Hog Doggin
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| Missouri Feral Hog Hunting Ban |
| 2016-02-01 |
| [COLUMBIAMISSOURIAN] 2. Hunting feral hogs will be banned on all land owned, leased or managed by the state Department of Conservation. The Department of Conservation found that hunting was counterproductive to eradicating the destructive hog population. Texas and many other western states have pretty much open season on feral hogs. They cause a half billion dollars a year in damage, just in Texas. They pollute waterways with e.coli and will root up acres of cultivated land at a time. One sow can litter up to twice a year, with anywhere from a half dozen to a dozen little piggies who'll be ready to breed themselves at between eight months and a year. Probably because I'm politically incorrect and getting dumber the further I progress into my dotage, I can't grasp how not killing as many of them as you can is "counterproductive." The same people would likely say the same thing about zombies. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #19 Cliven Bundy and supporters from Bunkerville, NV. are taking possession of the Oregon refuge center today via formal notification to Harney County Sheriff Ward, Governor Kate Brown and President Barack Obama dated February 1, 2016. |
| Posted by: Unelet Protector of the Sith2424 2016-02-01 22:40 |
| #18 "They pollute waterways with e.coli." Well, Chipotle might be hiring. |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2016-02-01 20:20 |
| #17 Wild Boar sausages and stuffing is amazing. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2016-02-01 19:57 |
| #16 Bacon, too. |
| Posted by: Fred 2016-02-01 19:00 |
| #15 I dated a woman who killed a wild boar with a bowie knife. There is more money to be made at the state and federal level by banning the hunting and only allowing it by licenses, fees, and permits. The hell with the natural ecosystems, theres gold in them thar hogs! |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2016-02-01 18:45 |
| #14 Air drop them near Afghan poppy fields? I know, I know. Likely dropped off at the Oklahoma border. "What are those, bullet proof vests for dogs?" "Nope. Hogs." "Oh. OH. oohhh." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-02-01 18:00 |
| #13 #12 What do the do with the trapped Feral hogs? They then send them to a no-kill shelter run by PETA, whence they can adopted out to loving homes. |
| Posted by: JHH 2016-02-01 17:56 |
| #12 What do the do with the trapped Feral hogs? |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-02-01 16:58 |
| #11 "Because the Department of Conservation has learned how to trap feral hogs in groups, it is no longer asking for hunters to help." Why does the Great Emu War come to mind? Cost to the taxpayers of MO? Income from selling licenses and having someone actually pay to remove them for you? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-02-01 14:30 |
| #10 Their claim is "Because the Department of Conservation has learned how to trap feral hogs in groups, it is no longer asking for hunters to help." Quick googling gave this link http://extension.missouri.edu/p/G9457 , which references TAMU research that I don't have time to review. |
| Posted by: james 2016-02-01 13:46 |
| #9 Hog Doggin |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-02-01 13:30 |
| #8 Yep. Down here in Texas it's whatever you have carrying. 308, 223, 7.62 x39, or your .45. |
| Posted by: texhooey 2016-02-01 13:13 |
| #7 They pollute waterways with e.coli That's a delicate way of putting it. Al |
| Posted by: Frozen Al 2016-02-01 12:42 |
| #6 Hunting them seems to be helping to actually solve the problem. No Bureaucrat or Politician wants that! It must be made illegal to save their phoney-baloney jobs. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-02-01 12:13 |
| #5 Might I suggest hunting the feral bureaucrats instead? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2016-02-01 11:20 |
| #4 "Exotic species, including the feral hog, may be hunted throughout the year. Aerial gunning is allowed with a permit from the TPWD. There is no closed season and no bag limit. It is legal to use suppressors (silencers) on firearms to hunt feral hogs. Feral hogs may be hunted at night with the use of a spotlight or night vision." |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2016-02-01 10:59 |
| #3 Besides, they are very tastey |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2016-02-01 08:53 |
| #2 Department of Conservation Can we guess who inhabits said bureaucracy? /rhet question |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-02-01 08:13 |
| #1 Counterproductive? Show me. ;-) |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-01 07:00 |