Originally Posted by Hogwild
There are a lot of foods that deer and hogs eat that are a shared food supply. BUT, for the most part, their feeding habits are very different. It is NOT the direct competition that most think it is!

Also, I wonder where all these deer that 'leave' these areas when hogs move in are going???? And, how do they decide where the boundaries are??

My lease has both.....and in higher numbers than you see in most areas. Neither are over-populated, and I have to work to keep the hog numbers in check. BUT, there is absolutely no doubt that not only can they co-exist, they can prosper and do well.

I have noticed this as well. Hogs and deer will compete for acorns and other mast but for the most part I think hogs are eating roots and other things under the soil where deer are mostly eating leaves and grasses.
I have also seen hogs and deer do well together. I have a buddy that has some land in south Dallas county and it has a pretty fair hog population and more deer than you can shake a stick at. You literally get tired of seeing deer while you are stalking pigs down there, but they are selective about what they shoot and for the most part let does walk.

Yeah c’mon. Daniel White