Friend of mine caught these two half grown porkers close to my feeder. There's more on the camera. Maybe he'll get them too, AND their Mama!
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Friend of mine caught these two half grown porkers close to my feeder. There's more on the camera. Maybe he'll get them too, AND their Mama!
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Its a on going battle... Kill em all!
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Wild pigs are a serious problem for sure. Get em all!
An to think some idiots let these go in the wild on purpose...
Pork was for dinner last night. Friday evening bought a 4 lb. pork butt and early yesterday morning I injected it with a Myron Nixon recipe and rubbed generously with Dizzy Dust. Then was slow cooked on indirect heat on the grill using apple and hickory wood for 6 hours and cooked another hour and half wrapped in aluminum foil with just alittle apple juice in bottom to keep it moist. Now, things got even better, we topped it off with Ms. Pat's famous homemade apple pie and ice cream. Sorry no pics. GTT didn't mean to hijack your thread - just couldn't resist myself.
Hijack away! Made my mouth water, man! Then the pie and ice cream really did it. I'm glad you didn't put a pic, that would have just made me sad. :(.
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D10, I can tell you a little history story about how at least "some" pigs got loose down here. My dad was born in 1941 and when he was just a little kid, the government came down here to Ouachita County and told our family and lots of others that they had one month to vacate their land......lock! stock, and barrel. That doesn't give one much time to find a new place, then arrange to move, not to mention getting the money for this, plus working at a full time job, and having 5 kids at home. My dad was the fourth child. Anyway, in those days, people ear marked their hogs and kept up with them that way. Our family and many others had to move the family home first, then go back for the stock, and when the time was up........it was up. Grandpa ran out of time and couldn't round up his hogs and there they were loose and on their own.Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
Our old family land is now part of Lockheed Martin in East Camden. GTT
Interesting history lesson. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome. My great-grandpa had a little country store that he had to leave. Just pick up and leave it! On top of that hardship, the government rationed gas and the family couldn't just make trip after trip moving their goods. You had to make your gas count. They were very unfair to my family and others around Camden, Bearden, and Hampton. Move it by this date or you lose it!Quote:
Originally Posted by D10
Anyway, back to the hogs........glad to get rid of them! GTT
It sounds like folks were getting hosed down there back then. How did the gov justify it and get away with that?Quote:
Originally Posted by GoTennTitans
The hogs we have are feral hogs that were brought in and released . They are bad for the enviroment . Years ago Arkansas was free range and folks ran out livestock . They were never all recaptured . Has been some hogs in the US for centuries from early explorers . Now most new infestations come from hog hunters transplanting them .
The government can do pretty much whatever they want. Probably not as easy today as it was back then, but if they want it and you have it, they can get it. They wanted it for a defense plant and it was built, but wasn't completed until after WWII ended. It did bring jobs and prosperity to our area that is still out there today, but the old family land of many people is gated off and guarded. I think families were paid a fair price for their land, but the time table they were given to move is where the hardship was. Not much time to completely relocate a family. GTTQuote:
Originally Posted by D10
I think you're correct NIMROD. In most areas, hunters did transport them to give them some other game to hunt, then the population exploded and now there's a huge problem. I always heard that the hogs around Ouachita and Calhoun county were from those families who lost them in 1943. Calhoun County is called "Hogskin County" and the city of Hampton celebrates it's Hogskin Holidays in the Spring.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Regardless of how they got here, THEY'RE HERE and rooting and tearing up everything! GTT
GTT- I'm in a lease off of Smead Bearden down there... The hogs are crazy and only get worse every year. I talk to the old fellas that have hunted there forever and cant imagine what it used to be like before all the government facilities came to town.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoTennTitans
Most of the old fellas probably don't remember it either. My dad is 74 and they had to move out when he was around 2 or 3 years old. He does tell tales from the mid 1960s when the government opened up some of the main gates and allowed the public to come in and hunt on parts of that land. Dad says there were huge bucks everywhere and old farm ponds full of fish! My uncle bought a 1965 GTO convertible brand new after he graduated from the U of A in Fayetteville and he and my dad did quite a bit of spotlighting in those days. No one could catch them in that GTO! I remember that car, but it's long since gone.......those days too, and most of the people. :(. GTT
The biggest deer I have ever seen have been in that fenced area across from the fire training academy...
Yep. A friend used to work out there at Atlantic Research and he always saw big bucks and turkeys behind those fences and gates. Now imagine those gates being opened to the public.............sounds like fun! GTTQuote:
Originally Posted by Stubby
I used to hunt a lease down in Camden. I remember the first time sitting in a stand and hearing one of the missle engines being ran. This was in the early 90s. I thought it was WWIII happening before I learned what it was.
Oh yeah, they still do it doing the week. Definitely wake your butt up!Quote:
Originally Posted by KDAVID1