ig-laughing:Driving up the 5 past Tejon ranch 10:30 am this morning , saw 3 herds of pigs one group was so large I couldn't count them all, the rest just running thru the oak trees and cows. Counting pigs while on the freeway at 70 mph with cars on both sides is hard to do.
Just got back from a hunting trip, sorry about the delayed post. Hogs on the Tejon were originally released (illegally) on the Cummings Ranch by a guide from the King City area working on the Cummings Ranch (now under Wilderness Unlimited management). This occurred in 1988. In 1990, lightning stuck Cummings Mountain and set the Cummings Ranch on fire. The fire department punched four access holes through the ranch fence to make fire breaks and to get equipment & crews to the fire. Once the fire was out, the ranch manager was advised of the holes but before he could patch the fence several sounders of hogs had scattered to the four winds, which included the Tejon Ranch as well as Cedar Canyon Ranch. Tejon, with its water supply, huge acorn, wild oat and barley crop, was literally "hog heaven". By 1992, "shoot on sight" orders were given to ranch employees in order to illuminate the "pig problem". Tejon was even thinking of suing Cumming Ranch for "ruining" their grazing land. The "problem" was turned into an opportunity when it was learned that people would pay to hunt pigs. An "accidental" win-win situation for Tejon and Cedar Canyon Ranch (Cedar Cyn. has since upped the ante with their "European" boar hunting operation). Just a little local history and color.
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