Feral hog hunting banned

[BigRed323]

http://www.komu.com/news/feral-hog-hunting-outlawed-in-missouri

Interesting tactic..

[dustoffer]

They've recognized the problem from the beginning and are doing just about everything in their power to eliminate the problem. I grew up in SE Missouri and the county next to ours was open range, meaning livestock didn't have to be fenced in. Now, even though it was open range, I never saw any livestock roaming the woods except close to houses.

[NF HUNTER]

There not going to trap all the hogs! So Missouri just started to get a lot of hogs and there pros on traping them now? So don't shoot them, just let us trap them! Good luck with that!!

[Drycreek3189]

Kansas did the same thing a few years ago. Personally, I don't get it. I can understand they don't want folks hauling them to new places, but to me, this is the wrong approach. Make the fine unbearable for transporting feral hogs to turn loose and kill every **** one you see, trap as many as you can, make sure they die, and then maybe, just maybe, you can keep them from becoming the epidemic that they are here. Texas started way too late !

[tigerscowboy]

It's difficult for me to agree with this new proposal.

If we look at the beginning of the problem, we will see that the population of predators is declining. Same as alligators now being over protected.

[nubhunter]

I go to school in Saint Louis, MO and I read about this in may. I was curious if this tactic would actually work. I read somewhere on a thread here about how hunting pressure on coyotes can speed up their breeding process and they will actually reproduce more when they feel pressured. Is there anything that supports this same behavior in feral hogs?? That was my only thought.

[muzzlebrake]

I like the idea of the trap that drops from above where they don't see it coming.
I think a hellfire missle could do the same thing and there would be no clean up.
Maybe even a B52 strike with some napalm.

[twosixteens]

Not sure how this will play out i am from Missouri and own land there I hope it works I don't want em on my place

[Razrbk89]

That's what the Arkansas G&F has been doing as well on public land. Wonder if the MO ban is for public land or all land?

Jack wagons transport them and let them out. Had it happen near our deer camp a few years ago and they just now got them trapped out. Luckily we didn't ever get any on us. I know one area had them just across the line from us in MO and they were able to trap them out.

People transporting them and the hog hunting hysteria has led to their spread in my opinion. They're an ecological disaster and every effort should be made to eliminate them for the sake of native fish and wildlife.

[Saddle Tramp]

So why not do both? Trap in the off season. And are there any monies from hunting lic. going to this effort?

[dirt dauber]

Sorry but stupid is what stupid does.

[gatorgar]

I go to school in Saint Louis, MO and I read about this in may. I was curious if this tactic would actually work. I read somewhere on a thread here about how hunting pressure on coyotes can speed up their breeding process and they will actually reproduce more when they feel pressured. Is there anything that supports this same behavior in feral hogs?? That was my only thought.

What happens with the coyote overpopulation is we destroy the hierarchy when we hunt them. Coyotes in a pack will not breed just to breed. The alpha female will keep the other females in check. We kill her and the females have no one to stop them from breeding, and which male can say no to a receptive female?

Atleast that's what i remember reading

[BigRed323]

Not sure how this will play out i am from Missouri and own land there I hope it works I don't want em on my place

Where's your property? We have land up north of St. Joseph. A few years back a herd of pigs showed up but the farmers didn't waste any time chasing them down and managed to kill them off. Haven't seen any in our area in years. Southern Missouri is supposed to have a bunch of them.

[BigRed323]

So why not do both? Trap in the off season. And are there any monies from hunting lic. going to this effort?

No there isn't. It's pretty much just been "shoot any hog you see while hunting for other stuff".

Problem is people are translocating to different areas on public ground to take people hunting there.

[Drycreek3189]

Coyote control is an ongoing affair. You must shoot every one you can and trap as well. The problem comes when you shoot or trap a few then quit. Think about it. An area is never going to support any more of a population of any animal above the food source. That's why you can't run 20 cows on 5 ac. of grass. You can't have a large population of coyotes without plenty of prey. When coyotes outnumber the prey some will move on. They have to or starve. But before they starve, they will kill your deer. Trap and shoot and pay no attention to that " if you kill them you will have more". If that works, why the hell do we have deer seasons ?