Sunday, June 30, 2013

Hog Damage

Those of you who follow my facebook page know that we have had a wild hog running around the neighborhood doing damage lately. Last week I let the dogs out in the dark and then realized they were out of the back yard, after taking a better look, I found this:

Since that is pallet wood, I knew we had a fairly large hog. Those boards don't break easy.
Since then every time I walk the dog I see the hog tracks but we hadn't gotten a look at the hog until today. I wish I had a camera then but we were out walking Juliet and Scooter. I had Scooter and we had just started our walk when the hog came out of our yard so I snatched him up and put some distance between us and the hog. I am pretty sure it was a big sow. I saw no tusks. It was a big red sow probably at least 250-300 lbs. She went on into the woods and didn't bother us.
The reason for the hogs coming up from the lake (we have a lot more rabbits too), is the cutting of the trees that I told you all about. We walked down there today to see it since they weren't working and Phil took some pictures.


It is a real shame. I had hoped they weren't clear cutting, but they are.
We looked up hog hunting here in GA and apparently we can kill it if it is on our own land. She has made a big wallow on the front lawn so her days may be numbered. It is not like she can go back down by the lake after they finish cutting all the trees.
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  1. RobinJune 30, 2013 at 12:40 PM

    Why in the world are they clear cutting? I'm surprised that it is allowed.

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    1. becky3086June 30, 2013 at 4:21 PM

      All I can say is "This is Georgia". It is a shame about the trees but counties and towns are still free here to decide for themselves. We don't have lots and lots of regulations. Somewhere along the way money has to be made to make up for where we are not getting money now. I'm afraid, this is it (this is just my opinion now). What they haven't thought of is that this is all red clay which means with the rains it will all run off and erode into the lake without the trees.
      They clear cut all the time here.

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  2. Daphne GouldJune 30, 2013 at 1:05 PM

    So sad they are clear cutting the area. I guess you will just have to make lemonade out of your lemons, or in reality bacon out of your wild hog. It's nice that you are allowed to kill it if it is on your own land. I grew up in the Colorado mountains and the deer would bed down outside the living room door some nights, but we couldn't touch them.

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    1. becky3086June 30, 2013 at 4:23 PM

      Still some indecision on whether it is a boar or sow. My neighbor says it is a boar and we are not really sure yet. A boar would not be worth killing unless it keeps tearing everyone's yard up. I am hoping it is a sow but that would mean we have two in the neighborhood.

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  3. dariusJune 30, 2013 at 2:49 PM

    Sorry you have to be exposed to this... but maybe you'll get some wild hog mest out of it in the end.

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    1. becky3086June 30, 2013 at 4:23 PM

      I fear what grows back will be wild grass and brush which will bring the snakes up to us too.

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  4. Mark WillisJune 30, 2013 at 4:37 PM

    So you are sleeping with a loaded gun by your bed just now, eh? Does "clear cutting" mean that they cut everything, nor just the big trees?

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    1. becky3086June 30, 2013 at 6:00 PM

      Yeah, they cut everything and leave the brush everywhere.

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  5. Gorges SmytheJune 30, 2013 at 5:16 PM

    Build a trap and bait it with corn.

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    1. becky3086June 30, 2013 at 6:01 PM

      Yeah, I am pretty sure that building a trap is a bit excessive when we could just shoot it with the gun....a lot less work.

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