Hogs in CO?

[Ralph]

This might be apocryphal, but I heard there are hogs along the Republican (Bonnie reservoir) I plan to bow hunt there this coming season. I'll let you know if I see signs or hogs. In the meanwhile I plan to hunt Missouri after 5/8 (end of spring turkey). Missouri wants you to kill as many as you can by any method short of an M203, no license required. They do ask that you notify of time and place of kill and that you send in a blood sample, of the hog that is.

[Ralph]

Try this link. It might be of interest.

http://www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.co...c-health-issue

[Ralph]

Here's another link that should be of interest.


http://www.lajuntatribunedemocrat.co...c-health-issue

[ChunkyMonkey]

+1 for MO dow. They'll even point out where the hogs are.

[claimbuster]

Made three trips to Texas in the past two years and killed four pigs. Hard to beat a population of over 2 million.

[ldmaster]

I just watche this on satellite, do a search for it "Pig Bomb"..

the wild/feral hogs are getting to be a bigger and bigger problem. They migrate like nobody's business, are fertile at 7 months, and can have a litter every six months of up to 11 pigs each. They're night foragers for the most part in hot country, scaring them up during the day takes dogs that are trained for it.

After watching "Pig Bomb" there is no frickin way I'm hunting hogs without my 44 and a dog or two.

They are a PEST that have taken over areas of the south and southwest - if they're in Colorado at all, then they will STAY in colorado - "aerial" surveys that don't use nightvision/IR are useless in counting hogs - they don't move around during the day - any daytime aerial count is entirely conjecture and inherently inaccurate.

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/pig-...uper-pigs.html

[PrivateHunting]

This might give a better idea of the population in Colorado.

http://128.192.20.53/nfsms/

[Stinky]

I was thinking that there are hogs near Collbran on some ranch. The DOW has had problems w/them getting loose in the past.

But, IF THERE IS, it is a pay for hunt kinda deal.

http://wildlife.state.co.us/NewsMedia/PressReleases/

$750 http://www.coloradowildelk.com/exotic.html

[Bill]

I was thinking that there are hogs near Collbran on some ranch. The DOW has had problems w/them getting loose in the past.

But, IF THERE IS, it is a pay for hunt kinda deal.

http://wildlife.state.co.us/NewsMedia/PressReleases/

$750 http://www.coloradowildelk.com/exotic.html

If its a pay to hunt kinda of deal with Hogs the Dow will put a stop to it. You can not charge money for a hunt on your land unless the DOW says its a game species. Hogs in Colorado are not a game species thats why you can shoot them with out a license

[TrapperJohn]

I have been looking at this for a few years. I want to hog hunting so bad. Anyone know of public land BLM or NF is South CO that they might be using.

I have spent a lot of time learning about habitat and it seems they spend a lot of time around a water source. So that would be a good place to start. They also travel a lot of distance but usually roam an area familiar to them. Tracking them should not be that hard since they tear up a lot of land eating roots and anything else they can devour.

I have seen and been around the ones in AZ and they are hostile. I had a several ram my car one time.