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How do you keep fence wild hogs out?

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T.C. Mallettt

05-03-2004 07:27:03




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I have a ranch in Central Texas with wild hog problems. They root up the coastal bermuda pastures so bad you can't drive across them, much less cut hay or anything else.

I wonder if a 2 foot high net fence along the barb wire would keep them out? Or how about an electric fence down low, say 10 or 12 inches from the ground? Anyone have any experience that works?




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T.C. Mallett

05-03-2004 20:06:59




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 Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to T.C. Mallettt, 05-03-2004 07:27:03  
Thanks for the replies. My place borders several hundred or several thousand wooded acres that have almost no activity. i.e. no cattle or people. The hogs must live in those woods and occasionally come to visit. It is not predictable as to when they decide to invade. But they do so much damage, I have to do something.

I do have one man with a trap, but he isn't having much success. As far as shooting them, that is hard. The hogs have good hearing and they take off as soon as you get within a couple of hundred yards.

The best suggestion sounds like the net fence with barb wire bottom. Maybe an electric wire at the top where weeds wouldn't short it out.

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phddan

05-03-2004 16:03:36




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 Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to T.C. Mallettt, 05-03-2004 07:27:03  
hey t.c. whereabouts you located. i'm in Briggs,
just south of Lampassas. me and my son wouldnt
mind helpin out at all. no charge.
email hddavis@ev1.net if you want.



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John A

05-03-2004 20:14:44




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 Re: Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to phddan, 05-03-2004 16:03:36  
phddan, I am just south of ya'll 5 miles on 183
John A.
Uncovered my email if you want to hollar!



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ALSO

05-03-2004 19:50:38




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 Re: Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to phddan, 05-03-2004 16:03:36  
have a friend by Lano with big ranch. they built a hog trap, heavy pipe with hog panel welded on the sides. bout 15' round, with a door that swung on the top, inward, but not out. put some slop in and check it out in the mornin. almost always have 1 or more, sometimes 9 or 10.

phddan



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Dick2

05-03-2004 16:02:59




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 Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to T.C. Mallettt, 05-03-2004 07:27:03  
At the Sonoran Desert Museum near Tucson, AZ, they use "invisible netting" to keep Javelin's in confinement. I wouldn't have believed that it works, but it does. You can look them up on the net and send them an e-mail to ask for specifications.



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51 Pony

05-03-2004 14:48:20




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 Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to T.C. Mallettt, 05-03-2004 07:27:03  
Dad used to keep the pigs in the pen with an electric wire about 3-6" off the ground. Just a single wire. I have success keeping the skunks and racoons out of the sweet corn with a similar arrangement. Most animals will test everything with their nose. Only one test is needed in this case. I've heard that the apple orchards around here can keep the deer out of the orchard with a single wire at about 36". But they have to paint strips of tin foil with peanut butter and lay them over the wire.

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Dave South TX

05-03-2004 11:27:14




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 Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to T.C. Mallettt, 05-03-2004 07:27:03  
Same problem here in South Texas the best thing we found was to use the Electric fence. But just around the immediate area of the house. Our Coastal fields in South Texas looked like a Military test site for missiles. So we did as much as we could to discourage it, Electric fence, dogs and Shooting. Remember you can shoot pigs in Texas any time night or day all year round. And they are pretty tasty too! :)
Dogs were a big help also. Well, there are lots of people that will come out to your place and help with the problem they do not charge for this I find they are very responsible and successful at cutting the population down. We had a guy early in the game remove about a hundred or so and since then we have been able to keep the population controlled.
Send me an email I can point you in the right direction on finding help if you are interested. Good luck
Dave

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kstx

05-03-2004 11:16:20




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 Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to T.C. Mallettt, 05-03-2004 07:27:03  
I have the same problem you have with wild hogs rooting up the hay meadows. We've tried keeping them out three ways: net wire, barbed wire, and electric. The net wire with one strand of 4-point barbed wire along the ground works best. Barbed wire by itself works well, but you have to stretch about 8 strands. Electric works well if you keep the grass and weeds controlled so that you don't ground the system out. In all three cases your weakest point is the gates. Make sure that the hogs can't go under or through. Hope this helps.

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Bus Driver

05-03-2004 10:07:57




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 Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to T.C. Mallettt, 05-03-2004 07:27:03  
My guess is that the electric is the only thing that would discourage them. We do not have them here. Most would say that a 30-30 is not especially good for varmits, but it is what I keep at hand. Last week shot a groundhog with it. Back to the fence, place one wire about 6" off the earth, make it the hot wire. Place one 6" above that, make it the ground. Then another hot 6" higher. Continue to a height greater than the hog can jump. Anything that goes through will connect between two of the wires. Use a charger with at least 5000 volts.

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JW

05-03-2004 12:54:24




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 Re: Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to Bus Driver, 05-03-2004 10:07:57  
30-30 works great on large hogs. Had to use it to take one down that got into the barn. It was big enough that we had to haul it off with a 30hp tractor.



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Van(WA)

05-03-2004 08:26:26




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 Re: How do you keep fence wild hogs out? in reply to T.C. Mallettt, 05-03-2004 07:27:03  
T.C, The "King" ranch charges BIG BUCKS, for hunters to come and shoot them, they have a big crowd coming thousands of miles for the sport???, maybe you could turn this into a profit situation.



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