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That is a good way of going about things.

How are the hogs are in your area?(thick, sparse)
Longshot

Do ya want to know how many I've seen or how many ODFW thinks there are? Cause ive seen Zero in the Upper Willamette Valley, but On the Eastern side they are supposed to number in the 1000's, but not be spread all over. Ill look up in my magazine and give ya a better number.

"Currently there are feral swine in 14 out of Oregons 36 counties, population estimates range from 500-1500, just recently 3 new populations were reported in 2007".
Oregon basically wants the hogs eradicated, and there aint a limit just like Oregons coyotes. The areas where the hogs are most is southern Oregon, (hogs crossed over from california) and Northern Central Oregon, right along route 26/I84, and there are some along the Central Oregon coast in Lincoln county. Oregon expects that if the hogs are removed they will explode like they have done in california, which boasts 133k feral swine, even though 50k are killed every year.

If ya need more info or want to go hog hunting let me know, its been awhile since ive dusted off the leg-iron and the lever .45-70

Alright so I went through the county maps and cities of Oregon and without actually confirming the actual populations these are the cities where the "reports" and historic populations were around;

-Tidewater (Lincoln County) 64 miles West of Albany, OR
-Ashwood (Jefferson County) 180 miles East of Albany
-Clarno (Wasco County) 195 miles East of Albany
-Agness (Curry County) 228 miles SW of Albany
-Worden (Klamath County) 227 miles SE of Albany

Do you have access to hunt the land that is supposed to have the hogs in it?

I realize the ration of Oregon to Texas it very different but that doesnt sound like very many hogs to me. Texas Parks and Wildlife estimate over 3million in Texas. Hogs now inhabit most of the 264counties.

Eitherway I would recomend killing the little monsters out before the problem gets bigger.

You are going to need some LONG RANGE dogs that will track a hog down with sparse populations like that.

Good Luck
Longshot

very true, I think it said California had 133k hogs and every year 50k are killed but every 100 hogs make 70 new hogs, so to keep the populations down or eradicate them you have to kill at least 70% but most of the time only 40% are taken. Im not really one for statistics but that sounds like if we dont do something about these hogs we will have em everywhere.
I havent checked the hunting guide yet, but most of them should be on public land, and you should be able to drive into the areas, and if they are on private land, im sure the land owner doesnt want them their either.
Well Long i gotta work on getting a pack first, then i'll see how well they run, so far my little guy is snoring away after a short walk and play in a local crick.

The only way 100 adult hogs make 70 new hogs is if you are assuming a 90 percent mortality of the young. If I remember correctly, given adequate nutrition, each adult female will give birth to approximately 15 young per year(2 litters of 7 or 8 ). Assuming 50 percent of your adult population is sows, thats 750 piglets per year from just 100 adults. To maintain current population levels, you would have to have 90 percent mortality of the young AND 70 percent mortality of the adults. If either mortality percentage is less, then your population will grow.

Those numbers will vary a little bit with the area, but thats pretty close to the national average.

Bill

If you come out this way we can do some scouting for hog, my friend told me his neighbor runs them out side of Madras area.. I also talked to a guy looking for people to hunt w/ him on the coast, he has bulldogs but is looking for someone w/ hounds or curs to run w/.. Call me...

Christian J.
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i got a really good line going just let me know blue nose short'n'wide they top out at about 85-110 lbs. full grown 2 years

not to get off topic but I wounder if anyone could help me out with something I have been working on I am from the S.E. part of K.Y and there are a few hogs here and there but not near home what I have been tray to find is a catch dog for coyote and fox hunting the land we hunt is a lot of hills and trees the tracking dogs well find one and run it into a big lop and I was looking for a catch dog that when we got ahead and let them out could put the game on the ground for a four sure kill shot it seams like the ones I hear about the most are pit or pit x what would you all say

You dug up a 7 year old post id start a new one if it was me and ask ur question and wat do u mean by catch and kill shot range wise? I dont no how you hunt just trying to get an idea b4 i add my 2 cents.