The big concern and somebody has hinted on it is they believe that a lot of the feral hogs have crossbred with Russian boars. Not much going to stop them now but maybe Mitchell Grant or Wolverines
Indiana residents killed everything big enough to shoot with a musket or repeating 30-30 rifle in about 50 years after first setting foot in the state.
cougars, bobcats, bears, deer, elk, bison, etc.
I doubt hogs ever make it here.
I killed and butchered a big boar last week in the South Bend area. I am no longer welcome at the St. Joe County 4-H Fair though...
the article says they are in michigan, how did they get to michigan if we dont have them in northern indiana?
Thought guns are illegal in Australia? Must be a government hunter.
it seems to me that if wild hogs are such a problem in southern states they shouldn't charge an arm and a leg for out of state tags IMO.
No. Despite the hysteria of 15 years ago, guns are not illegal in Australia.
Gun politics in Australia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You had just nailed it.
When I first started going to Texas in the mid-90s, the Texans would whine about feral hogs. I innocently asked "why not just shoot them?"
The Texas looked at me like I just flew in from Neptune. They explained that you had to get the landowners' permission and the ranchers were not giving it.
If feral hogs really were a problem then permission would have been freely given otherwise it is just more hysteria like "summer of the shark" ten years ago.
You had just nailed it.
When I first started going to Texas in the mid-90s, the Texans would whine about feral hogs. I innocently asked "why not just shoot them?"
The Texas looked at me like I just flew in from Neptune. They explained that you had to get the landowners' permission and the ranchers were not giving it.
yeah baby, get some! get some!
any pig that runs, is a feral hog; any pig that stands there, is a well-trained feral hog.
-have you ever shot a sow or piglet?
sometimes.
-how can you shoot sows and piglets?
easy, you don't lead them as much.
neat vid.
Actually getting permission is not that hard. A person just has to be willing to pay. "Hey I have this problem, but the hunting is great so you owe me ....." Really not any different then Deer in Indiana or Pheasent in the Dakotas. I do understand property rights and I am not suggesting the farmers/ranchers are doing anything wrong. But I do wish that more of them would work with responsible sportsman to manage animal populations.