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I live down the road from you across Ho’omau Ranch about 87.5 mile marker. There’s more pigs this season than I have ever seen in 40 years on island. Just today I chased off two groups of over 6 pigs each by throwing rocks. Neighbors have local hunter coming to set traps tomorrow. The guy makes the ono smoke meat! It’s the one good thing about the pig! I wish you luck with your fence. You have a beautiful spot. Lucky we live Hawaii.
Thanks Ian. Sorry to hear about the pigs on your property! Hopefully the traps make a difference. The fence around our garden has stopped the pigs from getting in so far, but there are still a lot around this season for sure.
Can I get his number? We have a boar that had ruined my yard in Palisades. Need him GONE.
We live by the 95 mile marker and the pigs are multiplying at an exponential rate. They are coming right up to our house and seem aggressive. We have tried to build a trap and they won’t go near it. So far it has costed us thousands of dollars in fencing and traps in addition to paying people to help get them off the property and nothing has worked, in fact it is worse. They have completely destroyed all of our banana plants and rooting up our trees. We really can’t understand how there is no help from the county or state for this issue and small farms. All of the native lands and farms are going to be devastated by this issue. We already know that allowing people to hunt them doesn’t help with the numbers, it can never be enough as they can have 2-3 liters per year at up to 10 piglets! We are now getting ready to spend another fortune to put in electric fencing. It would be really nice if we could come together as a community and try and find solutions for this instead of each person individually having to take on this huge burden. We wish you luck and thank you for writing this article.
Hi Adam, thanks for your feedback! We wish you all the best with your battle against the pigs too! It isn’t easy. Hunting them has very little effect on their population and fencing, as you know, isn’t cheap! It would be great if the county/state had a multi-pronged approach to eradication. Fingers crossed it happens soon!