wild hogs

I watched part of a show a couple days ago where someone cut the head off a wild hog and the game warden was upset about it,they wanted to catch whoever was responsible for for killing it and leaving it lay. It just seems to me when the government gets involved things always get worse.
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Red a lot of states have "wanton waste laws" that make it illegal to kill and animal and just take the head or horns and leaving the rest to rot. 1st time I was aware of laws like that was in the mid 70's.

Rick

Thats true but it just don't make since for wild hogs, if its a large enough bunch they can make a field look like there was a war and nothing left but bomb craters.

I saw at least 535 of 'em, in that youtube, was this film taken in D.C.? You can always send the head , to someone, as a token of your respect, for them!

Some states treat them as livestock. Others consider them feral animals. Some may consider them a game animal. But it sounds to me like some hotshot young game warden was maybe out to make a name for himself.

Wonder if the warden gets upset when the same thing is done to a Rat or a Ground Hog?Shame to waste good meat(LOL).

Last I heard, Il. says shoot 'em on sight! They don't want them to get a start here.

Michigan considers them FERAL. Any hunter with any valid license can take them, also any licensed conceal carry. Haven't seen any here, but I'ma looking! Dependinging on what they dine on, they might be edible. We have two large hog operations within a couple miles. They are apparently pretty careful about keeping the culprits in. Don't think that there are any game farms with refugees around here, but conventional porkers will go wild real quick. They can be devistating to farms, orchards, homesteads.

I'm not sure where that was, they're not that bad here in Texas where I am but you'll see 25 or 30 in a bunch. We have lots of oil wells here and the oil tanker trucks can kill 8 or 10 or as many that will stand in the hiway and dare the truck to hit'em.

i saw that goofy sh!t too...peoples republic of kali game warden...luckily i live in Texas wheres its completely legal to mow em down and let buzzards clean the mess up.

(quoted from post at 23:16:59 07/25/12) peoples republic of kali game warden...luckily i live in Texas.

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Yep that show was filmed in California.

Awhile back there was a story on TV about some city park in Kalifornia where the Coyotes were so bad they were biting people but they wouldn't kill the Coyotes.

every state i ever lived in had some law about disposing of carcasses.They changed the law here last year,now any hog running wild is considered feral immediatly. Until then ,one was considered feral after so many days. I shot a couple of pot bellied pigs,a couple of years ago out at the farm some one had turned loose. (i didnt wait the prescribed no of days!) so far thats all ive seen, but they are within a few miles.

Feral/wild hogs have been the main topic for two years at the ag seminar we go to in January every year.

They estimate the population in Tx at somewhere near 2 million. Populations double every 5 yrs.

They are in every state and even Canada. The estimate of wild hog damage to crops/pasture in Tx runs in the millions every year.

Several months ago, I read an article that Mexico was planning to kill an estimated 60,000 along the Tx/Mexico border. Seems the hogs are crossing the border from Tx to Mexico, foraging (damaging crops) and then going back to Tx.

They have done plenty of damage to our place. In one night, they can destroy a pasture by digging craters 4 ft in diameter and over 2 ft deep. Takes lots of work to repair the damage and any grass or ground cover is destroyed and the area has to be replanted.

They are adapting to city life, too. There have been several news reports of them in the parks in Arlington (between Dallas and Ft. Worth) and they tore up the lawn at the hospital in Palestine.

They carry diseases which can spread to livestock and take a huge toll on nuts, fruit, grains, grasses, etc., leaving little for deer, turkey, pheasants, and other wildlife.

They carry diseases which can be transmitted to people. Hunters are warned not to handle them without wearing rubber gloves.

Right now the most effective means of population control is whole herd trapping which is not cheap and takes about 3 to 4 weeks to do. Hunting and single pig traps are not effective means of control. Many wild hogs have become "trap savvy" and won"t go in one of any kind. They teach others in the herd to beware of traps, too.

There is some good news - According to Dr. Higginbotham, there will be a hog specific poison available in 2015. Until then, there"s not a lot that can be done to reduce the population.

You saw this on a TV SHOW, right?

Acting righteously indignant about a perceived "atrocity" is good television.

The biggest atrocity in that situation is that the carcass wasn't cleaned, shaved, laid over a pit of hot coals, and mopped with a nice vinegar BBQ sauce every little while for about 12 hours.

Forgot to mention - its open season on wild hogs in Tx. Don't think you even need a hunting license. I'll check on that.

I'll buy a couple and tie them up on my place if someone will send those two gals on TV to hunt them for me.

That's how it is in Michigan. As far as watching it on TV,all drama for the camera.

Poison Hogs? Huh Aw Dave's going to be along to give you a lecture about Bubbette and a jail cell.(LOL)

That is 536, you missed one.

Michigan has a new law about raising pigs for personnel use, if they are anything but pink they consider them feral and will kill them and charge you with a felony for raising an invasive species. Went into effect on April 1st I think.

yeah, nothing real in reality TV. But, I know in some states, wasting game meat is a bigger crime than taking ouf of season or anything else. I believe Alaska is like that in some cases.
I suppose in Cal, the smell of a big carcass attracts some vicious once extinct preditors. Someone in Mass shot a dozen coyotes and dumped them all in one place, no crime or offense.. expect the offensive odor when it started getting hot out! Stunk for a mile... there is a dead whale on a beach in Connneticutt... they got to deal with 14 tons of wasted meat before the weekend rush. he is already smelling up several miles downwind... where's Captain Ahab or some eskimos when you need him?

Come on Red, you know ain't noth'n on tv real, not even the news any more!!!

Good to see you online, you are missed over on the dark side!!!

Dave

Your right, I forgot the head hog! D'OH! as Homer would say!