A couple of hundred? They think there are only a couple of hundred and they are causing this much trouble? I think they better count again. CA has many, many wild hogs, they are a mix between imported Russian boar and domestic hogs released back in the day when hog farming went bad in the coastal areas. They multiply like rabbits.
Except for Monterey county the limit for wild hogs on the coast of CA is one a day and one in possession. Enough people hunt them to keep them down to a manageable level.
This is what NY needs to do, open season on the suckers and they will soon learn to stay away from humans.
BTW, the reason the season is different in Monterey county is because the hogs there have more of the Russian boar in them then other parts of the state. They get huge and have those wicked looking tusks.
There’s a game farm in southern Ohio that has Russian boar,a friend of mine keeps inviting me to go.I said maybe from a tree stand,but never on the ground.