Question about Wildlife

[bassin_bug]

Bug I'm not an expert on hogs but I know if it has been abnormally cold down there they might be doing it for the heat the road is putting off, just a guess! PS hope your not getting to much ribbin from your Auburn friends....if you have any..LOL Chuck

The hogs were coming onto the roads in the summer. It didn't get cold down there until the middle of December. I wonder if there is, like deer, an over abundance of them. The deer population is so large that we are encouraged to drive with our headlights on high, at night, as much as possible to avoid collisions with them. I left about 3-3:30 am coming back home and saw lots of deer feeding right at the edge of the asphalt. Now that can rattle your nerves because one never knows which way they will run. Do hogs all stay together in herds or do they separate?

I do have some Auburn friends and I just told them that Bama may not win all the games but they have never lost a party. Actually, most of the time when Bama and Auburn play, Auburn fans either stay over or come over (depending on where the game was played) and party the rest of the weekend away at Bama.

[mhall]

It's a population thing bug. I've heard some things from fellow hunters saying the Hogs are exploding in numbers in certain states. Get you a tag and go bust a few, they are darn good eatin.

[Tim_T]

They are expanding, it is what they do. They populate very quickly. They are a nuisance species, they tear up land like crazy and will hurt the deer and turkey because they outcompete them for food.

[bassin_bug]

It's a population thing bug. I've heard some things from fellow hunters saying the Hogs are exploding in numbers in certain states. Get you a tag and go bust a few, they are darn good eatin.

I don't need a tag in my state, just my 30-06, some good ammo, and a strong man to load them. I have a little cousin that is 10 years old and quite a marksman; he had to have some good firearms safety and target training before his dad would allow him to even hold a gun. He killed 4 adult hogs one morning and when his dad and grandpa got them loaded, they filled the bed of the truck.