Hogs eddie?

[Big Muddy]

So far, they have not migrated onto my farm, but they have gotten so bad on many of the river bottoms and other areas of the state that the extension service at MS State Univ. has hired two hog specialists to educate farmers, landowners, and the general public on eradication procedures.

A few years ago, an old neighbor of mine had eleven of his hogs escape to the woods....they started tearing up my rice field levees, wasting my irrigation water....I warned him that if he didn't round them up, I was gonna kill them, so they couldn't multiply and go wild....to which, he said that was fine, but only if I skinned them, and brought him the meat....to which, I said, gladly, if he would pay me for my damaged rice levees....that quieted him down.

A buddy and I set out some corn feeders, and in three days, we managed to kill all of them....I did take my neighbor some of the meat....but, not all of it....I made some fantastic sausage that year.