Originally Posted By: jwal
Define introduced. Tell me when the first hogs started roaming the swamps of Florida and Georgia and Alabama. What kept them from causing devastation and destruction and total overpopulation for the last ???? years? They have been around since way before the professional trappers appeared, and I can't tell that the population has fluctuated much either way in my lifetime.


Look at these maps.

http://swine.vet.uga.edu/nfsms/information/

I think it proves the obvious. Wild hogs existed 500-600 years in the far south without expanding their range much. Then some people decided to help them travel. In 1982, there were wild hogs in about 7 states and they had been given a lift to half of those. Fast forward to 2016, there are hogs in over 30 states. I seriously doubt the hogs grew pony tails and decided to just hit the road. LOL

Last edited by ElkHunter; 09/01/17 11:02 AM.

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