re: How do yall feel about poisoning feral hogs?

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Where is Bleeding Purple on all this?

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I am not in favor of this specific poison. there was some research on a hog specific consumed birth control that could be quite interesting if implemented correctly.

The issue I see is this is NOT a novel chemical or swine selective poison. It is plain old kill everything by making it bleed out warfarin. It is transferrable to predatory animals consuming the poisoned swine. Since the concentration must reach a certain level before becoming fatal in hogs (and all animals) it is quite possible to not realize you are harvesting and consuming a poisoned hog. There is no regulation that I see to publically post the use of the poison so neighboring land owners are aware the poisoned hogs on their property. Hogs are said to have a 6 mile home range.

From Kaput web site "Dogs and other predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten the bait. Do not apply this product directly to water, to areas where surface water is present or to intertidal areas below the mean high-water mark."

This is just not a clean non environmentally impacting answer and there may never be a good one. Pig anatomy and physiology is just too close to human and as omnivores their food intake overlaps that of too many other species.