Name:   copperline - Subject:   Feral hogs Date:   12/2/2015 10:29:05 AM

Look for areas in the woods that appear to have been plowed... the hogs dig for roots with their snouts.   In the Smokies (that's where my experience with them comes from), their rooting damages vegetation and leads to erosion on the slopes.   I haven't seen anything like this in the Oakachoy area but will keep an eye out.

A recent article from a local hunting magazine published about Monroe county describes how dramatic the population of domestic-hogs-gone-wild can be.   The writer describes how to build pens to trap them, and he claims to have caught 'up to 34 hogs at one time'.   

They must breed like bunnies......and no natural predators to keep the population under control....