Is this why TV has fencing around it?
 

Wild hog spotted in central Florida on golf course

Anyone encounter this scenario which golfing here in FL?

Yikes, that a large swine. .

Nope, haven’t seen a wild hog or a domestic hog on any TV golf courses and I’ve been golfing here for over 15 years.

There was a dead one on 301 heading to the turnpike. 200lb or better.. could have been heading for a 7am tee time

They were here before development began, and development has made it hard for them to "go" anywhere else. So they stay mostly in whatever woods still exist and come out on occasion - since this IS their territory, whether we've infringed on it or not.

My suggestion - use that god-given right to defend yourself, your 2A rights - grab yourself a shotgun, and hunt yourself some supper. Wild boar meat is delicious, when cooked and prepared properly.

I'm sure you'll be able to find some genuinely local folks who know how to do that for you and would, for a fee or for the majority of the meat.

Hit one driving down on 75. .
 

One of the first car trips down, we were driving south on 75 about 10 PM when a small wild pig started running across the lane, and made it as far as our left front bumper / tire in the left hand lane. .

no visible damage and too dark to see where the pig landed. .

After living in Va for 30 years dear wife knows lots of ways to cook road kill.

My husband has seen them on Pelican and Heron.

Not golfing, but have seen them next to the cart path South of the Chitty Chatty Bridge .

Some years ago saw two or three wild pigs on Kenya Course near Canal and Bonita.

Mmmmmm——-bacon. Great for early tee times 😂😂😂

LOL! Talk to Stu's wife!

We see the hogs all the time in the southern villages. Next to the Chitty Chatty mm path towards the bridge you will see lots of damage from them digging. Also along Morse by the Aviary rec center. We (st Cats residents) spoke to TPTB about trapping them and were told that we could on our own property, but no traps on Villages property. The trapper would take the hogs as bounty in addition to a small amount from us. This fee was less than $500. The hogs have done thousands in damage already.
One of the alligators in Bradford took care of one of the babies for us.

Big difference between true Wild Boar and feral pigs.
Most sightings are feral.
They are the problem.

As to the original question about fencing, the answer is "no." The fencing is more decorative than functional in most areas. The pigs routinely burro under the fencing around the Chitty Chatty preserve

... and the gators take advantage of spots where there is no fencing. Beware of the gator crossing at the south end of the Chitty Chatty bridge, from the woods to the pond behind Ty Villas.

Yes and we get attacked frequently.

Hog Feathers
 

The ones that fly are the worst. Avoid getting dropped on at all costs. I think that’s why most carts have roofs?

About 2018 they were on Mallory Golf Course, Amelia. We'd occasionally see them on #2 hole in the grasses below and to the right of the green. We'd see rooting marks along the rough and sometimes in the fairways. Believe they were trapped/killed out of there, haven't seen them since.

wild hogs?
 

The wild hogs I'd be concerned about are the ones who drive into the squares.

I have a friend who lives in a retirement community that's next to The Villages and they've had nothing but issues with the wild pigs. Used to have a trapper come but for some reason he no longer will or can't. She says the damage they do to her yard is unbelieveable. NOTHING seems to deter them neither. PLUS the grown ones are huge and very dangerous!!

They were seen near Bradford several months ago, mama digging and making a mess near a pond with babies alongside.

A month ago we drove through Morse on saw the long trail of the mounds of dirt they dug up on a median. They do incredibly bad damage. I was told the mama pig does all that digging for the babies to eat the worms. Would hate to see that anywhere near my village.

Stupid idea

They are an invasive species...

& what are we talking about???

:oops:

I saw a whole family of them on the side of Morse near chitty chatty too. They destroyed the grassy area

Is the entire Villages fenced? I am almost certain I have seen areas along the fringes, especially stretches of golf holes on executive golf courses that have parts that are not fenced. A few where I can the woods and back yards of houses I know are outside TV. As for wildlife, I was shocked when I moved here that there were few if any whitetail deer and wild hogs. They thrive in the south. I haven't seen any of those two species here. The hogs in particular are abundant in central Florida and almost impossible to control once established.

They are an invasive species, and open to hunt 365 days a year. I have noticed (They are all over Sarasota and Naples) that most hunters/trappers take them live and bring them to the prep house where they are butchered.
It would be much easier and safer to kill them in the wild.
Are they like fish, where the meat can spoil if you do not bleed them quickly? What is the reason for taking them live?

Many years ago I was at a rock concert and saw one of the flying pigs. True I may have been getting a contact high, but I swear I saw a huge pig fly. No one believes me.

My home is on the fairway for the 6th hole on Churchill Greens golf course. In December 2017 wild pigs did $2,400 in damage to my sod under the giant old oak tree. Wild pigs are nocturnal, so they were not spotted in the daytime. However, their hoof prints were on the over-turned damaged sod.

The area between the 5th and 6th holes borders farmland. The Villages District Government hired a trapper, who set up a trap near the fence to the farmland. They did not tell me that they had caught any wild pigs.

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Is it legal to shoot them?

You may shoot them 365 days a year on private property with no license or permit needed as per the FWC

just be careful that you don't violate any discharge laws when hunting them in your back yard. . .

Fresh BBQ

The damage along BG Calusa #1 awhile back is evidence that they will get on a course.

Hubby saw them in the berm on Meggison at Richmond.

They Were Here First
 

I grew up around here back in the 60's - my friends & I used to get in an old jeep and hunt them right over this property (TV). There were plenty of them - the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission estimates there are half a million wild hogs in Florida. They can get big, but most are between 100-150 lbs. Nasty animals - root up turf, and plants, and are dangerous. Males (boars) and females (sows) both have tusks, and can spread disease. They LOVE mangos, in particular, so if you have a mango tree be aware they will seek it out. They are not just in the south of TV, they are all over Florida (but particularly like the wetlands around Lake Okeechobee to the south). There should be plenty of trappers in the area who would take them off your hands!

These pigs are feral animals; pests, varmints, vermin. Wild Boar, not the same as feral pigs, are not indigenous to the United States, they were introduced by Europeans. Early sailors would release domestic pigs on various islands in the Pacific Ocean for use as a food source during long sea voyages. The ships would anchor at one of these islands that was seeded with pigs, send out a hunting party and have fresh meat.

I've seen them do damage at Cane Garden, Hibiscus #3. I had a 5 acre property in Sarasota that they tore up pretty good (see below) The trappers usually don't immediately kill them, they need to feed them some decent food for several months to fatten them up and make them taste better...or so I was told.

Thats what sections of Morse and Chitty Chatty look like.

There are quite a few. They rooted up the east side of Northbound Morse ( just before the roundabout to Warmsprings) and have several times, destroyed the ground on the west side of Southbound Morse just before the entrance to Fire Station 47. I am surprised more people haven't seen them.