re: How do yall feel about poisoning feral hogs?

The hogs have got to go. They are so far out of control on certain properties that's its ruined the land and the outdoor enjoy. Trapping and hunting are simply not the answer.

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Trapping and hunting are simply not the answer.

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I disagree. I think trapping is the best resource to eliminate numbers. Trapping is a long-term proposition though and you have to be persistent. I'd go 3-4 weeks with zero activity, then drive up one morning and there's 12 in the trap. I think in order to "clean up" mature, trap saavy pigs, night hunting and/or dog hunting could be utilized.


But if you're trapping and you're neighbor is selling hog hunts, well you're pissing in the wind. That's where the public perception issue comes in. I read an article in La Sportsman last week where David Moreland, the retired whitetail guru for LDWF, said he hopes feral pigs are never fully eradicated because he likes to hunt them. WTF dude???? I view this opinion as extremely short sighted.

EDIT: Story was on NOLA.com
NOLA.com Dave Morland Hog hunting

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I don't get the transport of live hogs. It should be illegal and no permits allowed

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I trap and usually kill the hogs in the traps and then take the meat as needed/wanted. I also trap and live transport to a buyer who then sells them to a Ft Worth processor. At one point he was paying .50 per lb live weight. Trust me when I say that is a hell of a lot more incentive to keep running traps and buying corn for bait than just filling an already overflowing freezer (and all of my friends freezers).

Unless you have methodically and systematically trapped on a large area you likely don't understand the time and money committed to the process. We have 8 traps on a single 1400 acre ranch (considerably easier than when we had 14 spread all over the county). Each trap costs about $125 to build and takes a little over 2 hours to erect. Each trap is pre-baited with a 50 lb bag of corn at $8.00. Then let sit a week or more with the door tied open. Then it is re-baited and set with another 25-50 lbs of corn. After which that trap needs to be checked everyday until it either catches, or I decide to lock open again. Leaving the hogs in a trap more than a few hours increases the risk of trap damage or escape. Leaving them more than a day if temps are over 80 increases risk of hog death. The roundtrip time to just check all 8 traps is a little over an hour. If a trap does catch depending on the # and size of the hogs it can take 30 min to 2 hours to kill/process all the meat. Every time one catches it takes 30 min and about $10 to reset with corn and new trip wire.


All in all trapping is costly and time consuming, even though the entire family enjoys the process. being able to sell live hogs to a processor should be encouraged BUT there should be no reason to transport a live hog with intent to let loose.

I feel pretty good about it if it rids of the damn problem. I get tired of repairing feeders, fence, pasture, and anything else them nasty bastards can frick up. I don't eat the sumbitchez so I'm not worried about that.

Indeed. The damage done to agriculture is staggering. No man's pleasure is worth the destruction of others' livelihoods.

And those saying they're fine with setting any and everyone loose on their place at all times to hunt hogs have probably never owned and tended much land.

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As soon as the poison hits open market, I'm buying every bit I can get.

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Hopefully it won't. Far to many dumbasses that wouldn't use it appropriately.

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Indeed. The damage done to agriculture is staggering. No man's pleasure is worth the destruction of others' livelihoods. And those saying they're fine with setting any and everyone loose on their place at all times to hunt hogs have probably never owned and tended much land.

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Exactly.