Time for a hog season in CT?

Posted by: Mitch P.

Time for a hog season in CT? - 11/02/23 09:08 AM

Residents of small Connecticut town say loose, ‘feral’ pigs are tearing up lawns

https://www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/article/loose-pigs-hogs-sterling-ct-18461457.php

Posted by: Mitch P.

Re: Time for a hog season in CT? - 11/02/23 09:16 AM

Posted by: Don P

Re: Time for a hog season in CT? - 11/02/23 09:22 AM

My 1st call would probably be to the farmer (which he called on 3+ occurrences), but my 2nd plus call would prob be bow and arrows. laugh
Posted by: Buck

Re: Time for a hog season in CT? - 11/02/23 04:14 PM

In that second video all of the first shots taken were in the head and the hog just dropped in place. I wonder where in Ct. that hog problem exists.
Posted by: Tall 1

Re: Time for a hog season in CT? - 11/02/23 08:57 PM

Originally Posted By: Buck
In that second video all of the first shots taken were in the head and the hog just dropped in place. I wonder where in Ct. that hog problem exists.


In Sterling.
Posted by: Don P

Re: Time for a hog season in CT? - 11/03/23 09:26 AM

The shooting video is not in CT though Buck. Looks like Southern night hunts mostly.
Posted by: Buck

Re: Time for a hog season in CT? - 11/04/23 10:18 AM

Probably Texas. I have a friend I grew up with in Jersey who lives in Texas outside of San Antonio and he hunts hogs at night with thermal scopes. He also hunts Axis, Fallow and Sika deer all year round because they are an invasive species. He said Axis deer are the best eating of all of the deer species including moose and elk.
Posted by: Buck

Re: Time for a hog season in CT? - 11/04/23 10:38 AM

Thinking about this some more I doubt it is legal to even shoot a free roaming hog in Ct. They are probably defined as escaped farm animals and to protect farmers you can't shoot them. By the time the state comes up with a plan there will be so many of them it won't be possible to get rid of them. Pa. has this problem in a few areas.
Posted by: Don P

Re: Time for a hog season in CT? - 11/04/23 03:17 PM

Your property you shoot….even if just a bow.
Posted by: duckhuntingfreak

Re: Time for a hog season in CT? - 11/04/23 09:19 PM

Agreed!!