Feral Cats? You think you've got problems..

[Edweird]

Trappers catch 200-pound wild hog in affluent Plantation Acres

Trappers spent a long, chilly night in an exclusive Plantation community looking for wild hogs — and they bagged an ornery one that weighed almost 200 pounds, WPLG-Ch. 10 reports.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-03-05/news/fl-wild-hogs-plantation-trappers-20100305_1_trappers-plantation-acres-hog

Gherardi said he asked police for permission to shoot the pigs with arrows but was told he would be charged with animal cruelty if he did.

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/plantation/fl-wild-hogs-plantation-20100225,0,5637320,full.story

He said he estimated there are about 60 pigs hiding in the woods near the community. A 200-pound hog was caught Friday.

http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-03-10/news/fl-wild-hogs-plantation-money-20100310_1_jon-gherardi-hogs-plantation-acres

If all you have to worry about are cute little kittens, be glad they aren't 200 pound omnivorous self propelled plows.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. -

[Edweird]

2. Ew. LOL

[NYC_SKP]

3. I'll put this feral cat up against any wild hog, any place, any time.

[Edweird]

4. That's a whole lotta cat!

[Demoiselle]

10. I love that cat. But he ain't a feral!

[NYC_SKP]

20. shhhhh! You know it and I know it...

But Tiny thinks he's the lone desperado of a rough and tough Pleistocene epoch.

[Edweird]

24. That's an awesome kitteh.

[Kceres]

13. OMG. That is not a cat. It is a jungle beast.

Beautiful though.

[Jack Rabbit]

36. Wow

I have a three-year-old reformed feral male who weights 13 lbs, but wow. Put a saddle on that one and ride away.

[Lorien]

44. I have one of those. It's a Maine Coon, and no, that ain't Photoshopped

Meet Oberon. He's a lover, not a fighter:



Next to my average sized Puck:

[Tailormyst]

49. That is either one big cat or one small woman.......

[jody]

5. There are several 1,000+ lb hogs on record. In farming areas they do tremendous damage.

[Edweird]

7. Yeah, but this is in the city.

It's on the western end of Broward county so that puts it not too far from the Everglades - but everywhere down here is 'not too far from the Everglades'.

[jody]

11. Understand but a 200 lb hog isn't large, just a bloody nuisance and very dangerous with a litter.

They are very hard to drop with one shot particularly with a bow and a wounded 200 lb hog is extremely dangerous.

[Edweird]

14. Once you get away from landscaped areas, the pig has the advantage big time.

[jody]

17. Hogs have no natural enemies and start breeding at 1 year, 2 litters/yr

What your OP reports is just the beginning.

[Edweird]

18. I've seen them on the side of the highway further north

around the Port Saint Lucie area, but this deep into civilization is kinda surprising. Oh well. They're good to eat AND they're pissing off rich people - win/win. Eventually they'll allow some 'harvesting', that's the only logical solution.

I suspect harvesting will happen whether they 'allow' it or not.

[jody]

19. In most of Florida, wild hogs are considered domestic livestock and are the property of the

landowner upon whose land they occur. With landowner permission, there is no closed season, bag limit or size limit for wild hogs where they are considered domestic livestock.

[Edweird]

21. Google 'Plantation Florida' and check out the map.

No hunting anywhere near there.

[jody]

22. Thanks for the map link. The city is close to wildlife areas that are a sanctuary for hogs. Somebody

is going to have a major problem with hogs in just a few years.

[Edweird]

23. It worked?

I took it down, it wasn't working for me.

Ok the 'reserve' area is straight up Everglades. Total marsh/swamp land. No solid ground.

[jody]

25. The Cross Florida Barge Canal would have drained the Everglades and destroyed an ecological wonder.

[Edweird]

27. There used to be a barge canal. It didn't cross Florida, it only went fom West Palm

to the Everglades.
http://www.historicpalmbeach.com/eliot-kleinberg/2005/08/old-turning-basin-was-busy-place/

I used to live in the general area of the 'turning basin' in West Palm Beach many years ago, back before they fixed the area up. It was crackhouse central.
On a side note, I've mountain biked on the greenway the barge canal would have taken. The part I was on was in Grayson's district. Best biking in Florida. I would move there in a heartbeat.

[jody]

28. You made me smile with "mountain biked" in Florida, highest elevation 345 ft .

:hi:

[Edweird]

32. Hehe, yeah, it ain't much, but it's what we got.

We have some serious and committed guys down here that build some good stuff. You'd probably be surprised. Especially around Ocala. Santos has killer trails, and down here we have Markham Park. But, to get real good stuff, we have to travel. British Columbia is the best, Snowshoe is the closest (lift assisted).

[jody]

35. Have you ridden the Blue Ridge Parkway? I'm too old now for biking but last year when I drove it in

early spring I encountered several biking groups, including two from Canada.

I asked them what was the attraction and they all said "beautiful scenery" and "no tractor trailers".

[Edweird]

38. I'm not much of a 'roadie', I'm far too stupid for that, LOL.

This is more my speed.. (not me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ9nA1eJ2VA&NR=1

(me)

[jody]

39. Great pictures. Have a wonderful evening and I'll see you on another DU thread. n/t

[Edweird]

40. You too.

[jody]

26. Years ago my wife, children & I put in the Suwannee River at the Okefenokee Sill and ten days later

took out at Suwannee Florida on Father's Day.

What a memorable canoe trip.

[Edweird]

29. Wow, that does sound nice.

I've been canoeing in Missouri and Tennessee, but not down here... it's all nasty canals filled with ag runoff.

[jody]

31. The Suwannee is one of the cleaner rivers in the south. Try it sometime. n/t

[kestrel91316]

30. In CA they are vermin and hunting with gleeful abandon is encouraged.

Of course it's rare for hunters to bag them - they are wily creatures.

[Edweird]

33. In the city?

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=plantation+florida&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Plantation,+FL&gl=us&ei=NZ-dS5j6Jtzz8QblsLW1Ag&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CBAQ8gEwAA

This is gated community area, with security guards in golf carts.

If they let you hunt in town, that's kinda crazy and cool all at once.....

[kestrel91316]

45. Ummmm, noooooo..........wild pigs are found in RURAL areas, not in cities.

They are thick in the mountains outside of Santa Barbara and to the north of Los Angeles, though.

[jody]

37. Hogs are pests, challenge to hunt, no limit, no closed season, delicious if not a tough old boar. nt

[cliffordu]

43. That's right. You need a 45/70 for that kind of work.

Open season all year, no limit on feral hogs in Texas.

They are 350lb vermin. They'll kill lambs, calves, tear your crops apart. Kill your dogs if they get a chance, too.

[Webster Green]

6. Best meat I've ever tasted was a huge wild boar in Humboldt County, CA

Really tasty! :9

[Edweird]

8. I'm sure somebody will help them with their problem.

[panader0]

9. Lots of javelina here

They aren't 200 pounds, but they can be plenty dangerous. Thet run in groups of 5 or 6. Lots of coyotes too. Whem my lady moved in with me, she had 17 cats, she had them all neutered. 9 years later, there are two.

[Edweird]

12. Same thing, more or less. Those guys can mess you up quick.

[L0oniX]

15. ¹°

[Edweird]

16. LOL.

I guess if it came down to 'boars vs kittehs' we know how it's gonna end....

[bertman]

34. Good rifle, silencer, night sight, dead hog hauled out before daylight. Pig pickin' later.

[Edweird]

41. There's one tiny flaw in that plan.

http://maps.google.com/maps?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=s&hl=en&source=hp&q=plantation+florida&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Plantation,+FL&gl=us&ei=IqmdS8HiOsaktweJ5Lm2Ag&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=image&resnum=1&ved=0CA0Q8gE

[bertman]

42. all I get is a google map of the US. What's the flaw? It's illegal, I know that.

[Edweird]

48. Sorry - bad liink.

The point is it's in civilization. Gated communities and security in golf carts. Not just illegal, but 'make the 10 o'clock news' illegal. The people inhabiting these tract houses aren't exactly the rural type.

Google map 'Plantation Florida' and you'll see what I'm talking about.

[bertman]

50. I understand. And I see where the laws prevent this in that area; however, there are

numerous urban, even gated communities, that are now allowing sanctioned hunts to reduce deer populations. Some use bows, some use silencers and hunt at night when the city slickers won't have to witness the "executioners" in their neighborhoods.

Sometimes it just gets to the point where action is required.

[DiverDave]

46. Wild pigs on maui

they have the dogs keep them busy and they walk up and slit their throat.
No joke, the just use a knife...now that takes big brass ones.

[dembotoz]

47. what is Karl Rove doing in Florida

must have gotten lost on the way to a tea party meeting