Different movement patterns and reproductive rates than female deer……Pig expansion is being slowed by the amount of available habitat and hunters trapping and killing them…..There’s still a slow growth occurring ……A lot of the “jumping boundaries” of either specie is going to be impacted by the density within the bubble they exist and how much pressure is pushing outward due to maxing out carrying capacity for the limited resource. Expansion occurs during periods when resources are slim in relation to the population……Pigs seem to really expand their range in times of drought from what I’ve seen. This is when they will jump boundaries into new areas (growth)….

A good example is the pig population that exists in Macon Co south of I-85 ……The pigs are thick as fleas down the main creek drainage through the southern part of the county which bottlenecks down around Shorter where it hits the interstate……North of the interstate though are only seeing stray pigs here and there over time……What’s occurring is a function of the growth rate of the major pig population to the south……When the growth rate exceeds the number being taken out by hunters, eventually you hit a drought period when that overstock spreads outward looking for resources……You have sounders push across the interstate boundary into fairly pig free territory.

Now, these few sounders that spill over into the new territory are likely going to be heavily targeted and quickly taken out when the hunters who “don’t have pigs” suddenly see them on camera. In order for a true new epicenter population to form requires there to be some sounders that find places to hide from humans where they establish new populations in the next multiverse bubble. This is already happening to the north of the interstate but any pig growth is slow due to the habitat layout and ease at which their numbers are controlled compared to the population south of the interstate……That population is now inhabiting dozens and dozens of multiverse bubbles to the south