# Feral pigs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 30, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380 "2020-08-30T16:58:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/21 "2020-08-31T01:19:24Z")
> [@VOW](#): > > Two points I wanted to make: feral pigs on “Homestead Rescue,” and now iI read Texas is offering a $5/head bounty on feral pigs. I thought I’d seen every episode. New one? They’re scary. There was a doc about them some years ago, how they’re ruining farmers and attacking people. I think this was it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nWWD4kEH02Q/hqdefault.jpg "Pig Bomb - The Ruinous Pig") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWWD4kEH02Q) I once knew a woman who said she knew a family who lived on a farm. Their little girl was sitting on the fence and fell into the pig pen and nobody noticed quickly enough. “I went to the funeral so we could bury what was left of her,” she told me. Also there’s this: > **[Oregon farmer eaten by his pigs](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-19796224)** > > Authorities investigate as a farmer in the US state of Oregon is devoured by his pigs, which left only his dentures and some body parts behind. Yeah this is behind a paywall but you get the idea: > **[Woman Eaten By Her Pigs After She Collapsed](https://www.newsweek.com/woman-eaten-her-pigs-after-she-collapses-while-feeding-them-1323721)** > > The 56-year-old farmer received fatal injuries after suffering an epileptic fit and collapsing while feeding her pigs. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/22 "2020-08-31T03:02:07Z")
There’s a popular state park in my town that is full of gators. Gators for days. Big ones, little ones, mean ones, sleepy ones. It’s a nice place to take visitors because it’s pretty freaky to see one just hanging out two feet from the trail. They honestly couldn’t care less because they just want to nap during the day. Every now and then some wild hogs will make it out there. You’ll see these great rutted torn-up patches of dirt on the trail. The gators don’t scare me, but the thought of startling a hog sure does. I won’t go out there if I know there’s pigs currently loose. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/23 "2020-08-31T10:10:35Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > There was that one guy a while back who tried to use the gun control debate to try and get people to care about the feral pig problems, and got blasted for it. No, he got blasted for saying he needed high-powered weaponry in case his kids playing in the yard were attacked by 30-50 feral hogs. The common response was, “if this is a realistic threat, WTF are you doing, letting your kids play in the yard?” The best thing to come out of this brief controversy was [this Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/aedwardslevy/status/1158757993829343233), in which people rewrote well-known poems to include the feral hogs. Some excerpts: > so much depends > upon > > 30-50 feral > hogs > > Running into my > yard > > 3-5 feet from small > children and > The 30-50 hogs come > on little feral feet. > > They sit looking > over backyard and kids > on silent haunches > and then move on. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/24 "2020-08-31T13:03:27Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Not sure how to do the two click thing here on the new platform. Graphic vid of killing feral pigs with night vision scopes. > WARNING! Graphic! > > [https://www.youtube](https://www.youtube). com/watch?v=FW3k80Vuq34 > > If you want to watch, remove the spaces between youtube. and com. As you saw, that didn’t work too well to achieve 2-clicks and you ended up with a link to generic YouTube. So success, but clunky success. Let’s try this: > **Summary** > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW3k80Vuq34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW3k80Vuq34) I just wrapped the live url inside a “Hide Details” box. Which you find under the gear icon on the edit box menu. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/25 "2020-08-31T13:09:18Z")
No, the common refrain was why he would need those weapons to get rid of hogs, and that there couldn’t really be such a problem. Think about it: do you really know of any place in the US where they don’t let kids play outside? Because what you’re demanding–that the areas of the US where those hogs show up in large groups, no kids are allowed to be outside. I linked the podcast for a reason. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/26 "2020-08-31T13:33:44Z")
**Feral Hogs** , the alternative online dating site. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/27 "2020-08-31T13:56:46Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > A feral pig once bit my sister… A feral pig once dated my sister. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/28 "2020-08-31T15:51:58Z")
The “Homestead Rescue” episodes I was referring to consisted of families trying to eke out “living off the land” and the feral pigs were undoing their efforts and making menacing moves against the people. Each homestead had a plethora of problems on top of the feral pig menace. The rescue advice with regards to the pigs was to teach the homesteaders how to shoot. And then there was a mention that along with removing the menace, the pigs they shoot could be part of their homestead food supply. These homesteaders were located in Texas and Louisiana, both part of @Beckdawrek’s back yard. Now our Bekkers has stated, many times, her local Fish & Game have put out warnings that feral pigs are infected, infested, nasty, and probably are contaminated with alien spores. I do hope the appropriate F&G people have contacted the homesteaders in their locations and informed them to cancel the pit BBQs. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/29 "2020-08-31T16:10:57Z")
@BigT, we never, I mean NEVER let the kids and pets out alone here. Alone being the operative word. Feral hogs are a real danger. Bears, coyotes, snakes, fire ants and even a Big Owl that’s nesting close…are all dangers to children and small animals, as well. I posit if you ever heard the feral hogs fighting amongst themselves you would not go anywhere near them. It’s truly scary. I never walk un-armed. And…the idea of using these filthy,nasty, diseased animals as a good source of food would only occur to me in a Zombie apocalypse and all the deer and squirrels were gone. It would have to be dire. And then I’d question it, still. They are a scourge in S. Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/30 "2020-08-31T16:18:45Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > Not sure how to do the two click thing here on the new platform. Graphic vid of killing feral pigs with night vision scopes. > WARNING! Graphic! > > [https://www.youtube](https://www.youtube). com/watch?v=FW3k80Vuq34 > > If you want to watch, remove the spaces between youtube. and com. In the reply box, click the gear icon on the top right. Then click “blur spoiler,” and it will insert spoiler tags. You can also do it the old way by typing in spoiler /spoiler in brackets. Quote my reply to see how I blurred your link. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW3k80Vuq34](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW3k80Vuq34) ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/31 "2020-08-31T16:34:24Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > A feral pig once bit my sister I immediately understood that reference. Or did It? Maybe I just have an overactive imagination. Does it mean what I think it means? Oh look, there’s some lovely filth over here. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/32 "2020-08-31T16:58:47Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > Oh look, there’s some lovely filth over here. Better let Sinned know, Ynnad. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/33 "2020-08-31T18:11:56Z")
I saw a ~~werewolf~~ Feral Pig with a Chinese menu in his hand Walking through the streets of SoHo in the rain He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook’s Gonna get a big dish of beef chow mein ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/34 "2020-08-31T18:34:58Z")
They’re strong, fast, highly intelligent, and will eat anything that moves, anything that doesn’t move, and anything they can stop moving. There’s a reason they developed boar spears. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/35 "2020-08-31T18:45:20Z")
An administrative assistant once asked me, “You’re a chemist, how do you get rid of a dead body?”. I replied, “Back home, we would just feed her to the pigs.” She responded, “That was way too specific. Why did you say feed **her** to the pigs?”. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/36 "2020-08-31T19:58:51Z")
Why is it safe to eat wild deer but not feral pig? Im a city boy so this is all new to me. ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/37 "2020-08-31T20:05:28Z")
People eat them all the time as far as I know. Or maybe it’s just my redneck cousins and hillbilly in-laws. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/38 "2020-08-31T20:08:12Z")
Where Mr.Wrek hunts in Texas the are no bounties paid. It’s a huge private ranch. The Rancher advertises and Hunters come. There’s free camping spots and water. The hunters sit in blinds and pick off as many as they can. I know you have to have a hunting license. I’m not sure if you need permits or tags of some sort. The feral pigs are not edible. They carry every disease imaginable.e Mr. Wrek says they never touch the dead pigs. The Rancher takes care if that. Heck, maybe he’s getting the bounty. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/39 "2020-08-31T20:08:19Z")
> [@Ynnad](#): > > > [@iiandyiiii](#): > > > > A feral pig once bit my sister > > I immediately understood that reference. Or did It? Maybe I just have an overactive imagination. Does it mean what I think it means? Oh look, there’s some lovely filth over here. Now you see the violence inherent in the system! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380/40 "2020-08-31T20:12:15Z")
They have prion diseases. Worms. Some pus-y skin diseases that I think is something real bad. It smells like rotten garbage. Yes, you get down wind and you can smell them. Pestilence of all kinds crawling on them. I live in redneck central. No one eats them here. Wild hog from Grampas day is no more. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feral-pigs/919380.md?page=3)