[Rhodes22-list] Rick's Hogs

[Brad Haslett]

Ed,

Ironically, the largest population of Razorbacks (the hog, not the fan) is
in Texas.  Depending on who you speak with, the Razorback fan is worse than
the feral hog. I was at the 1978 Orange Bowl in Miami and was trying to
check into a hotel after the 'Hogs' had just whupped Oklahoma.  This little
Cuban gal at the front desk looked out over the lobby and said in a very
loud voice, "I don't even know where Arkansas is but I'll be glad when these
people go back there!"

Brad

On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 6:46 AM, Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:

>
> Rick said, "Garden fast until the ground hogs arrive.  They are over,
> under,
> through--doesn't matter."  Me thinks you are talking about critters not
> local to this area.  Ground hogs or wood chucks that dig tunnels and
> resemble fat prairie dogs are not local down here.
>
> We do have feral hogs.  Hogs whose ancestors were farm pigs.  These feral
> hogs have breed with real European and Russian wild hogs that were imported
> for hunting preserves.  In football season look at the Arkansas razorback
> pictures.  I have seen some that look like that rather than just pigs.
>
> Now would they get to Captain Rummy's house?  Actually, they might.  I have
> seen them in the wild in the mountains about 30/40 miles north of Rummy's
> estate.  And the wildlife people are concerned with the spread of lower
> Savannah River feral hogs north. Rummy's house is right in the middle of
> these two populations of feral hogs.
>
> The thing to remember is that they are not domestic pigs.  The boars will
> attack humans.  And because of the cross breeding the boars can be very
> big.
> I have seen some in the 200 to 300 pound range.  When I hike in the
> Chattooga River basin I now carry a 357.  I have gotten to old to climb a
> tree fast and often times have others with me.  A 22 or other small caliber
> pistol would not stop these guys.
>
> In the forest you can tell when they have been around.  The ground looks
> like it has been 'roto' tilled.  The tearing up of the ground is what
> really
> concerns the wildlife people.  They are not as concerned with the hogs
> chasing people off the hiking trails.
>
> See this webs site, page down till third article about 'hogs':
> http://www.dnr.sc.gov/managed/wild/jocassee/newsletters/jocvol7no2.pdf
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA
>
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