Thanks Mad Dog! That is great info. It's very close and the price is right. It doesn't look like pasture shooting, even if it is a ranch. I'll have to give them a call to get more details. maxman

Ft Leonard Wood in central Mo and the surrounding Mark Twain Forrest is loaded with hogs. Before the 9-11 attacks, the herd on Ft Wood alone was estimated at 600 hogs. After the attacks, the shut down all hunting. Recently, they have opened it back up. You do the math. It was shut down for two years. A sow raises 2 1/2 litters per year, we have been trying to figure it out, but figure she will raise 5 pigs per litter in the wild. You do the math, they are thick and thats not including the surrounding areas. All you need is a Mo small game license, and FT Wood permit on post. No limits no season. They want them killed. Military game wardens and Mo game wardens alike are happy to tell you about damage areas to find them too.

There are some big hogs. My buddy killed a 450lb boar a couple years back. I live an hour away and have not done it yet, but could be on the agenda soon. Ft Wood has to be shotgun, primitive weapons or rimfire only. Off base, anything goes.

Andy

Nice to know! I might have to go there too. I did sign up for a hunt at Miles Ranch in late Sept, but I have the whole summer free

I'll have to look into that area. If the huntiong is good and the herd is large, there ought to be enough to go around. Unless there is a lot of pressure from the locals to make them super skittish. maxman

I'm pleased to read about the hog hunting at Ft Leonard Wood. There have been feral pigs in several counties in Indiana for a number of years. A friend was "treed" by a very anry sow while hunting mushrooms. I've been lead to believe that these pigs are decendants of escapees. If there are feral pigs in Indiana although restricted to some of the more difficult terain, then there must also be a population in other states. The Indiana DNR does not consider these pigs as game and do not regulate hunting of them. You might contact the Department of Natural Resources of the nearby states and see what they say.

I have heard several rumors of how these hogs got to the Fort Wood area. I have heard they came up from Arkansas, but they dont look like razorbacks and from what Im told, the AR hogs are in the southern part of the state.

I have heard they are all ferral hogs that escaped from farms. I could buy some of that, but some of the hogs I have seen killed are Russians or damn sure look like em.

The story that is most feasible, from the source anyway, and since they dont look ferral or like razorbacks, is that a couple of guys got tired of going out of state or paying big bucks to hog hunt on penned areas and bought the hogs and turned them loose on the fort and the surrounding Mark Twain National forrest to start their own herd to hunt, not realising how fast pigs populate and how destructive they are. That comes from a former game warden in the area that has no reason to BS me. He said they knew who the guys were and heard the rumor, but couldnt prove it. Those particular guys seem to be hunting more than usual too.

Hope that wasnt too boring, thougth yall might want some background.

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