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Tora

07-19-2008, 13:35

Does anyone here hunt hogs? I have been told that there are hogs in SE CO that you can hunt. Does anyone have any info?

Colorado Osprey

07-20-2008, 08:03

There is a place just south of the Pueblo Airport.. the guy who runs it is a Pueblo County SO Deputy.
Archery Only.
River Bottom Bowhunting

There is another one near Canon City.. again archery only.

Both are dometics run wild in fenced in areas.... still can be dangerous though.

Wild/Dometics are about on the Texas/OK/KS and Colorado borders.
I would bet that in the next decade we will start seeing a huntable popultaion in Colorado.

http://www.widowcreek.com/index.cfm?id=BA765E82-2B1B-47EB-8F7A74D9E5F193FE

Colorado Osprey

07-20-2008, 08:14

Did you know Deer Bite?

Copied from another forum:
http://www.texasboars.com/phpB.....php?t=4966

I had this idea that I was going to rope a deer, put it in a
stall, feed it up on corn for a couple of weeks, then kill it and eat it. The first step in this adventure was getting a deer. I figured that since they congregated at my cattle feeder and do not seem to have much fear of me when we are there (a bold one will sometimes come right up and sniff at the bags of feed while I am in the back of the truck not 4
feet away) that it should not be difficult to rope one, get up to it and toss a bag over its head (to calm it down) then hog tie it and transport it home.

I filled the cattle feeder then hid down at the end with my rope. The cattle, who had seen the roping thing before, stayed well back. They were not having any of it. After about 20 minutes my deer showed up - 3 of them. I picked out a likely looking one, stepped out from the end of
the feeder, and threw my rope. The deer just stood there and stared at me. I wrapped the rope around my waist and twisted the end so I would have a good hold. The deer still just stood and stared at me, but you could tell it was mildly concerned about the whole rope situation. I took a step towards it...it took a step away. I put a little tension on the rope and received an education. The first thing that I learned is that while a deer may just stand
there looking at you funny while you rope it, they are spurred to action when you start pulling on that rope. That deer EXPLODED.

The second thing I learned is that pound for pound, a deer is a LOT stronger than a cow or a colt. A cow or a colt in that weight range I could fight down with a rope with some dignity. A deer, no chance. That thing ran and bucked and twisted and pulled. There was no controlling it and certainly no getting close to it! As it jerked me off
my feet and started dragging me across the ground, it occurred to me that having a deer on a rope was not nearly as good an idea as I originally imagined. The only up side is that they do not have as much stamina as many animals. A brief 10 minutes later, it was tired and not nearly as quick to jerk me off my feet and drag me when I managed to get up. It took me a few minutes to realize this, since I was mostly blinded by the blood flowing out of the big gash in my head.

At that point I had lost my taste for corn fed venison. I just wanted to get that devil creature off the end of that rope. I figured if I just let it go with the rope hanging around its neck, it would likely die slow and painfully somewhere. At the time, there was no love at all between me and that deer. At that moment, I hated the thing and I would
venture a guess that the feeling was mutual. Despite the gash in my head and the several large knots where I had cleverly arrested the deer's momentum by bracing my head against various large rocks as it dragged me across the ground, I could still think clearly enough to recognize that there was a small chance that I shared some tiny amount
of responsibility for the situation we were in. I didn't want the deer to have to suffer a slow death so I managed to get it lined back up in between my truck and the feeder - a little trap I had set before hand. Kind of like a squeeze chute. I got it to back in there and started moving up so I could get my rope back.

Did you know that deer bite? They do! I never in a million years would have thought that a deer would bite somebody so I was very surprised when I reached up there to grab that rope and the deer grabbed hold of my wrist. Now, when a deer bites you, it is not like being bit by a horse where they just bite you and then let go. A deer bites you
and shakes its head - almost like a pit bull. They bite HARD and it hurts.

The proper thing to do when a deer bites you is probably to freeze and draw back slowly. I tried screaming and shaking instead. My method was ineffective. It seems like the deer was biting and shaking for several minutes, but it was likely only several seconds. I, being smarter than a deer (though you may be questioning that claim by now) tricked it. While I kept it busy tearing the bejesus out of my right
arm, I reached up with my left hand and pulled that rope loose.

That was when I got my final lesson in deer behavior for the day. Deer will strike at you with their front feet. They rear right up on their back feet and strike right about head and shoulder level, and their hooves are surprisingly sharp. I learned a long time ago that when
an animal like a horse strikes at you with their hooves and you can't get away easily, the best thing to do is try to make a loud noise and make an aggressive move towards the animal. This will usually cause them
to back down a bit so you can escape. This was not a horse. This was a deer, so obviously such trickery would not work. In the course of a millisecond, I devised a different strategy. I screamed like a woman and tried to turn and run.
The reason I had always been told NOT to try to turn and run from a horse that paws at you is that there is a good chance that it will hit you in the back of the head. Deer may not be so different from horses after all, besides being twice as strong and three times as evil, because the second I turned to run, it hit me right in the back of the
head and knocked me down. Now when a deer paws at you and knocks you down it does not immediately leave. I suspect it does not recognize that the danger has passed. What they do instead is paw your back and jump up and down on you while you are laying there crying like a little girl and covering your head. I finally managed to crawl under the truck
and the deer went away.

Now for the local legend. I was pretty beat up. My scalp was split open, I had several large goose eggs, my wrist was bleeding pretty good and felt broken (it turned out to be just badly bruised) and my back was bleeding in a few places, though my insulated canvas jacket had protected me from most of the worst of it. I drove to the nearest place,
which was the Co-Op. I got out of the truck, covered in blood and dust and looking like ****. The guy who ran the place saw me through the window and came running out yelling, "What happened?"

I have never seen any law in the state of Texas that would
prohibit an individual from roping a deer. I suspect that this is an area that they have overlooked entirely. Knowing, as I do, the lengths to which law enforcement personnel will go to exercise their power, I was concerned that they may find a way to twist the existing laws to
paint my actions as criminal. I swear...not wanting to admit that I had done something monumentally stupid played no part in my response. I told him "I was attacked by a deer". I did not mention that at the time I had a rope on it. The evidence was all over my body. Deer prints on
the back of my jacket where it had stomped all over me and a large deer print on my face where it had struck me there. I asked him to call somebody to come get me. I didn't think I could make it home on my own.
He did.

Later that afternoon, a game warden showed up at my house and wanted to know about the deer attack. Surprisingly, deer attacks are a rare thing and wildlife and parks was interested in the event. I tried to describe the attack as completely and accurately as I could. I was filling the grain hopper and this deer came out of nowhere and just
started kicking the **** out of me and BIT me. It was obviously rabid or insane or something.

EVERYBODY for miles around knows about the deer attack (the guy at the Co-Op has a big mouth). For several weeks people dragged their kids in the house when they saw deer around and the local ranchers carried rifles when they filled their feeders. I have told several people the story, but NEVER anybody around here. I have to see these people every
day and I have enough trouble fitting in without them snickering behind my back and whispering, "There is the dumba** that tried to rope the deer!"

pickenup

07-20-2008, 10:04

I talked to a lady that lives in Golden Gate Park.
She has had a problem with wild hogs for a few years.
Is private property "inside" the state park....huntable?
Is there a license for them?

RYAN50BMG

07-20-2008, 21:33

Are you sure this story did'nt really start with "I was drinking tequila and had this idea..."

Elkaholic

07-24-2008, 06:52

I talked to a lady that lives in Golden Gate Park.
She has had a problem with wild hogs for a few years.
Is private property "inside" the state park....huntable?
Is there a license for them?

Definitely check with the DOW, but it should be the same as shooting PD's on private land. Even in the State park it should be legal. I know there is an area that they allow Deer hunting in the park. This state lists them as pests I believe, and no license is required, but again, double check with the DOW.

Elk

Tora

07-24-2008, 13:49

I talked to a lady that lives in Golden Gate Park.
She has had a problem with wild hogs for a few years.

Can you contact this lady? Do you think she would let me remove a few? The leagl stuff can be worked out, if she's willing to alow hunting.

Tora

07-24-2008, 13:51

This state lists them as pests I believe, and no license is required, but again, double check with the DOW.
Elk
That's what I had been told.

theGinsue

07-26-2008, 13:33

I've wanted to hunt wild hogs for YEARS but have never taken the opportunity. I'm told that the meat (while a bit gamey) is delicious and the adventure of the hunt is very memorable.

If anyone ever learns anything definite, please let us all know - I, for one, definitely want in on that. Not real fond of the whole "wild" domestic (isn't this considered "feral"?) pig idea. Hunting a pig (with any wild qualities) with a bow would spook me a bit, but then again, that's how hog hunts are supposed to be I guess.

westy1970

07-26-2008, 15:14

There will be plenty at the DNC. Not sure of restrictions, so check with the DOW.

pickenup

07-26-2008, 15:59

There will be plenty at the DNC. Not sure of restrictions, so check with the DOW.

westy, those "SHOULD" be.......NO LIMIT.

*********

I did ask her if I could come up and "remove" (at least part) of her problem pests. But, even though she is COMPLAINING about them, she is a PETA type, and didn't want me to (poor things) KILL them. Go figure. She called DOW and expected them to come up and live trap them, and relocate. I would "relocate" to my freezer, no problem.

Tora

07-28-2008, 12:26

I would be willing to live trap them...at lest until they make it to my house...what she don't know wont hurt her, but it'll feed my kids ;-)

sniper_tim

12-03-2008, 18:29

There are feral hogs in SE CO, and according to DOW they are considered "invasive species", are not regulated, shoot on-sight. If the lady discussed earlier calls DOW, they will kill the pigs. Oh, the irony.

Article in RMN couple years back (http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4747538,00.html)

Recent news release by DOW (http://wildlife.state.co.us/NewsMedia/PressReleases/Press.asp?PressId=5773)

Apparently there is a ranch in that offers hunts.

If you happen to know anyone in the SE portion of the state, I would love to hunt them also. I suspect if you drove around a little down there and asked, you could find someone who would let your, or maybe charge you a small trespass fee.

Cheers!

Fourthwind

12-03-2008, 19:42

The pigs that are running in colorado now are feral hogs that have gotten loose from farmers, and are probigating The DOW has recognized them as a huntable game species, but there are currently no restrictions on season, take, method, or hours. In other words day or night. Only laws that apply are with standard location laws.

sniper_tim

12-03-2008, 20:40

As mentioned in the above news release from the DOW on the DOW's website, feral hogs are NOT considered a huntable game species and that is why they are not regulated, in fact they are considered an "invasive pest" that needs to "eradicated" from the state. I noticed you are from the DOW and may have more insight, I'm just reading what is on their website.

Tim

theGinsue

12-03-2008, 22:02

What Sniper Tim is saying is exactly what I have read straight from the DOW recently. Even talked to a DOW Officer who reiterated that position - invasive pests which can harm the habitat for actual "game animals".

Fourthwind

12-04-2008, 20:57

We looked it up a few months ago in the code book because I have a connection out to the SE that has seen hogs. Didn't see anything in the code book that suggested these as a pest. Just an invasive huntable species that did not require tags, but what was unclear (imagine that a government document that isn't clear) is if you needed a small game license. Best thing to do is find out who the DWM is for the area and get a direct translation from him/her. What was clear was that you could use ANY method of take. Baiting, night lights, howitzer.. so forth.. What I will warn you guys about is making sure if you do harvest one to make sure all meat is cooked well. Personally I have the whole dang thing made into smoked sausage.

claimbuster

12-08-2008, 00:51

With gasoline at $1.50 I can afford to head out for central Texas and get into some real pig shooting. It will happen in February. Primary rifle will be the new Bushmaster 450, a true pig AR.

Tora

12-09-2008, 15:52

With gasoline at $1.50 I can afford to head out for central Texas and get into some real pig shooting. It will happen in February. Primary rifle will be the new Bushmaster 450, a true pig AR.

PM Sent.
Tora

claimbuster

01-03-2009, 19:01

PM Sent.
Tora

PM reply finally sent.

91RR

01-09-2009, 22:04

With gasoline at $1.50 I can afford to head out for central Texas and get into some real pig shooting. It will happen in February. Primary rifle will be the new Bushmaster 450, a true pig AR.
PM sent

rondog

01-10-2009, 00:09

I have a Winchester Trapper carbine in .44 magnum, would that be a good hog gun? It's short and light, should have a pretty good punch for a pig, I'd think.

Paradude54

01-10-2009, 10:18

I'm living part-time, full-time will have to wait a few more years, near Trinidad in the southern end of the state on the eastern side of the Rockies. I haven't seen or heard anything about hogs there, but until I saw this thread I had never expected that I'd see them.

In middle Tennessee where I currently live if I drive an hour or so to the east they're everywhere. It's really not too hard to find them over 500 pounds. A friend of mine got one that was about 800 pounds just a few years ago.

theGinsue

01-11-2009, 01:23

800 lbs?

Now that sounds like an amazing hunt and some good eating.

TheAvatar9265ft

03-18-2009, 22:09

very interesting!

Backinblackrifles

02-03-2010, 00:03

It seems I am reviving a dead thread but does anybody have any new information relevant to the thread? I have not lived here long And would really like to go after some hogs with my bow. Anyone know someone with property or guided hunts or ranches that I can get the info on?

gnihcraes

02-03-2010, 08:28

Arizona and Texas - that's where my friends go to shoot hogs. If you need further information on locations in those states, let me know and I'll get it.

rondog

02-03-2010, 18:15

Mtn.man

02-03-2010, 20:33

LOL we are originally from FL and I have whacked em with a bow, a shotgun, .45 and finally a .22
the .22 is the best weapon I know to get your pig. just hang in the brush make pig grunts have a tree handy for jumping into and when they run under you pop em in the ear, Pork Chops..

you only want 120# or so for eating cause any big ones taste like shit.

800#'er NO WAY, terrible meat.

Take it from a guy that has prolly killed and BBQ'ed well over 100+ pigs.

gnihcraes

02-03-2010, 20:53

Took me a minute to find the photos... My father with one and a good friend with another... kinda crappy pictures, I don't have the originals handy.

With a traditional bow...

http://www.dcandh.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=548&g2_serialNumber=1

http://www.dcandh.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=552&g2_serialNumber=1

denverco

02-03-2010, 22:45

A couple years ago there was a hog outbreak around chivington. Locals killed em all over the winter. There was an article in the Rocky Mountain News. Called the guy in the article the next spring but they'd been exterminated. DOW was worried about them getting into the Arkansas River Valley and the population exploding. Locals did em a favor.

Backinblackrifles

02-04-2010, 21:35

I am from Alabama originally Killed more than a few with my parker bow and a couple with my Ar. just wondering if anybody new where to find them out here.

Irving

02-04-2010, 21:44

In Colorado you can find hogs in Texas.

Troublco

02-04-2010, 22:42

In Colorado you can find hogs in Texas.

Exactly the sort of remark I was referring to in the other thread....[ROFL1]

Irving

02-04-2010, 22:50

It happens to be true, as evidenced by this entire thread.

Backinblackrifles

02-05-2010, 00:16

bummer.

Limited GM

04-27-2010, 18:29

Dont even think having hogs here would be a good thing. The bad far out weighs the good.

I've no idea how many I've killed, trapped, or marked and released.

Tora

04-29-2010, 20:07

Dont even think having hogs here would be a good thing. The bad far out weighs the good.
Hence the reason to turn them into bacon.[Dinner]

claimbuster

05-17-2010, 22:11

theGinsue

05-18-2010, 06:48

So, do you know if (according to the State) are they considered a nuisance animal versus a game animal?

Any chance of getting to hunt them?

jh308

05-19-2010, 08:37

DOW is still very concerned about a potential population around Springfield.

Really?

My parents, grandparents, and In-Laws live in Springfield. I grew up in Walsh and will be moving to Springfield in August. I've never seen or heard of any pigs around there. I'll have to ask the local Game Warden next time I'm down that way. Maybe I can get me some hog killin' done.

TDYRanger

01-30-2011, 15:50

they are considered a nuisance animal by the state and there is an open season on them with no limit, and no method of take restriction. From what I understand from talking to some of the guys at the DOW if they get news of pigs from farmers and ranchers they get the helicopter up and shoot em.

2008f450

01-30-2011, 22:30

Are these make ham and bacon pigs or shoot them because its fun pigs?

Larry Ashcraft

01-31-2011, 12:38

I have heard of hogs on the St. Charles river bottoms east of Pueblo, but I have property on the Arkansas about a half mile from the St. Charles and I've never seen a sign of them.

The St. Charles is small and brushy and mostly on private property though, so it's possible.

Cameron

01-31-2011, 13:25

I heading down to New Zealand for a vacation and to visit with relatives, and while I'm there I set up a dog and dagger boar hunt.

Last hunt was in 2008 and I got a 225lb boar I took with a Cold Steel Trail Master, I figure I should do my part to protect New Zealand flora and fauna.

I understand there is some dog and dagger hunting in TX, LA, or FL.

Cameron

Bill

01-31-2011, 15:01

I see that there is a lot of talk on Pig hunting in Colorado. Any one putting a group together?

Last time I did research on the Colo pigs I found that the problem areas
Kiowa County on both Sandy creeks
Also spotty from Pueblo along the Arkansas River east most found with in 8-10 miles from the river.
Most of that is private property
This was from 2005

I'm willing to do the research if we are realy going to try to do this.

Mtn.man

01-31-2011, 15:53

These were spotted in Lakewood, so they are moving closer to town.

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/2407.jpg (http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?p=33382)

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/2402.jpg (http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?p=33142)

http://media.peopleofwalmart.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/2401.jpg (http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/?p=33112)

2008f450

01-31-2011, 16:01

2008f450

01-31-2011, 16:11

I would be interested in making the trip to pop some pork. I have some 180 grn .357 loads I want to try.

CowboyTuff

01-31-2011, 16:24

Im in if we end up doing this

I see that there is a lot of talk on Pig hunting in Colorado. Any one putting a group together?

Last time I did research on the Colo pigs I found that the problem areas
Kiowa County on both Sandy creeks
Also spotty from Pueblo along the Arkansas River east most found with in 8-10 miles from the river.
Most of that is private property
This was from 2005

I'm willing to do the research if we are realy going to try to do this.

TDYRanger

01-31-2011, 17:02

Are these make ham and bacon pigs or shoot them because its fun pigs?

yes

Mtn.man

01-31-2011, 17:40

You eat em, after you shoot em.

patrick0685

01-31-2011, 17:56

Im in if we end up doing this

me too!

2008f450

01-31-2011, 18:01

sounds like bacon and carnitas for a while. Im so in.

DSB OUTDOORS

01-31-2011, 20:21

I'm GAME!! But don't shoot me!! Feral Hogs sounds fun. The closest thing to Havalina or Russina boar we have here in Colorado! [Tooth]

Bill

01-31-2011, 22:42

I will start making some calls and see what uptodates and info I can get.

sniper7

01-31-2011, 23:02

I would be in as well. let me know what the dates are you guys figure out and I will do what I can to get them off.

patrick0685

01-31-2011, 23:47

have to break out the wally world camo ghille for that hunt. im thinking hard cast load in the .45-70 might work.[ROFL1]

dress up like a bag of cheese-puffs and you wont have any problem luring them in[LOL]

bryjcom

02-01-2011, 08:02

I'm always down for a hog hunt. Been wanting some breakfast sausage for awhile.

Let me know if it happens.

Bill

02-18-2011, 14:10

Updating Feral Hogs Colorado

The Colorado DOW says there is no problem right now with feral Hogs in Colorado.

Remember reading about a Feral Hog problem in the news paper 4 years ago in Kiowa County. Kiowa County commissioners have told me that the winter of 2007 killed little more then half of them off and the Dow came in a kill off the last of them in that area. they tell me work with USDA-APHIS has done an aerial view and has stated there is no issue at this time.
So I'm not able to find a place in Coloardo that has a feral Hogs problem

Byte Stryke

02-18-2011, 14:26

probably going to have to go into TX or OK

mc223

02-21-2011, 03:57

I didn't read thru all the posts in this thread so forgive me if this is a duplicate of someones info.

Way back when I lived and hunted most of the eastern prairie. I hunted hogs in baca county south of the Cimmaron river and along the three state borders.
Once when I was there I was approached by a Kansas DOW ranger from Grasslands National Park. Now remember I am in Colorado. He told me I could take hogs on the other side of the line in Ks and since there was no clear jurisdiction in Oklahoma in the vicinity I could hunt there too. I did hunt that area for years and was never again visited by any type of ranger warden or other law enforcement. The area is very desolate and the farms are mostly corporate owned and managed by people that don't hunt.

That was in 94. The last time I was there to hunt was 2000.

tmjohnson

02-22-2011, 20:24

Wildlife Services has been killing feral hogs in SE Colorado. They have been taking blood samples and submitting for Brucellosis testing
Locals east of Trinadad say there are some down there. Likely come up Canadian River. Canadian river had a lot of them in NM.
Best chance is talk to a local fish and game warden in SE Colorado to get you in touch with locals who have feral hogs on their ranches
Just be very careful when butchering wild hogs, they can carrry some very nasty diseases and be sure to cook meat completely.

tmjohnson

02-22-2011, 20:29

Bill

02-22-2011, 22:58

As of 3 weeks ago Wildlife Services has been killing hogs in Colorado

Who did you talk to at the Colo DOW?

sniper7

02-22-2011, 23:10

I am interested to know as well.

BigMat

02-22-2011, 23:12

I don't think I have ever paid so much attention to a thread in my life! I really hope for a hog problem we can solve. I hear DOW handled them all and I just think "that's so greedy of them."

tmjohnson

02-23-2011, 14:37

Who did you talk to at the Colo DOW?

You will come more getting info if you talk to local brand inspectors.
The last thing a DOW guy wants is somebody running around hunting.
Brand Inspectors know all the ranchers and all the local gossip, so if you make a good impression on them you are in.

DSB OUTDOORS

02-23-2011, 21:09

You will come more getting info if you talk to local brand inspectors.
The last thing a DOW guy wants is somebody running around hunting.
Brand Inspectors know all the ranchers and all the local gossip, so if you make a good impression on them you are in.

Let us know!! I dont know who to contact or where. But alot of us want to KILL some FNG Hogs!!
Let us know.

Thanks!![Beer]

tmjohnson

02-23-2011, 21:18

Get on the internet
Go to Colorado Department of Agriculture
Click on livestock inspection, that will give you a list of brand inspectors by district and county with their phone numbers

Ralph

02-26-2011, 12:44

This might be apocryphal, but I heard there are hogs along the Republican (Bonnie reservoir) I plan to bow hunt there this coming season. I'll let you know if I see signs or hogs. In the meanwhile I plan to hunt Missouri after 5/8 (end of spring turkey). Missouri wants you to kill as many as you can by any method short of an M203, no license required. They do ask that you notify of time and place of kill and that you send in a blood sample, of the hog that is.

Ralph

03-09-2011, 21:52

Try this link. It might be of interest.

http://www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.com/homepage/x549593147/Feral-hogs-becoming-public-health-issue

Ralph

03-12-2011, 00:04

Here's another link that should be of interest.

http://www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.com/homepage/x549593147/Feral-hogs-becoming-public-health-issue

ChunkyMonkey

03-13-2011, 13:05

+1 for MO dow. They'll even point out where the hogs are.

claimbuster

03-15-2011, 21:16

Made three trips to Texas in the past two years and killed four pigs. Hard to beat a population of over 2 million.

ldmaster

03-15-2011, 23:21

I just watche this on satellite, do a search for it "Pig Bomb"..

the wild/feral hogs are getting to be a bigger and bigger problem. They migrate like nobody's business, are fertile at 7 months, and can have a litter every six months of up to 11 pigs each. They're night foragers for the most part in hot country, scaring them up during the day takes dogs that are trained for it.

After watching "Pig Bomb" there is no frickin way I'm hunting hogs without my 44 and a dog or two.

They are a PEST that have taken over areas of the south and southwest - if they're in Colorado at all, then they will STAY in colorado - "aerial" surveys that don't use nightvision/IR are useless in counting hogs - they don't move around during the day - any daytime aerial count is entirely conjecture and inherently inaccurate.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/pig-bomb-super-pigs.html

PrivateHunting

04-03-2011, 01:13

This might give a better idea of the population in Colorado.

http://128.192.20.53/nfsms/

Stinky

04-05-2011, 22:35

Bill

04-05-2011, 23:46

I was thinking that there are hogs near Collbran on some ranch. The DOW has had problems w/them getting loose in the past.

But, IF THERE IS, it is a pay for hunt kinda deal.

http://wildlife.state.co.us/NewsMedia/PressReleases/

$750 http://www.coloradowildelk.com/exotic.html

If its a pay to hunt kinda of deal with Hogs the Dow will put a stop to it. You can not charge money for a hunt on your land unless the DOW says its a game species. Hogs in Colorado are not a game species thats why you can shoot them with out a license

TrapperJohn

04-30-2011, 00:55

I have been looking at this for a few years. I want to hog hunting so bad. Anyone know of public land BLM or NF is South CO that they might be using.

I have spent a lot of time learning about habitat and it seems they spend a lot of time around a water source. So that would be a good place to start. They also travel a lot of distance but usually roam an area familiar to them. Tracking them should not be that hard since they tear up a lot of land eating roots and anything else they can devour.

I have seen and been around the ones in AZ and they are hostile. I had a several ram my car one time.

jmg8550

04-30-2011, 16:16

I just saw this looking fo hog hunt videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOfCTWy1Xlc&feature=related

Enjoy!

TrapperJohn

05-01-2011, 22:19

Anyone know the laws in TX for hunting hogs. I got off the phone with a friend who has a place in TX and has serious hog problems and needs some removed.

I really want to get some hogs soooooo bad. [AR15]

bryjcom

05-02-2011, 06:48

ldmaster

05-02-2011, 22:49

in Colorado. DOW website declares them as PESTS and a license is unnecessary. I wasn't shocked, but it's in the regulations!

Hoorah, dont go telling PITA (yes, intentionally wrong)

It's funny though, with the "aerial surveys" being done on a NOCTURNAL animal, how can they know?

CH47Hooker

07-10-2011, 11:34

Actually according to CDOW its illegal to charge a fee to shoot" wild pigs"

stevelkinevil

07-10-2011, 14:06

Hmmmm I may have to try and figure out where in Colorado these pigs are, Id love to do a piggy hunt. From what I understand they are quite tasty as well.

Metalhed

07-10-2011, 16:30

I have been searching for Pigs for about 2 years now and not had any luck. Traveled many hundreds of miles and spoken with just about every DOW and USFS person out there.

The only place any ranger knew of pigs was in the Cimarron River Valley, extreme SE corner of the state. Bummer is it is all private. You would have to knock on doors to get access. With the Landowner not being able to charge a trespass or any fee for that matter, most landowners are not going to let just anyone on the property to hunt.

I am exploring one other site in Colorado, but from what i have heard from the USFS, winter kill might have done the last few piggies in.

There is always hope. Most of this game is going to be searching and asking people if they know of any pigs.