[rickyrick]

Twobit,

You can keep them away for short time periods, which add up, by making your hunting attempts obvious and out in the open. Keep the pressure on and they will cut back for a little while....at least till they forget and thier stomach takes over...sometimes i set up the trap and make no attempts to hide my scent and they stay away.

don't bait in a manner that will attract them, bait and set the trap so that they find it on thier normal path or pattern. discourage deer hunting on your place unless the income from leasing out-weighs the hog damage.

I killed a whole group of pigs two years ago and the deer hunter got mad and said that he had been feeding them all year. him and his group understand now that they must kill on sight whether or not they want the meat at the time.

I look at adds for hunting preserves suspicious-like when they want to buy live wild pigs.

I think they need to ban any live transport of wild hogs, any intentional release or introduction.