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Bounty hunters making dent in nutria wetland damage

Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:08 am
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45814 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:08 am
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Bounty hunters have made significant progress in getting rid of one of the biggest culprits blamed for Louisiana's rapidly eroding coastline: the nutria. During the 2012-13 hunting season, hunters used rifles, shotguns and traps to kill 388,160 of the four-legged, orange-toothed critters that love to eat wetland grasses down to the roots, according to a report delivered to a federal-state coastal restoration task force on Thursday.
Posted by bapple
Capital City
Member since Oct 2010
11895 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:11 am to
Hellz yea.

And holy crap that is a lot of nutria.
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
24958 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:11 am to
Damn some serious nutria massacre happening in T-bone parish
Posted by ADLSUNSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2007
3518 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:11 am to
awesome
Posted by JasonL79
Member since Jan 2010
6397 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:13 am to
They need some for hogs now. Hogs are doing more damage in the marsh than nutria.
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:18 am to
I was gonna go on a rampage when they started that program, but I remember you needed a special trapping license or something. If they didn't have that, I'd happily kill every one I saw
Posted by eng08
Member since Jan 2013
5997 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:23 am to
That license is like $25....

Posted by Polar Pop
Member since Feb 2012
10749 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:24 am to
I usually kill about 10-15 on my farm every duck season.

Those bastards have ruined the levee, multiple spots have sunk in and we cant even ride ATVs down it anymore, much less a tractor to bushhog it.

I get most of them when the ditch freezes and they are sliding around on the ice...too easy.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45814 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:26 am to
Who has some marsh so we can have an OBGT nutria kill?
Posted by Hammertime
Will trade dowsing rod for titties
Member since Jan 2012
43030 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:28 am to
Okay, if they want me to do it, make it free
Posted by mack the knife
EBR
Member since Oct 2012
4185 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:32 am to
of course EBR doesn't kill squat. we a bunch of wimps here.
Posted by eng08
Member since Jan 2013
5997 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:38 am to
The most fun nutria hunting is on an airboat in the marsh.

2 people up front: 1 with a shotgun, one with a .22
Posted by DrTyger
Covington
Member since Oct 2009
22325 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 9:59 am to
You're welcome.

And I don't even collect the tails. I just do it for the joy of killing nutria.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39511 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:00 am to
I'm definitely doing my part.
Posted by geaux_fish
Arizona
Member since Oct 2012
520 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:01 am to
They are good target practice with a pistol. From what i've heard at least . I may or may not have shot a few.
Posted by civiltiger07
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2011
14033 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:04 am to
I'm going make a nutria hunt on the duck lease this weekend. Over/under on the total kill for Saturday is 219.5
This post was edited on 1/21/14 at 10:05 am
Posted by CoastieGM
Member since Aug 2012
3185 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:08 am to
Wow. That's quite a population decrease.

Someone must have told the cajuns it's illegal to kill nutria.
Posted by DrTyger
Covington
Member since Oct 2009
22325 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:08 am to
Need some help?
Posted by bayoudude
Member since Dec 2007
24958 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:10 am to
quote:

Someone must have told the cajuns it's illegal to kill nutria.


Yeah no joke if you want something killed tell a bunch of coon asses that there is no limit and it tastes good Seriously though nutria is some fine eating.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39511 posts
Posted on 1/21/14 at 10:13 am to
I went bow fishing with some buddies last weekend and we were shooting them with the arrows
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