MO Feral Hog Update

[BilletHead]

2 hours ago, Jerry Rapp said:

just curious, are the trapped ones killed or relocated?  I live in the heart of Iron County.  I am not a hunter or hiker, but spend a lot of time outdoors.  I have never seen a wild hog except for dead ones in the back of trucks.  

               Killed

[snagged in outlet 3]

23 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

The top counties where feral hogs were removed include Iron County with 1,940 hogs, Wayne County with 1,329 hogs, and Reynolds with 1,268 hogs.

Why do you think that is @Johnsfolly?   I woulda thought counties down by the AR state line..

[Johnsfolly]

54 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Why do you think that is @Johnsfolly?   I woulda thought counties down by the AR state line..

I would think that there has been an expansiion in their trapping efforts in more recent years. So I would expect higher numbers in those counties where they hadn't trapped previously. Just a thought and opinion on my part.

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Why do you think that is @Johnsfolly?   I woulda thought counties down by the AR state line..

Could also be that they are getting more landowner participation recently as well.

[JestersHK]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

Why do you think that is @Johnsfolly?   I woulda thought counties down by the AR state line..

I too thought they were only located close to the southern border... would never of guessed we'd encounter so many on the new property.  

They are tough to hunt and kill that's for sure.  Very leery of mechanical noise and they run and scatter instantly at the sight of a SxS.  

They had one big one in the traps take multiple hand gun rounds before being finished off with a rifle.

[Smalliebigs]

They are absolutely thick as thieves in Reynolds County at our place. My neighbors hunt and shoot a ton. The problem down there is the woods are just too dense and the terrain is not walking friendly. The pigs can hide oh so easy but, they definitely will come out to food plots over and over even if you hunt them. There are some very entertaining ways to hunt them as well, which I have been getting into more as the fishing declines down here.

[Terrierman]

On 2/10/2022 at 2:42 AM, Jerry Rapp said:

just curious, are the trapped ones killed or relocated?  I live in the heart of Iron County.  I am not a hunter or hiker, but spend a lot of time outdoors.  I have never seen a wild hog except for dead ones in the back of trucks.  

My grandson is a land manager for The Nature Conservancy.  Just moved to South Dakota from near Ada Oklahoma.  The Oklahoma property has a major feral hog problem.  He operated one of those large round traps that is elevated and baited.  Game cameras to his phone.  When pigs would gather, he would trip the trap to fall and capture multiple pigs.  Shot them with an AR and moved them to another spot to rot.  Not a pleasant experience according to him.

[Terrierman]

Mark Twain National Forest - Alerts & Notices (usda.gov)

This notice tells about closing Hercules Glades area next week for aerial gunning feral hog control.  The Irish Wilderness has been closed this week for the same reason.

 

[jdmidwest]

The young gilts make good eating.  Why just drag them off to rot?

[MOPanfisher]

Agencies don't want to take any risk associated with giving them away.  Whether disease, or contamination due to poor processing skills (e coli).