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all the tops were left behind
I guess if they're hungry enough they eat the tops too? Pineapples are usually at least a pound or two each. That puts the 300 pound pineapple eater at 378 pounds after the buffet. Probably good fruity flavored pig coming out of the imu.
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Don't sound like piggies. If were, there would have been a lot of piggy mess. For anyone who has experienced the problem of piggies, you know very well if they were in your property. This case sounds like humans.
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Well, the pigs hit my pineapples. Caught them in the act. I was waiting for more ripeness, but alas good enough for the pigs. No tracks, 3 small 50 lb siblings, no trace. So yes, they do neatly gnaw pineapples & leave no trace. If I didn't see them, I would have been sure it was humans. Again, never happened before, probably relocated pigs from the lava.
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Pigs just ate all our sugar cane and pineapples on our jungle lot. The piglets can go through our livestock fencing and the larger ones can go under. The only "safe" place right now is where our dogs are. It's never been this bad. During the winter drought they completely devoured a banana stand that was at the back of our property. Not a single keiki survived.
We recently ordered a larger freezer.
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piglets can go through our livestock fencing and the larger ones can go under
A "livestock containment fence" Is not the same as a "pig exclusion fence".
Also, pigs can jump. I didn't believe this until I saw it happen.
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A "livestock containment fence" Is not the same as a "pig exclusion fence".
Domestic vs Feral
"I'm at that stage in life where I stay out of discussions. Even if you say 1+1=5, you're right - have fun." - Keanu Reeves
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Also, pigs can jump. I didn't believe this until I saw it happen.
Elephants are the only mammals that cannot jump.
Awhile back a young boar jumped my fence to get into some yummy dropped fruit. I came home to the squealing and my dogs attacking it. The neighbors got gifted some boar meat.
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Agree that the pig situation here on the Aulii end of OLE is the most extreme it's been in decades. It's worse than even when the dead end of 40th was nicknamed 'Bone Road' because of all the carcass remnants hunters would leave behind. Every time I hear new bulldozer noise ( which is now frequent ), I know the older pig trails might have been disrupted, and I check the next morning to see what damage has been done overnight.
Edit: not enough coffee, grammar fix
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Pigs always leave a trace. I've hunted pigs my whole life on this island. There has never been a case of pigs coming around and leaving "no trace." If so, that bugger might be Kama Pua'a himself. There is always tracks, smell, diggings, trails, droppings. Always. Pigs are very destructive.
