Advice / help on dealing with abandoned pigs (Peachtree City area)

We have a couple of smaller pigs / hogs living in the woods next to our house, inside the city limits of Peachtree City. They were standard domestic farm raised pigs that have been abandoned by their owners and are now making a meal off our lawn and plants.

I think one male and one female. The male looks to be around 80-120lbs (I'm not a pig expert, but that's my best guess), and the female is maybe around 50-80lbs. Both have been on the run for about 4 weeks now, and are very people shy, so it's been pretty much impossible to capture them directly.

However, they consistently frequent our yard, so we're looking for help live trapping and rehoming them or any other advice on how to deal with them. Living in the city limits, lethal methods of removing them are not allowed, and I am trying to avoid purchasing/building a live trap myself, since I don't anticipate a need to keep a pig trap long term. I'm hoping someone nearby has one and would be interested in trapping and taking the pigs, can offer suggestions on how to deal with them, or might know a nearby resource that might be willing to help. Local police and county animal control have not provided any solutions.

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if you were closer to my club , i'd let you borrow one for a week. But you're a good 2+ hours away.

see if someone local will let you borrow a trap.

or you can likely shoot an arrow at them.....?
archery is legal in my city limits.......not sure about PC.

95g atl said:

if you were closer to my club , i'd let you borrow one for a week. But you're a good 2+ hours away.

see if someone local will let you borrow a trap.

or you can likely shoot an arrow at them.....?
archery is legal in my city limits.......not sure about PC.

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You can bowhunt within the city limits, so lethal methods ARE indeed allowed. There's only one thing to do with a loose pig, and we all know what that is! You need to allow someone on here to come and bait them and trap them using a box trap or corral trap. I'm sure someone here would JUMP at the opportunity to tram some meat pigs. Good luck!

I don't think you can bow hunt in Peachtree city limits. City ordinance

You can hunt, you just can not shoot can not shoot a bow and arrow or firearm. From the PTC website...

It shall be unlawful for any person within the corporate limits of the city to discharge any arrow of any kind or character from a bow with a pull greater than five pounds or 30 inches in length or from any crossbow regardless of size, except that such discharge is permitted in the act of self-defense or the protection of private property. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the use of bows and arrows at any established archery range under the supervision of a person at least 18 years of age provided such archery range has been approved by the mayor and city council.
(Code 1980, § 14-20)

Maybe your out is in the portion that states you can “discharge the weapon in protection of private property”.


This is from the state regulation….

27-1-3. Legislative declarations; ownership and custody of wildlife; preservation of hunting and fishing opportunities; promotion and right to hunt, trap, or fish; local regulation; general offenses

(a) The General Assembly recognizes that hunting and fishing and the taking of wildlife are a valued part of the cultural heritage of the State of Georgia. The General Assembly further recognizes that such activities play an essential role in the state's economy and in funding the state's management programs for game and nongame species alike, and that such activities have also come to play an important and sometimes critical role in the biological management of certain natural communities within this state. In recognition of this cultural heritage and the tradition of stewardship it embodies, and of the important role that hunting and fishing and the taking of wildlife play in the state's economy and in the preservation and management of the state's natural communities, the General Assembly declares that Georgia citizens have the right to take fish and wildlife, subject to the laws and regulations adopted by the board for the public good and general welfare, which laws and regulations should be vigorously enforced. The General Assembly further declares that the state's wildlife resources should be managed in accordance with sound principles of wildlife management, using all appropriate tools, including hunting, fishing, and the taking of wildlife.
(b) The ownership of, jurisdiction over, and control of all wildlife, as defined in this title, are declared to be in the State of Georgia, in its sovereign capacity, to be controlled, regulated, and disposed of in accordance with this title. Wildlife is held in trust by the state for the benefit of its citizens and shall not be reduced to private ownership except as specifically provided for in this title. All wildlife of the State of Georgia is declared to be within the custody of the department for purposes of management and regulation in accordance with this title. However, the State of Georgia, the department, and the board shall be immune from suit and shall not be liable for any damage to life, person, or property caused directly or indirectly by any wildlife.
(h) Except as otherwise provided by general law, the power and duty to promulgate rules and regulations relating to hunting, trapping, and fishing rests solely with the board. No political subdivision of the state may regulate hunting, trapping, or fishing by local ordinance; provided, however, that a local government shall not be prohibited from exercising its management rights over real property owned or leased by it for purposes of prohibiting hunting, fishing, or trapping upon the property or for purposes of setting times when access to the property for purposes of hunting, fishing, or trapping in accordance with this title may be permitted. Nothing contained in this Code section shall prohibit municipalities or counties, by ordinance, resolution, or other enactment, from reasonably limiting or prohibiting the discharge of firearms within the boundaries of the political subdivision for purposes of public safety.

If you want to push it, they can’t stop you from hunting. Under Georgia law, they can only enforce limitations on firearms or bows. Hunting is a right in GA and they can not stop it but does appear that PTC they can stop you from shooting anything!

If youhave a few young pigs like that, then there are bigger ones around too and you can expect them to multiply.

You do realize that when you trap them it is against the law to move them to another location alive?

See page 31 of the current regulations.

It is unlawful to transport a live feral hog without a permit from the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA). Feral hogs captured alive by a person without a valid GDA permit must be killed prior to transport. Release of any live feral hogs into an area that is not fenced is prohib- ited. Any persons convicted of the transport or release of live feral hogs may be subject to losing hunting privileges for up to three years and a ne up to $5,000.00, but not less than $1,500.00. Transport and possession of live feral hogs are regulated by GDA; contact the Animal Industry Division at 404-656-3671 for more information.

Glad I don't live in Peachtree City, guess we know what the PC also stands for now ? lol, I would contact that mayor or city council, since they won't allow you to shoot them, I would insist that the animal control solve the problem, if they aren't going to allow you to solve the problem yourself , then it becomes their problem, that's what you pay taxes for ! The police dept has the leeway to shoot nuisance animals, so if nothing else I would insist they come out and dispatch them, if they are male and female and the male hasn't been de-nutted , then there will be many more before too long ! Make sure the city understands that !

There are also large bore air rifles that are fully capable of putting a pig down, they aren't firearms, and they aren't bows ,, so if PC's regulations don't mention them, then they fall into an area that likely can't be enforced ? I'm sure someone on here has access to one of those ,, might be worth checking into ?

I personally would make the mayors and city councils life miserable until they solved the problem, I'm sure one of the news stations would find that an interesting story ,,, I'm betting city hall wouldn't like that kind of publicity ?

Why would you ever live in a place with so many restrictions in beyond me. To the o.p. you prob need to call a wildlife trapper in your area

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do you still have the hog problem?

Thanks for all the responses. To the last response, the issue has somewhat solved itself for now.

I did have someone local offer help, then pretty much bailed on me. In that time however, I discovered daily vigilance with smacking a couple of 2x4 planks together everytime I spotted them near the house ran them off rather quickly.

They disappeared for weeks, and then about three weeks ago, only the smaller, non dominate spotted pig showed up a couple of days in a row. I'm guessing it either got separated, or something happened to the more aggressive lead pink pig that was with it (caught, killed, etc.).

Each day it showed up, I chased it off with the 2x4's beating them together, and I haven't seen it since.

Probably not the most fool proof or efficient method to solve the problem, but it at least fixed the issue for now for me in having my yard destroyed daily...

Thanks for the feedback / comments.

No bows allowed, but there's always a cold steel spear. Available at cabelas or online and its what folks like tim wells use to kill big game. Won't violate any ordinances.

ryanh487 said:

No bows allowed, but there's always a cold steel spear. Available at cabelas or online and its what folks like tim wells use to kill big game. Won't violate any ordinances.

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That’s usin ur Noggin! Great idea,