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were over run with them down here. We have a 365/24 season on them. Traps, pens, lights, what ever it takes. They have made a huge change in the deer population around here. Now we have coyotes in the area as well. I plan to go on my first pig hunt this year. I've got a friend that actively traps hogs on his hunting lease. He's taken over 50 hogs since last August, hasn't made dent in the population. Even trapping them isn't easy. They learn quick and don't come back to the same place if one has been trapped. My friend uses pens and try's to get the whole group at once. So far they've shot 3 pigs(stand hunts, not traps) over 350 lbs. They best ones for eating are 100-125 lb sows. As far as shooting them in a trap, its not much difference than traditional pig slaughters on thousands of farms across the South each Fall, except the pig just stands there while some one walks up with a 22 rifle and pops them in the back of the head.
mmmmm bacon! 
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They use dogs to catch and bay hogs down here. Once the dogs catch them the dog owner will catch the hog by the hind legs, tie them up and bring them to the house to fatten them up before the slaughter. OR Trap them, take what you want to eat and let the rest of them go until next week. Not a lot of gun play with dogs. I have seen as many as a dozen piglets follow the sow into the trap. Fire hunting is allowed in FL they are such a PITA. Surprised Long Island ain't got them. We had one at the lumber yard a few years ago. Saw him one evening over some spoiled corn that someone from the feed store next door had thrown out.. We are 100% industrial here. Amazing..
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