re: Does your lease have a feral hog problem?

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edit: I do not work for WMS - I do not own stock in WMS and I do not get royalties from WMS.

I think this is the best damn idea to kill hogs ive seen. wanted to share.

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Yet, you post this on the Fark Board: LINK

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The company Wildlife Management Services LLC is in the business of the targeting and removal of the feral hog populations of the US. The Machine, HAM, Hog Annihilation Machine, is the tool we will use.

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Chicken is about to go HAM on you for unpaid advertising.

What toxin are y'all using or is that a secret?

from what I'm told its based on sodium nitrate. but I don't know much after that. I think they are keeping it under radar.
the inventor knows a lot more about that.

its curious, I try to punch holes in this thing. try to find a way to bust the methods of this thing and find a weakness. ive spoke to game wardens, vets and such but no one has been able to bring up a problem with its operation or targeting. I was hoping by bring it up here, I could get a good conversation going as to how hogs are killed and how they are or are not controlled with todays methods.
I have never shot or killed a hog. and I can only sit here behind a keyboard and read how they are damaging to the US. I just need to understand it better in order to really troubleshoot this HAM idea.

Just watched their video. So this is a shop project for a high school?

I think it's a great idea because one of the issues with large eradication is targeting the specific species. I'd like to see actual data and specs on how it works before I would use it. If it is something that must build up before it's lethal, then movement patterns and ranges for the hogs would have to be established to make sure the delivery is effective.

Killing 75-80 a month probably still wouldn't dent the population, but it's a start

Does the poison/sterilization agent have any effect of the animals that will end up eating these dead hogs? buzzards, coyotes, etc? sure the bears are worth protecting, but they are a much smaller aspect of the ecosystem than some of the other potential casualties.

im told that secondary feedings are safe, but once again im just repeating what I know. the official reports from USDA will tell all on that...but theMonk (inventor) tells me so far its been safe as the poison is sodium nitrate in a particular ratio to food. SN is also used to cure bacon and is in pop rocks candy. for some reason, hogs are really sensitive to it and it inhibits their red blood cells ability to absorb oxygen.
now we are really getting to the limits of my knowledge on all this..i only know what I know based on me having drinks with him and asking a ton of questions because we don't wanna talk about work.

How does it only open for hogs?