Snakes! And Pigs

We have a lot of those feral hawgs out here in the South; they congregate by the Pearl and MIssissipi and other rivers, and basically tear up the shoreline digging up wapato and hog peanut and anything else tuberous.  They also, being omnivores, like to eat little animalians of all sorts; a rooting hog will snarfle down a nest of baby mice in a heartbeat.  And it is well-known that they LOVE a snake.  Seems between the thick hide and thicker fat beneath, the bites don't bother em.

So here are my feelings/thoughts/questions: I have a couple of trays of actual wapato/arrowhead, bought from the local Asian store right before Christmas...along with some fresh whole waterchestnuts, ditto.  And I know that anywhere near your house, in our area, you do NOT want any water features, because the Moccassins will move in.  Then there is the question about small homesteader-type hogs (kunekunes even?) and whether they are as voracious for snakes as the generic ones.  These are questions I'd really like answers to.  Of course, any pigs are going to eat the arrowhead and water chestnuts and turn your pond into a mud slough...but what if you just introduce them briefly, in order to desnakify the place, so you can get in there and plant and harvest?

In our area (MS, Deep South) SO many subtropical food plants are swamp/wet lovers: it would be a great thing to have taro and other wet-feet plants sitting around in the landscape until ready to be harvested...except for the snake issue.  Has anyone in a hot, snaky area had a think-through on this or even done it (control with pigs)?  

It is so much easier to use what you have; here,, we have clay soil and enough rain, and regrettably the snakes...

What I did is buy snake boots. We have a tributary of the Pearl river running through this property. With many feral hogs. The moccasins & other snakes are still here. Unless your water area is completely fenced I don't see how introducing pigs would help. I don't know anyone who would intentionally add feral pigs because they are so destructive & roam several miles. Water moccasins can climb trees so I think it would be nearly impossible to completely get rid of them. Even if that happened I think the snakes would return as soon as the pigs were gone.

One option might be to go into those areas only during winter while the snakes are less active. Which rules out harvesting mayhaw.

I'm sure you know the saying around here ... if you can catch it & get it in the pot you can make gumbo with it.