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Anyone hunting hogs in Ohio?

Way back in the 1980s there was a high fence operation, "Hocking Valley" and they had hogs. I killed a razorback there in 1981. I wonder if they ever had any escapees? Maybe thats how rumors start??
 
Allegheny Tom said:
Resource??? They are a pest and need eliminated. If they were on my place, I'd declare war on them.
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$$$ is the resource. Crazy people will pay to hunt them.

One guy got busted in Ohio for releasing hogs near a farm, waiting for victim farmer to have issues then offer to catch them for a few.
 
It's been almost 10 years since I hunted much in Ohio but when I did I never heard of any, knew of any, or observed signs of any. And they sure do leave sign.

Across the border in PA I have known of a couple confirmed preserve escapes and the game commission tries their best to keep them quiet and even places temporary restrictions on hunting them if word does leak because hunters flocking there for an opportunity hinders their trapping/eradication efforts.
 
elk yinzer said:
It's been almost 10 years since I hunted much in Ohio but when I did I never heard of any, knew of any, or observed signs of any. And they sure do leave sign.

Across the border in PA I have known of a couple confirmed preserve escapes and the game commission tries their best to keep them quiet and even places temporary restrictions on hunting them if word does leak because hunters flocking there for an opportunity hinders their trapping/eradication efforts.
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It’s almost the opposite between the DNR in OH and PA. It seems like the OH officials want you to believe at all costs that they are here in numbers “greater than 1000”, and apparently have migrated far enough north to a neighboring county of mine. They want you to find them and make their presence known. In PA they’re definitely known-of, but seems like the DNR doesn’t want any part of public cooperation on the issue. Could be mistaken of course. Shooting preserves are highly popular in both states, from which there are no doubt escaped swine in both states; makes me wonder what the differences or similarities might be between their respective relationships with respective DNRs.
 
DelaWhere_Arrow said:
And this webinar from ODNR last year:
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Thanks for the link.
Everyone that wishes they they had them should be required to watch that video.
Our habitat, the woods and the waters, is a disaster. We are overrun with invasive species. Most of us have no clue what a native habitat is. The last thing that Ohio, or anywhere else, needs is yet another pest. Feral pigs are a pest. Never encourage them and kill every last one that you can. Miserable creatures.
 
Allegheny Tom said:
Thanks for the link.
Everyone that wishes they they had them should be required to watch that video.
Our habitat, the woods and the waters, is a disaster. We are overrun with invasive species. Most of us have no clue what a native habitat is. The last thing that Ohio, or anywhere else, needs is yet another pest. Feral pigs are a pest. Never encourage them and kill every last one that you can. Miserable creatures.
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While I selfishly want to hunt them for meat and recreation, I would never want them introduced were they not already supposedly present, and to quote Rinella’s trope, if I could wave a magic wand and have them be gone I think I would. I agree with your post here 100%.
The spotted lanternfly, for example, and the feral cat are two species that have greatly affected the public and private lands I frequent in three different states now, absolutely devastating in an incredibly short time. I used to have to check every inch of my vehicle when traveling out of state for anything that resembled lanternfly-anythings, and I have not seen a few different species of songbirds in our woods that just two seasons ago were more plentiful than acorns under our oaks.
But if ODNR says I should report and if possible shoot any hogs I see, far be it from me not to take that opportunity to look.
 
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@DelaWhere_Arrow
I hunted for hogs in northern Vinton County, in 2001. The local residents said that the Forest Miester hunting ranch had wild hogs that would escape on a regular basis. It may not be in business any more and I've not been in that area for many years. When I was there, in '01, I hunted private property that was attached to Mead Paper Company property and there were a few hogs there, then. They're very fast and hard to get a clear shot on, in the dense brush. That same Mead Paper Co. property has been acquired by the DNR, in recent years. I've been in email contact with a couple of coyote hunting guys that live in the area and they've not seen any hogs in many many years.

As far as there being hogs all over Ohio....Nuts! o_O Southern and southeastern Ohio has got a serious issue with bobcats. The DNR needs to address this issue before those filthy varmints wipe out all of the small game. They're running coyotes out of the area and killing turkeys at an alarming rate. :mad: Between the nest robbing coons and the bobcats killing grown birds, I don't see the turkey population lasting much longer.
 
BowhunterXC said:
they've not seen any hogs in many many years.

As far as there being hogs all over Ohio....Nuts! o_O Southern and southeastern Ohio has got a serious issue with bobcats. The DNR needs to address this issue before those filthy varmints wipe out all of the small game. They're running coyotes out of the area and killing turkeys at an alarming rate. :mad: Between the nest robbing coons and the bobcats killing grown birds, I don't see the turkey population lasting much longer.
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Bobcats are not running coyotes off. Hmm maybe I can try that as an excuse when I can't catch coyotes.

They do make it hard to trap coyotes though because you cant do certain things you'd normally do before the explosion in cats.
 
SNIPERBBB said:
Bobcats are not running coyotes off. Hmm maybe I can try that as an excuse when I can't catch coyotes.

They do make it hard to trap coyotes though because you cant do certain things you'd normally do before the explosion in cats.
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Where I'm coming from with that statement is a guy that I know in Jackson county says he gets bobcats to respond in places that he used to get coyotes coming to the calls. He also said that he hasn't seen any turkeys in 4 years, since he started seeing bobcats. :rolleyes: He owns 600 acres with trail cams everywhere.
I'm in N.W. Ohio and hope I never see the first bobcat. :mad:
 
BowhunterXC said:
@DelaWhere_Arrow
I hunted for hogs in northern Vinton County, in 2001. The local residents said that the Forest Miester hunting ranch had wild hogs that would escape on a regular basis. It may not be in business any more and I've not been in that area for many years. When I was there, in '01, I hunted private property that was attached to Mead Paper Company property and there were a few hogs there, then. They're very fast and hard to get a clear shot on, in the dense brush. That same Mead Paper Co. property has been acquired by the DNR, in recent years. I've been in email contact with a couple of coyote hunting guys that live in the area and they've not seen any hogs in many many years.

As far as there being hogs all over Ohio....Nuts! o_O Southern and southeastern Ohio has got a serious issue with bobcats. The DNR needs to address this issue before those filthy varmints wipe out all of the small game. They're running coyotes out of the area and killing turkeys at an alarming rate. :mad: Between the nest robbing coons and the bobcats killing grown birds, I don't see the turkey population lasting much longer.
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Heydeerman said:
Zeleski State Forest has them on the north side of the park. I’ve seen them on trail cameras I’ve had out there. Never seen one live but they are there.
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So far you’re the first two to confirm you’ve had run-ins. And your geographical descriptors match my crappy intel, which upgrades it to not-so-crappy intel. Thank you!
 
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