Fencing Installer Recommendations Needed

[Iju]

Can Anyone recommend reliable installer for us?

We are in HPP on 1-acre lot. Been having trouble with wild pigs tearing our backyards these past few weeks.

Thank you.

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[dan d]

Get a post hole driller rent it. Install post. Run 3 ft pig fence,cheap. On da line fencing if u need it.Get gate at Mirandas.
Done
Aloha


HPP

[hilodiver]

I have a portable pig trap if
you would like to borrow? I'm also in HPP.

Aloha!

[Iju]

Thank you, hilodiver. Yes, I would love to borrow your trap. Would you take the pig if it was caught. We would not know what to do with it. Please call me at eight-oh-eight, three-eight-nine, six-oh-nine-oh. Or I can contact you. Thanks again for your offer.

dan-d, thanks for your suggestion.

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[kalakoa]

A few things...

Traps, snares, guns, fireworks: all these are temporary, require constant vigilance.

Dogs: they do most of the work, but require care, it's a pretty good trade.

Fence: expensive, but then you basically sit back and relax -- and it works for things other than pigs.

Note that the pigs currently digging will remember where your yard is, and they will try to breach the fence. This lasts until next season, new pigs don't know about your yard, will follow the fenceline off to the adjacent lots.

Installers will be cheapest if the fenceline has good access.

[dan d]

One in the head will also stop a pig from coming back and routing in your soil,(knife, arrow,xbow bolt,snare).

Like kalekoa said if u set a snare u want to watch the trap. U will here them squeel when they are caught,some will chew off foot. YUkk.

They are destrutive. We should learn how to harness that and use it to till some ground lol.
Or bacon?


HPP

[glassnumbers]

what we should do is build a huge pit, and put all the wild pigs we can find in there, and eventually they will starve and start eating each other. When there's only two pigs left, we take those out and let them loose, because now they have a taste for pig flesh and will hunt down the remaining pigs!

Aloha

[kalakoa]

how to harness that and use it to till some ground

Easy: fence first, keep pigs inside fence for a while, then evict them and build your house.

[Iju]

We got an estimate from one installer, from craigslist. I was shocked when they said they want 50% upfront so they can buy the materials.

Does anyone know the general percentage that most services want upfront?

[ElysianWort]

I don't, but do know that you will spend a fortune on it if you hire most of the companies that advertise.

You can also keep pigs out with a solar electric fence that costs under 200$. Run two lines of strings on stakes or trees or Rebar every 10 feet apart. One 3 inches off the ground, one at 15 inches or so. The string is cheap. Nylon line with a metallic fiber in it.

You'll save thousands with this method but it requires more upkeep. Initially you need a clear border area to pound in the stakes. The line has to be kept clear of brush or it will eventually short out (and be temporarily ineffective) on the wet weeds. However if you do get out there and weedwack it every couple weeks, the pigs will get shocked and not come back. You could start with this method and work toward the more expensive permanent fence. Or some people just shell out the dinero and put up the fence with the electric all at once and have a fortress.