my landowners, if they heard I let a hog go, it would be the last time I hunted there. Woods Plumber, you have obviously had a run in with some dirty hog doggers, and it seems to have sort of soured you on the whole deal, that's too bad. Don't blame us all. That is no different than saying all rifle hunters drive around on county roads with spotlights.

As far as dogs being part of the hog problem, I don't see it that way. Yes, hunting pressure can move hogs off a piece of property, whether it is by gun or dog. If I was just running the hogs around, and not catching any I sure wouldn't be feeding dogs to do it for me. I can chase hogs with my pickup if I want to. In my OPINION if you want a to try and reduce the population, a combination of shooting, trapping, and dogs can be real effective.

I've never had any experience with dogs, just relaying what Kevin grant has told us at a meeting for our wildlife society. And Kevin is a varmint control specialist in Oklahoma, so I. Think he's a credible source.

If that's how he makes his living, he most likely is pretty credible, my only question is, how much has HE been around dog hunting.

^^what catchrcall said


also, hes from OKLAHOMA, i mean that sums it up right there!!!


but really, sure they run em onto neighboring properties, i cant dispute that fact, but i still dont see how that makes the hog pop. grow.... maybe u should ask him, id be interested in finding out his proffessional oklahoma opinion on that.

Funny Last I heard people pay to hunt hogs????????

I want to find them people who pay hog hunters to come hunt!!! I have never heard of anybody paying someone to come catch hogs. I dont see how people blame dog runners. I've been huntin hogs with dogs for a long time and dogs are the best way to control hogs. Yes the hogs move on to somebody else, but you start shootin them and they will move too!! We have caught 18 hogs in one day with dogs. You add up the pigs that died from us takin their mom its alot more than you can possibly shoot unless your john wayne of course.

nichols, i bet u didnt kill very many hogs because u took away their momma....


and ya, id like to find some of those places that pay U to come hunt their hogs.... again, the guy that said that was from OKLAHOMA

Well, he did graduate from here in Texas, Tarleton to be specific. And I guess you call me and my friends johnny wayne, because between us 3 in about 4 hours of spotlighting, we have wiped out 20+ in a night. Thats with an SKS, .270, amd a 30-30. Anyway to hunt a dog is awesome for sure, and its fun, he just told us about the control of hogs.

dat gum, if yall got 20 in 4 hours of spotlighting, my hat is off to u!

20 in four hours is no joke! y'all were into em good. grain fields I guess?

milo that has no till wheat planted in it. They come up out of the palo duro at night.

I agree, let me know who pays to hunt hog, hell find me somewhere that will let you shoot hog without paying..

ahhh, prime conditions, i guaruntee u that if u come out to the more wooded country u would have trouble getting 20 pigs in 4 hours, but if u have enough dogs it can be done, but not witha rifle.

hate 'em with a passion... we've had weeks where we have killed 40-50 of them and they stay away for a while and then come back with reinforcements. It's a never ending cycle.

Alright John Wayne!!!

If any of yall want me to come out and help yall hunt them let me know.. I will even haul them away for ya... right to the processor... LOL

where u live bigcat?

Dallas, what you are about 5-6 hours away?

Google says 284 miles...

lol ya

I am more than happy to come out and help you get rid of a few. I have a rifle and plenty of ammo.

It is nothing for me to drive 4-5 hours for a hunt... specially to help someone out with some hogs.. LOL