Back in 99 I was in a gravel rally race in Japan and hit two big hogs on one of the stages. Both boars walked off and my Subaru was totaled. I think I was doing about 40+mph down a narrow gravel road when I hit the ass of one and the face of the one behind it.
pigs in sandiego county
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Matagi said:
Yep thats the story I was recalling.
Im sure it visited that area at one point. They get around
The DFG office, (and probably online) you can get the garden variety maps of "where to hunt wild pigs in San Diego". To be brief, the areas are in between Julian and Highway 8, It's straight up and down, usually very thick chaparral everywhere, and you'd better have your Cleveland National Forest Map with you to show you a rough idea of private property boundaries.
Have I hunted for them? Yes. Any pigs? No. Any sign.., maybe, but old.
Any day hunting is better than wishing you were though, so after a full sweaty day, I 'Joined' a casino down the hill and got a free prime rib dinner.
I interviewed Randy Biotta the local biologist in the radio once about 15 years ago, before the current pig Flap. I had heard of pigs in San Diego even back then and asked him about it.
He said Palomar Mt., had a stable population but to get in there they had used horses. I imagine that population still thrives, for a good reason; You'd have to be pretty determined to get in there on foot, get a hog, and get back out.
The only hogs I have personally seen were two piglets by Henshaw. I tried to circle and cut off 'mama', but found only sign. That area has since been "locked up", perhaps illegally, by the Vista Irrigation District.
Good luck! They are there, but no one says 'exactly where'!
Have I hunted for them? Yes. Any pigs? No. Any sign.., maybe, but old.
Any day hunting is better than wishing you were though, so after a full sweaty day, I 'Joined' a casino down the hill and got a free prime rib dinner.
I interviewed Randy Biotta the local biologist in the radio once about 15 years ago, before the current pig Flap. I had heard of pigs in San Diego even back then and asked him about it.
He said Palomar Mt., had a stable population but to get in there they had used horses. I imagine that population still thrives, for a good reason; You'd have to be pretty determined to get in there on foot, get a hog, and get back out.
The only hogs I have personally seen were two piglets by Henshaw. I tried to circle and cut off 'mama', but found only sign. That area has since been "locked up", perhaps illegally, by the Vista Irrigation District.
Good luck! They are there, but no one says 'exactly where'!
Went to cleveland national forest yesterday. Started right under the Inija Memorial down to where the online maps show pig sightings, covered an easy 4 miles. I was down there from before sunrise to close to sunset and did not see any pigs, not even from a distance. There was some rooting in certain areas but that was the only sign I seen. I asked around the small town there and nobody seemed to know anything about the pig infestation that I read about online.
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GREAT!!! I never heard that. I thought they were still planing the eradication. Do know of any areas closer Riverside?
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Thanks,
I just can't justify paying almost $500 for a pig. I can go down to chino and buy a whole pig for a little over $100 lol... And I heard it may be the same challenge from both ranches. Lol...
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I just can't justify paying almost $500 for a pig. I can go down to chino and buy a whole pig for a little over $100 lol... And I heard it may be the same challenge from both ranches. Lol...
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i do sometimes post the name of a guy on here and other forums that has killed more than one public pig in SD just to get his inbox flooded pvt messages. I wont do it here.....
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The only current trapping that has been done successfully is the one on VID (34 hogs) and two other trappings of less then 5 hogs near Julien and Poway. The eradication is in the works. It's currently being spear headed by the state parks, USFS, and yes, the DFW. Fortunately it's not easy to justify burning through several million dollars so currently the EIR and the damage assessment study was just submitted for approval. If this all goes through, the same or similar outfit from New Zealand that conducted the eradication on Santa Rosa? And Santa Cruze islands would be contracted. The approved method for take on the report I read basically will allow the use of helicopters, dogs, traps, judas pig, large scale fencing, etc to be used.
It's going to take more then a few trips to get a glimps of our local hogs. Fortunately, I got lucky with my two pig dogs that have been able to sniff out a few from our local mountains. Just remember the sweat glands on pigs don't regulate body temperature really well so they have to have water to cool them selves. No water usually means no hogs. Especially with this drought, they are concentrating near the large bodies of water where most is on county, state, or private land. Once we get some wet weather and the streams start flowing, you'll have a better chance in finding them.
Same story all the time! Got a call yesterday that they were way south east of where I have been after them. This area is dry except for a couple springs. The guzzlers are dry down in this area yet they were tearing up some private yards before going back into no one the F knows.
Do the math. Say you purchase the $500 pig hunt, 200 in fuel, 100 for last minute gear/ice/ammo/food. You shoot a 200lb boar=$4 a pound!
Public land dick dragging bush whack for multiple years with tag/fuel/food ect will make the above deal much more appealing if you are concerned about $500!
Do the math. Say you purchase the $500 pig hunt, 200 in fuel, 100 for last minute gear/ice/ammo/food. You shoot a 200lb boar=$4 a pound!
Public land dick dragging bush whack for multiple years with tag/fuel/food ect will make the above deal much more appealing if you are concerned about $500!
Thanks guys!! Any advise will help. I'm getting ready to take my son out for the first time. He has his safety course coming up soon and is looking forward to going. Any advice on the Cleveland National Forest would be greatly appreciated. Feel free to message me. And thanks again, I want him to pass it on to his kids when he has his family.
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I'm all for sharing information but I think I can speak for everyone on here that it's pretty much frowned upon to share spots publicly on the internet. Mainly because a lot of these members put in lots of time on maps and then more in the field looking and gathering fresh sign from time to time. The last thing he or she wants to see is someone spreading his BO all over his lil gem of a spot that will produce one day for him or has already. It sounds like you have already done some standard research on the .gov/.ca sites. My best advice is friend a rancher how knows a thing or two and wants them off the corner of his property and or fields. Notice how very few photos will have a unrecognizable background. It's getting bad on the fishing side to the point I have friends that will scramble out everything except for their catch. I wish you the best of luck. You have a long trail ahead of you. The pursuit is one of the best parts of the hunt though.
