Wild hogs cause an unbelievable amount of damage every year. In areas with high populations of wild pigs, several acres of land can be overturned in just one night by only one sounder of hogs. Imagine if you had several sounders on your land.
Feral hogs cause approximately $2 billion in damage to U.S. land and crops each year. Farmers, ranchers, hunters, and national and state parks all suffer because of this. Feral hogs are also known to transmit disease among livestock, pets and humans. They also compete for resources with native wildlife and contaminate water supplies.
Research suggests that control methods must eliminate approximately 75% of the population each year just to keep up with the hog’s annual reproductive capacity. Feral pigs can have two or sometimes three litters each year, with up to 12 pigs per litter. You can see why it is a never-ending battle against hogs.
Hunting can only do so much to control their populations. It is all but impossible to eradicate hogs once they move in. All that can be done is to control the
