This is what I woke up to this morning

CG said he woke up at 3:00 a.m. and saw three feral hogs around the bird feeders.

We knew they were becoming more active down by the creek. We see fresh evidence of their destruction every night when we go out to feed the fish. The area under the trees near the picnic table looks like it was plowed by a drunken farmer.


A couple of days ago I noticed something had been digging around in the front yard at the house. At the time I attributed it to armadillos. Looks like I was wrong. After tearing down the bird feeders last night the hogs made their way up to the house and did quite a bit of damage to the yard.

It's worse than it looks in the photo. (Holes are hard to photograph!) We'll try keeping the gates closed at night and hopefully that will keep them out of the yard and the pastures.


And, to top it off...
Tonight, for the first time, CG saw a hog down by the creek when we were out feeding the fish. You can read more about feral hogs here and here.