#feralhogs — Public Fediverse posts
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There is just over 2 weeks left until Feral Hogs day!
Personally, I like to celebrate by running Feral Hogs from Green Ronin.
https://greenroninstore.com/products/modern-age-missions-feral-hogs-pdf
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OMG... PIG BOMB! 🤣
▶️ Feral Hogs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pGazYSkFFMw&si=B6oidzz8s8hY_ssA
#LastWeekTonight #JohnOliver #feralhogs -
OMG... PIG BOMB! 🤣
▶️ Feral Hogs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
https://youtube.com/watch?v=pGazYSkFFMw&si=B6oidzz8s8hY_ssA
#LastWeekTonight #JohnOliver #feralhogs -
Talk about a hunting lodge for rich weirdoes, who apparently thought bringing over Eurasian #FeralHogs was a good idea?!!!
#Millionaires' Hunt Club
December 29, 2016"From my very first days as a reporter in #NewHampshire, I started to hear about a place hidden up in the woods of New Hampshire. A place full of unfamiliar animals from other places, but fenced off from the rest of the state, and kept quiet. I never heard about it directly — it was always through a guy who knew a guy, who had been inside — but the more I heard about the place, the more unbelievable it seemed.
"This massive, private park was called a 'millionaires hunt club' and 'the most exclusive #GamePreserve in the United States' and yet there were many people I know who had lived their entire lives in this state, but had never heard of it. So what is the secret of what’s behind that 26-mile fence cutting through the woods of New Hampshire, and why do some people work so hard to keep it a mystery?
"Officially it’s called the #BlueMountainForestAssociation, but everybody who knows about it calls it #CorbinPark. (Seemingly shortened from Corbin’s Park… we’ll get to the origin of the name.) It’s near the border with #Vermont and it’s huge, though its exact size seems to be something of a mystery. Regardless, at somewhere between 24,000 and 26,000 acres this park is actually bigger than something like 60 percent of New Hampshire towns.
"You can find the chain-link fence that encircles the entirety of the park at the end of any number of long rough dirt roads that lead to locked gates. It feels almost like like stumbling across a military base full of UFOs or some similar secret. The fence itself looks sturdy, if slightly weather-worn, and at regular intervals features small signs reprinted hundreds of times, 'the enclosed park fence and signs are protected by a special law of this state and any person trespassing herein or in any way violating that law will be prosecuted.'
"I got my introduction to the park from a man named Brian Meyette, a retired database administrator, who lives in an off-the-grid home, right next to the fence. 'In the fall it’s cool, because you get elk bugling in here,' he said as we walked down his icy driveway, 'I actually even came down here once because I could hear one and it sounded like he was bugling just inside the fence.'
"Elk, in case you didn’t know, are a Western thing. We don’t have them in New Hampshire. Except on the other side of this fence. And that’s not the only thing that’s over there.
" 'Any time people come up here to work or anything, they always say, ‘oh did you see the pigs?’ said Brian, laughing. When he says pigs, he’s referring to Eurasian #WildBoar, imported from Germany into New Hampshire. 'And no,' Brian continued, 'normally you come down here and it’s just you see a bunch of trees, that’s all you ever see.”
"But while you might not see them, there are elk bugling and Eurasian wild boars hustling around behind those fences.
"But why?
"The trouble with finding the answer to that question is that no one inside of Corbin's Park wants to talk about it. Corbin’s Park is a member’s only club. If you are a reporter, and identify yourself as such, not only do the employees of the park not want to talk to you, but the members don't want to talk to you, the people they have invited as guests don't want to talk to you, even some regular folks in town don't want to talk to you."
https://outsideinradio.org/shows/ep27
#RichWeirdoes #MillionairesClub #InvasiveSpecies #FeralHogs #FeralSwine #FeralSwineBomb
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Talk about a hunting lodge for rich weirdoes, who apparently thought bringing over Eurasian #FeralHogs was a good idea?!!!
#Millionaires' Hunt Club
December 29, 2016"From my very first days as a reporter in #NewHampshire, I started to hear about a place hidden up in the woods of New Hampshire. A place full of unfamiliar animals from other places, but fenced off from the rest of the state, and kept quiet. I never heard about it directly — it was always through a guy who knew a guy, who had been inside — but the more I heard about the place, the more unbelievable it seemed.
"This massive, private park was called a 'millionaires hunt club' and 'the most exclusive #GamePreserve in the United States' and yet there were many people I know who had lived their entire lives in this state, but had never heard of it. So what is the secret of what’s behind that 26-mile fence cutting through the woods of New Hampshire, and why do some people work so hard to keep it a mystery?
"Officially it’s called the #BlueMountainForestAssociation, but everybody who knows about it calls it #CorbinPark. (Seemingly shortened from Corbin’s Park… we’ll get to the origin of the name.) It’s near the border with #Vermont and it’s huge, though its exact size seems to be something of a mystery. Regardless, at somewhere between 24,000 and 26,000 acres this park is actually bigger than something like 60 percent of New Hampshire towns.
"You can find the chain-link fence that encircles the entirety of the park at the end of any number of long rough dirt roads that lead to locked gates. It feels almost like like stumbling across a military base full of UFOs or some similar secret. The fence itself looks sturdy, if slightly weather-worn, and at regular intervals features small signs reprinted hundreds of times, 'the enclosed park fence and signs are protected by a special law of this state and any person trespassing herein or in any way violating that law will be prosecuted.'
"I got my introduction to the park from a man named Brian Meyette, a retired database administrator, who lives in an off-the-grid home, right next to the fence. 'In the fall it’s cool, because you get elk bugling in here,' he said as we walked down his icy driveway, 'I actually even came down here once because I could hear one and it sounded like he was bugling just inside the fence.'
"Elk, in case you didn’t know, are a Western thing. We don’t have them in New Hampshire. Except on the other side of this fence. And that’s not the only thing that’s over there.
" 'Any time people come up here to work or anything, they always say, ‘oh did you see the pigs?’ said Brian, laughing. When he says pigs, he’s referring to Eurasian #WildBoar, imported from Germany into New Hampshire. 'And no,' Brian continued, 'normally you come down here and it’s just you see a bunch of trees, that’s all you ever see.”
"But while you might not see them, there are elk bugling and Eurasian wild boars hustling around behind those fences.
"But why?
"The trouble with finding the answer to that question is that no one inside of Corbin's Park wants to talk about it. Corbin’s Park is a member’s only club. If you are a reporter, and identify yourself as such, not only do the employees of the park not want to talk to you, but the members don't want to talk to you, the people they have invited as guests don't want to talk to you, even some regular folks in town don't want to talk to you."
https://outsideinradio.org/shows/ep27
#RichWeirdoes #MillionairesClub #InvasiveSpecies #FeralHogs #FeralSwine #FeralSwineBomb
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So, #PlainfieldNH is not far from #CorbinPark (more about that in the next post)...
Camera in Upper Valley captures apparent sight of #FeralHog
Wildlife officials say they want to track down animal, test it for diseases
Oct 6, 2022 by Hannah Cotter
PLAINFIELD, N.H. — "A resident of New Hampshire's Upper Valley captured video of what appears to be a feral hog in her Plainfield backyard, and wildlife officials are now trying to track it down."Experts said feral hogs aren't found in New Hampshire or the surrounding area, so this one might have escaped from someone who relocated it to the state.
"Wildlife experts said #FeralHogs are considered to be escaped private property (!!!) , so without knowing who owns it, it's not legal to shoot it. (!!!)
"David Allaben, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said they can be a nuisance for landowners.
" 'They eat native #wildlife, young fawns, anything they can get a hold of. Turkey nests, #BirdNests, nesting birds on the ground, #turtles, you name it," Allaben said. 'They're opportunistic feeders -- they eat anything.'
"David Allaben said anyone who sees the hog should contact his office so it can be tracked down and tested for disease.
" ;Once we remove them, we take several samples — blood samples, tissue samples,' Allaben said. "We're testing for a whole variety of different diseases, because our fear is if they get in with domestic swine, these backyard pigs and stuff, they can spread whatever disease to that particular animal, and then we have a problem. And that's one reason we want to get them off the landscape as quickly as possible."
"The USDA is working to get permission to track the hog and remove it from the property.
"The homeowner that captured the video said the animal did not damage any of her property, but she's keeping her cameras on just in case it comes back."
Sourcce:
https://www.wmur.com/article/upper-valley-new-hampshire-feral-hog-10622/41548757#FeralSwine #FeralHogs
#InvasiveSpecies #Agriculture #NativeSpecies #NewHampshire
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So, #PlainfieldNH is not far from #CorbinPark (more about that in the next post)...
Camera in Upper Valley captures apparent sight of #FeralHog
Wildlife officials say they want to track down animal, test it for diseases
Oct 6, 2022 by Hannah Cotter
PLAINFIELD, N.H. — "A resident of New Hampshire's Upper Valley captured video of what appears to be a feral hog in her Plainfield backyard, and wildlife officials are now trying to track it down."Experts said feral hogs aren't found in New Hampshire or the surrounding area, so this one might have escaped from someone who relocated it to the state.
"Wildlife experts said #FeralHogs are considered to be escaped private property (!!!) , so without knowing who owns it, it's not legal to shoot it. (!!!)
"David Allaben, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, said they can be a nuisance for landowners.
" 'They eat native #wildlife, young fawns, anything they can get a hold of. Turkey nests, #BirdNests, nesting birds on the ground, #turtles, you name it," Allaben said. 'They're opportunistic feeders -- they eat anything.'
"David Allaben said anyone who sees the hog should contact his office so it can be tracked down and tested for disease.
" ;Once we remove them, we take several samples — blood samples, tissue samples,' Allaben said. "We're testing for a whole variety of different diseases, because our fear is if they get in with domestic swine, these backyard pigs and stuff, they can spread whatever disease to that particular animal, and then we have a problem. And that's one reason we want to get them off the landscape as quickly as possible."
"The USDA is working to get permission to track the hog and remove it from the property.
"The homeowner that captured the video said the animal did not damage any of her property, but she's keeping her cameras on just in case it comes back."
Sourcce:
https://www.wmur.com/article/upper-valley-new-hampshire-feral-hog-10622/41548757#FeralSwine #FeralHogs
#InvasiveSpecies #Agriculture #NativeSpecies #NewHampshire
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#NewHampshire has its own source for a ‘feral swine bomb’
by David Brooks | Sep 22, 2020
"Anybody who has raised pigs or visited a pig farm knows that while this animal is smart and cute, they can be destructive and mean and dangerous as all get-out. Wild pigs are even more so, which is why their continued spread in the U.S. and Canada is one of the more alarming of the many alarming invasive-species stories out there.
"This Atlantic magazine article (read it here) calls it a '#FeralSwineBomb' which is a great phrase – all three of its word pack a punch. Feral! Swine!! Bomb!!!
"Years ago, reducing #FeralPig populations hardly seemed worth the money, but today these animals are responsible for an estimated $2.5 billion worth of damage in the U.S. each year—mostly by mowing down farmers’ #crops, as well as attacking calves, lambs, and pregnant livestock, and destroying #NativePlants, animals, and precious habitats. A feral pig can host at least 30 viral and bacterial diseases, along with nearly 40 parasites.
"New Hampshire is the one spot in the Northeast with a feral pig population, and it’s due to #CorbinPark, the 25,000-acre private hunting preserve in Sullivan County. The park was established in the 1890’s and stocked with wild pigs, among other animals. They have continued to breed and occasionally escape the 25-mile-long fence.
"Allowing them to stay there is like allowing outdoor breeding of Asian long-horned beetles or some other invasive that produces horrible economic and environmental damage if it spreads. It’s crazy – and what’s crazier is that because of century-old rules, you can’t even shoot the pigs if they escape because they’re considered private property. I wrote about this in January as part of a failed attempt to require hunting licenses in the park (story here)."
Read more:
https://granitegeek.concordmonitor.com/2020/09/22/n-h-has-its-own-source-for-a-feral-swine-bomb/#FeralSwine #FeralHogs #InvasiveSpecies #Agriculture #NativeSpecies #EnvironmentalCatastrophe
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#NewHampshire has its own source for a ‘feral swine bomb’
by David Brooks | Sep 22, 2020
"Anybody who has raised pigs or visited a pig farm knows that while this animal is smart and cute, they can be destructive and mean and dangerous as all get-out. Wild pigs are even more so, which is why their continued spread in the U.S. and Canada is one of the more alarming of the many alarming invasive-species stories out there.
"This Atlantic magazine article (read it here) calls it a '#FeralSwineBomb' which is a great phrase – all three of its word pack a punch. Feral! Swine!! Bomb!!!
"Years ago, reducing #FeralPig populations hardly seemed worth the money, but today these animals are responsible for an estimated $2.5 billion worth of damage in the U.S. each year—mostly by mowing down farmers’ #crops, as well as attacking calves, lambs, and pregnant livestock, and destroying #NativePlants, animals, and precious habitats. A feral pig can host at least 30 viral and bacterial diseases, along with nearly 40 parasites.
"New Hampshire is the one spot in the Northeast with a feral pig population, and it’s due to #CorbinPark, the 25,000-acre private hunting preserve in Sullivan County. The park was established in the 1890’s and stocked with wild pigs, among other animals. They have continued to breed and occasionally escape the 25-mile-long fence.
"Allowing them to stay there is like allowing outdoor breeding of Asian long-horned beetles or some other invasive that produces horrible economic and environmental damage if it spreads. It’s crazy – and what’s crazier is that because of century-old rules, you can’t even shoot the pigs if they escape because they’re considered private property. I wrote about this in January as part of a failed attempt to require hunting licenses in the park (story here)."
Read more:
https://granitegeek.concordmonitor.com/2020/09/22/n-h-has-its-own-source-for-a-feral-swine-bomb/#FeralSwine #FeralHogs #InvasiveSpecies #Agriculture #NativeSpecies #EnvironmentalCatastrophe
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#FeralSwine Population Distribution
Feral Swine: Managing an Invasive Species
Last Modified: April 07, 2026
"The National Feral Swine Damage Management Program has effectively reduced the number of states with feral swine populations and curbed expansion in the U.S. Efforts to reduce the invaded range of feral swine include targeted removal efforts, promoting the reporting of new populations in areas with no known feral swine, and the rapid response and removal of emerging or translocated feral swine. This has led to enhanced public safety and less damage to farmers nationwide.
History of Feral Swine in the Americas
Feral swine are not native to the Americas. They were first brought to the United States in the 1500s by early explorers and settlers as a source of food. Free-range livestock management practices and escapes from enclosures led to the first establishment of feral swine populations within the United States. In the 1900s, the Eurasian or Russian #WildBoar was introduced into parts of the United States for the purpose of sport hunting. Today, feral swine are a combination of escaped #DomesticPigs, Eurasian wild boars, and hybrids of the two."
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/operational-wildlife-activities/feral-swine/distribution
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#FeralSwine Population Distribution
Feral Swine: Managing an Invasive Species
Last Modified: April 07, 2026
"The National Feral Swine Damage Management Program has effectively reduced the number of states with feral swine populations and curbed expansion in the U.S. Efforts to reduce the invaded range of feral swine include targeted removal efforts, promoting the reporting of new populations in areas with no known feral swine, and the rapid response and removal of emerging or translocated feral swine. This has led to enhanced public safety and less damage to farmers nationwide.
History of Feral Swine in the Americas
Feral swine are not native to the Americas. They were first brought to the United States in the 1500s by early explorers and settlers as a source of food. Free-range livestock management practices and escapes from enclosures led to the first establishment of feral swine populations within the United States. In the 1900s, the Eurasian or Russian #WildBoar was introduced into parts of the United States for the purpose of sport hunting. Today, feral swine are a combination of escaped #DomesticPigs, Eurasian wild boars, and hybrids of the two."
https://www.aphis.usda.gov/operational-wildlife-activities/feral-swine/distribution
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[Thread] So, did anyone catch the June 21, 2026 episode of #LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver? #FeralHogs are the next big threat to, well, a lot! Agriculture, native species, etc.! Why this isn't on the news is beyond me! And the worst part? Some places deliberately brought the feral species over here from Europe, including a secretive hunting lodge in #NewHampshire! More about that in the thread... Here's some background on how big the threat is! The solution? Birth control for the lady hogs. But that's not a thing, apparently?!!
Feral Hogs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
"John Oliver discusses one of the most destructive invasive species in America: feral hogs. How they got here, the damage they’re doing, and why the Discovery Channel should really consider doing 'Cow Week.' "
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGazYSkFFMw#JohnOliver #LastWeekTonight #InvasiveSpecies #Nature #EndangeredSpecies
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[Thread] So, did anyone catch the June 21, 2026 episode of #LastWeekTonightWithJohnOliver? #FeralHogs are the next big threat to, well, a lot! Agriculture, native species, etc.! Why this isn't on the news is beyond me! And the worst part? Some places deliberately brought the feral species over here from Europe, including a secretive hunting lodge in #NewHampshire! More about that in the thread... Here's some background on how big the threat is! The solution? Birth control for the lady hogs. But that's not a thing, apparently?!!
Feral Hogs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
"John Oliver discusses one of the most destructive invasive species in America: feral hogs. How they got here, the damage they’re doing, and why the Discovery Channel should really consider doing 'Cow Week.' "
Watch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGazYSkFFMw#JohnOliver #LastWeekTonight #InvasiveSpecies #Nature #EndangeredSpecies
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I admit that I knew absolutely nothing about #FeralHogs until… #JohnOliver !
Thankfully they are not (yet) an issue in Vermont…
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I admit that I knew absolutely nothing about #FeralHogs until… #JohnOliver !
Thankfully they are not (yet) an issue in Vermont…
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Parece que nos EUA estão a precisar de um Obélix...
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@ElBeeToots You know that I never realised that either Daft Punk or Pharrell Williams was involved in that song? 😳
It's been 6.5 years, yet I still cannot think of Pharrell Williams without thinking of this.
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@ElBeeToots You know that I never realised that either Daft Punk or Pharrell Williams was involved in that song? 😳
It's been 6.5 years, yet I still cannot think of Pharrell Williams without thinking of this.
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30-50 feral hogs running through his yard within 3-5 minutes while his small kids play, except now their flesh is neon blue (the pigs, not the childrens). What to do?
https://www.sciencealert.com/wild-pigs-turn-neon-blue-in-california-triggering-warnings
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Wild #SuperPigs from #Canada could become a new front in the war on #FeralHogs https://theconversation.com/wild-super-pigs-from-canada-could-become-a-new-front-in-the-war-on-feral-hogs-218899
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Wild #SuperPigs from #Canada could become a new front in the war on #FeralHogs https://theconversation.com/wild-super-pigs-from-canada-could-become-a-new-front-in-the-war-on-feral-hogs-218899
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Efforts by University of #Missouri #Extension, the state Department of #Conservation, and others to reduce the population of #feralhogs are paying off, with a 65-percent reduction in their numbers over the past five years. Feral hogs have caused damage to pastures and woodlands, especially in Southern Missouri, and have the potential to spread disease to domestic #livestock.
https://www.centralmoinfo.com/mu-extension-conservation-department-team-up-to-tackle-feral-hog-populations/ -
they say
down under in Australia
crocodiles
are bringin' home the bacon
puttin' the brakes
on the pig populationwhy can't we have that
in America?
why can't alligators
eat the pigs?
why can't alligators
take care of
35-50 feral hogs
roamin' in your
neighborhoodwhy can't alligators
eat the pigs? -
they say
down under in Australia
crocodiles
are bringin' home the bacon
puttin' the brakes
on the pig populationwhy can't we have that
in America?
why can't alligators
eat the pigs?
why can't alligators
take care of
35-50 feral hogs
roamin' in your
neighborhoodwhy can't alligators
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@petealexharris @dreadpirateyarr
🥥 MY 10-20 #FeralOtters will take on YOUR 30-50 #FeralHogs any time, any place! 🥥 -
Feral hogs are the invasive menace you’ve never thought about - Enlarge (credit: Don Henderson via Getty Images)
Think of the ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1925885 #invasivespecies #conservation #feralhogs #wildhogs #science
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Feral hogs are the invasive menace you’ve never thought about - Enlarge (credit: Don Henderson via Getty Images)
Think of the ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1925885 #invasivespecies #conservation #feralhogs #wildhogs #science
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Ars Technica: Feral hogs are the invasive menace you’ve never thought about https://arstechnica.com/?p=1925885 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #Invasivespecies #conservation #feralhogs #Wildhogs #Science
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@soniashah @NatGeo The more I hear about feral pigs or hogs, the more I like it as a solution to many #NYC problems. There are no crops in #NYC to eat outside of gated gardens. They will be a problem for motorists. Will they be a problem for bicyclists? Their presence will encourage all bikers to go slow. They will eat non-native invasives such as #japaneseKnotWeed, #ItalianArum and #LesserCelandine as they root around.
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@soniashah @NatGeo The more I hear about feral pigs or hogs, the more I like it as a solution to many #NYC problems. There are no crops in #NYC to eat outside of gated gardens. They will be a problem for motorists. Will they be a problem for bicyclists? Their presence will encourage all bikers to go slow. They will eat non-native invasives such as #japaneseKnotWeed, #ItalianArum and #LesserCelandine as they root around.
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Forgive me if I already posted this. Sign in our local backpacking store. #feralhogs #USDA Thought I was back in Texas for a minute.
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Forgive me if I already posted this. Sign in our local backpacking store. #feralhogs #USDA Thought I was back in Texas for a minute.
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Incoming feral hogs, eh?
https://www.fieldandstream.com/conservation/canada-wild-pig-population-explosion/
...that picture sure makes it look like they come in groups of 30-50.
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I think we really need to have a more balanced look into the whole #QT debate.
Legit question for QT-bashers - Without QT, how do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?
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I think we really need to have a more balanced look into the whole #QT debate.
Legit question for QT-bashers - Without QT, how do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?
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Let's make it easy to find mutuals! Name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your bio. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions, so others know to do the same.
#horror
#rollerderby
#comics
#astronomy
#boardgames
#theology
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RT @[email protected]
Eboshi The Hog Killer #feralhogs
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