seen pigs

[GUNNER5569]

i went up deer hunting today and was coming home on rancharia rd and seen 3 large pigs running across a meadow down by poso flats i dont know if they are wild or not it shocked me because in all the years i have hunted there it the first time i have seen any pigs at all there were soild black and looked like russians but couldnt tell from were i was i have seen alot of turkeys and deer and ev

en a couple of bears in this meadow but never pigs has anyone else seen them yet

 

[Freedivr2]

I don't know where the heck poso flats are, but if on the outskirts of Tejon (I see you hail from Bakersfield), then it doesn't suprise me at all. I'd bet that in another 100 years, the hogs will be all over those mountains. It's just a matter of time......

 

[GUNNER5569]

poso flat is at the base of greenhorn mt on racharia rd about 20 min from bakersfield

 

[Rooster]

Actually, Poso Flats isn't on Rancheria Rd. It is off Rancheria Rd. down Eugene Grade. The Road through Poso connects with the Glenville-Woody Rd. Rancheria Rd. comes out at 178.

 

[BobcatJess]

Hello Gunner,

Rumor has it that someone released some pigs in that area. Also, rumors of large herds of pigs around posey, but of course all on private property.

 

[pigdream]

Freediv2,

It's funny you say that about another 100 yrs because I have been seeing some pigs this year in placed they haven't been reported. As I remember last year wasn't a terribly wet year, but the pigs are still spreading out. I think this is why people obviously don't want to share the spots on public land where they have killed pigs, but they are out there. This is just one person's word, but I think if you have the time to scout out places pigs are in just about all of the foothill area. My question is what is the highest elevation anyone has seen a pig on the east side of the valley? I have never seen or heard of them above 2000ft., but on the west side (coalinga) I have heard of them up to 5000ft. Can anyone give me some insight on this?

 

[BobcatJess]

Hello Pigdream,

On the east side of the San Juaquin, i have seen pig upto about 5,000 ft. as well and all way down to the valley floor in canals and rives around some towns around bakersfield and visalia.

 

[sportyg]

Pigs at Poso !!!! I hunted that area for a few years.. Near the indian site..used to camp right there. Hunted by the coral and some private property in there.. Saw bear there every year I hunted it. Most of the deer where on the ranch down below and they don't like hunters. I used to catch them coming up from there to Poso Creek near the apple tree.. Been thinking of checking it out again during archery season next year.. Pigs !!! cool if people let them have a chance to grow into the area and don't just run up there and gun them all down right away..

 

[pigdream]

Bobcat,

I have seen them as you have on the floor of the valley, but never up at the 5,000 ft. level maybe I need to do some more scotting during the summer up high?

 

[wmidbrook]

There have been pig sightings around Don Pedro, up around Mokulomne hill (wife's cousin saw a herd next to her place there). And someone I know has seen a herd or two just east of Oakdale. Now the pig info booklet has listed the Hunter Valley as one of those 'pigs are transitory' public places....so, I'd imagine they'll keep on gettin' thicker & thicker in the central sierra foothills.

My guess is that it'll only be about 20 - 25 years before it gets good. It's like what turkey huntin' was about 25 years ago...and the pigs may multiply about the same or quicker.

My guess is that the pig will flourish in the woodland foothill country (99% private of course) and not venture too much into the evergreen zones that contain most of the public ground (National Forests)....just like their coastal range counterparts.

 

[One Track]

It probably won't even take 25 years.

One sow will have three litters of 4. That's 12 a year. Half are sows. Those 7 sows will have 12 each, the next year. That's 84 pigglets. Half are sows. Now we have 84/2, + 7 x 12 = 576. Uh, now we're getting into higher math, minus predation.

Math problem: If you have five sows and they each have 12 piglets a year, how many pigs will you have in 25 years?

I'm not a hog expert. So, excuse me if I may have been mis-informed. All I know is, I like to hunt and eat oinkers from the rooter to the tooter.

Su EEEEEEee!

 

[ratthevol]

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Math problem: If you have five sows and they each have 12 piglets a year, how many pigs will you have in 25 years?[/b]

The answer with 2 assumptions.

Assumption 1) 1/2 the piglets each year are Sows (realistic)

Assumption 2) No pigs die ever (not realistic)

The answer is 13,410,686,196,639,700,000,000

Now I'll just give you the 6 year breakdown.

Years Sows Piglets Total Pigs
1 5 60 65
2 35 420 485
3 245 2,940 3,425
4 1,715 20,580 24,005
5 12,005 144,060 168,065
6 84,035 1,008,420 1,176,485



Pretty interesting thought huh. Can you tell I was bored today.

I can't get the table to line up.

 

[One Track]

California is in serious trouble now. Well done Ratt.