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re: Wild hogs are the biggest menace to nature in this country

Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:14 pm to
Posted by Hangit
The Green Swamp
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:14 pm to
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In some states you can kill them 24/7. Others daylight only. I believe all require a license though.


Let's talk about Florida.

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Wild hogs may be trapped and hunted year-round with landowner permission. A hunting license is not required, and a permit is not required to take wild hogs at night with a gun and light with landowner permission.
Hunters may use dogs and any legal rifle, shotgun, crossbow, bow, pistol or air gun (including airbow). There is no size or bag limit, and either sex may be harvested.
Wild hogs may be trapped using live traps (e.g., box traps, cage traps, corral traps)


They are such a nuisance that all rules, permits and licenses have been deemed not necessary. You know it is bad when they miss an opportunity to collect fees.

ETA: FL Wildlife commission link
This post was edited on 12/3/19 at 12:16 pm
Posted by Tiger Prawn
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:18 pm to
AR-15. Thermal scope and suppressor. Enjoy
Posted by Rep520
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:22 pm to
Ricky: "We like to have a lot of laughs on the racetrack, but today we wanna talk about something serious: Packs of stray dogs that control most of the major cities. That's packs of wild, vicious dogs that are controlling most of most of America's major cities."
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:23 pm to
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5. Carry numerous diseases that are communicable to humans.


Probably every single one imaginable. Their sheer voraciousness and ability to reproduce has already made them an environmental disaster to Texas of biblical proportions.

They will drive out ALL but your smallest animals (mainly field mice and snakes), because they will kill or eat all the available food for your indigenous coyote, foxes, rabbits, whitetail, etc.

If you aggressively manage them them via all means (trapping, unrestricted hunting, bounties, etc.) and eliminate 90% of the population, that is enough remaining hogs completely recover the original population within 2 to 3 years.

Louisiana will have a Texas-sized hog problem before you can say Jack Robinson.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:24 pm to
Cats are.

Stray cats, feral cats, and house cats that roam outside are a fricking nuisance.
Posted by Parmen
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:24 pm to
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Pitbulls are the biggest menace to nature in this country


Fixed
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:26 pm to
I wish Bleeding Purple would drift into this thread.

He has forgotten more about feral hogs than most experts know.
Posted by kciDAtaE
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:28 pm to
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:29 pm to
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Is it legal to shoot and kill these vermin without a hunting license?
Who cares if they're destroying property. Inside city limits I doubt discharging a firearm is legal. However, .22LR sub sonic, eyball, ear or gut shot.
Posted by bigberg2000
houston, from chalmette
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:29 pm to
Yeah I am pretty sure in Texas you can kill them pretty much whenever.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:30 pm to
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Louisiana will have a Texas-sized hog problem before you can say Jack Robinson.
Mainly because good ol' baws spread them so they can then hunt them.
Posted by Eighteen
Member since Dec 2006
33850 posts
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:32 pm to
In Texas you can get in a helicopter and slaughter them with a machine gun

LINK


The problem is they breed at such an insane rate the population is still increasing
This post was edited on 12/3/19 at 12:33 pm
Posted by bigberg2000
houston, from chalmette
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:33 pm to
Yeah thats what I thought.

A buddy of mine who is a big hunter tells me about them all the time.
Posted by SSpaniel
Germantown
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:34 pm to
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Collierville


Ahhh... gotcha.
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:37 pm to
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Mainly because good ol' baws spread them so they can then hunt them.


You don't have to spread them. Without exaggeration, a single boar and 2 sows can be 3 packs of 30ish feral hogs in 3 or 4 years.

That's WITH management. Unchecked and with ample food supply and habitat? Double that, easily.
Posted by Limitlesstigers
Lafayette
Member since Nov 2019
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:37 pm to
I don't know about every state but I think it's open season all year long in Texas and Louisiana.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:45 pm to
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Worse menace than black bears



black bears are a native species, they are not a menace. They are a integral part of the ecosystem here.


Hunters will not stop the spread of hogs. Serious trapping efforts have to be made followed up with the use of judas hogs to find the remnant sounders. We shoot 20 or 30 a year and never see a decrease. We are going to get serious about trapping this year.
Posted by TigerFanInSouthland
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
28065 posts
Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:47 pm to
You ever see what tannerite does to a pack of hogs?
Posted by Cracker
in a box
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:48 pm to
If you live in the city prob no with a gun
Crossbow! Night time have fun
Posted by AlonsoWDC
Memphis, where it ain't Ten-a-Key
Member since Aug 2014
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 12:48 pm to
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Just curious, where do they live? I've never heard of... well... any wild hogs around here. I am in no way doubting you, I'm just curious as to where they are.


Me neither.

I've heard of hogs in, say, Byhalia and Rossville, but not in Shelby County.
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