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re: Controlling wild hogs
Posted on 7/31/22 at 7:57 pm to greenbean
Posted on 7/31/22 at 7:57 pm to greenbean
LSU doing some work on this currently
LSU Ag Center hog bait
They do big time economic damage to crops. Didn't read anywhere about possible effects on Black Bear that may get into the bait
LSU Ag Center hog bait
They do big time economic damage to crops. Didn't read anywhere about possible effects on Black Bear that may get into the bait
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Posted on 7/31/22 at 8:48 pm to lgtiger
From what I’ve read raccoons are very sensitive to sodium nitrite,more so than pigs,deer are also sensitive but less so than pigs.Due to the gluttonous nature of bears I would imagine they would also be harmed by it .
Therefore the problem of a delivery system that would exclude animals besides pigs.The bait described in the article would not be attractive to deer ,it doesn’t sound like that would be a problem.
Keeping it from raccoons and bears will be problematic.
People get apoplectic at the term poison.Sodium nitrite is very safe,there is no residual accumulation in the muscles.It is metabolized by the digestive system,if the pig eats enough the red blood cells can’t carry enough oxygen and the pig dies.If they don’t eat a lethal dose they recover without any harmful effects.Any scavenger animals that eat the meat of dead pigs aren’t harmed unlike other poisons such as Timic.
Therefore the problem of a delivery system that would exclude animals besides pigs.The bait described in the article would not be attractive to deer ,it doesn’t sound like that would be a problem.
Keeping it from raccoons and bears will be problematic.
People get apoplectic at the term poison.Sodium nitrite is very safe,there is no residual accumulation in the muscles.It is metabolized by the digestive system,if the pig eats enough the red blood cells can’t carry enough oxygen and the pig dies.If they don’t eat a lethal dose they recover without any harmful effects.Any scavenger animals that eat the meat of dead pigs aren’t harmed unlike other poisons such as Timic.
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