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    Took a drive by yesterday and saw them back near the bush, judging by the hay piled up and the fact that there is feeders set up some one has put them there, not wild or escaped. I didn't see any fences though so assume they think they will stay near the feed source and not roam?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Loony View Post
    Took a drive by yesterday and saw them back near the bush, judging by the hay piled up and the fact that there is feeders set up some one has put them there, not wild or escaped. I didn't see any fences though so assume they think they will stay near the feed source and not roam?
    Dad said the same thing. Wierd that there are clearly no fences. Do you think they are escapees and they are conditioning them to feed in hopes of corralling them? Seems awfully irresponsible to let them run free in a corn field.

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    Not sure, the boss says they have been there a month at least. There was a livestock trailer backed in last week when he went by.
    I'd rather be fishing! Unless you want to go hunting!

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    some of us smaller farmers pasture our pigs. could be a fella who does it in some very unconventional way...

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    Quote Originally Posted by dilly View Post
    Dad said the same thing. Wierd that there are clearly no fences. Do you think they are escapees and they are conditioning them to feed in hopes of corralling them? Seems awfully irresponsible to let them run free in a corn field.
    Electric fence maybe?Low and hard to see?

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    I'll bet the farmers would feel a whole lot different if the entire cost of escapes and environmental damage is downloaded to them. It could get so high as to make the $200/head offer look damn good in 20/20 hindsight.
    If a tree falls on your ex in the woods and nobody hears it,you should probably still get rid of your chainsaw. Just sayin'....

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    I’ve heard local rumours that a disgruntled farmer dumped them as a result of the info detailed in that article, but I have no proof whatsoever to back that up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dilly View Post
    I’ve heard local rumours that a disgruntled farmer dumped them as a result of the info detailed in that article, but I have no proof whatsoever to back that up.
    For years there was rumor that a farmer near Conn (Mount Forest area) released them after it was made illegal to hunt them inside of pens.

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    I've got a small slew created by beavers about a quarter of a mile west of where I live that kept me entertained all summer long. I'd stop by every evening on my way home to check it out. It was home to 4 different families of ducks. 2 sets of mallards, one with a broud of 11, the other with a broud of 8. A small broud of blue wing teal, 4 in all and a family of woodies...

    I did some nuisance trapping there for the township about ten years ago and never thought much about it since then until this year when I noticed how high the water was one evening when I decided to take a different way home. Like I said it kept me entertained all summer watching these birds mature.

    One evening just before dusk I saw a bear cross the road about 125 yes in front off my parked vehicle and about 4 or 5 days later again just before dusk saw a gaggle of wild pigs scurrying across the road. There must have been 10 to 12 of them and from what I could gather they looked like they would have been all from the same litter cause all were the same size maybe 18" in height.

    Both the bear and the pigs crossed virtually in the same spot about 25 yds past the stop sign...
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