[RLL]

Wild hog populations can get out of control quickly. Why? Fast reproduction.

Hogs can have litters twice and sometimes three times a year. Their litters range from 4 to 12. Their gestation period is only 115 days. They typically breed at 6 months old ... although I've seen some breed as early as 4 or 5 months old. I've trapped pigs that were hardly past their watermelon stripe stage ... weighing less than 40lbs ... and already pregnant.

So, consider that you start out with 1 male and 1 female ... that all the litters are ONLY 6 piglets ... that the litters are half male and half female.

By the end of Year 2 ... you now have 52 pigs.
By the end of Year 3 ... you have 247 pigs.
By the end of Year 4 ... you have over 1,100 pigs.
By the end of Year 5 ... you have over 5,300 pigs.
By the end of Year 6 ... you have over 24,700 pigs.

Hogs in the wild typically live 6 to 7 years. What these numbers don't reflect is the impact of predators, of hunters, etc. They also don't reflect the impact of litters of 8, 10 or more piglets.

Bottom line. Once wild hogs populate an area they are like cockroaches. You ain't never going to get rid of all of them. Think about it ... 2 hogs can easily result in over 1,100 in as little as 4 years.

So now consider your 1,000 pigs. In 4 or 5 years, they could have grown to a population of 1 million. So kill all you can ... cause there will be more tomorrow.