Wild Hog Pics

[CountryBoy19]

However, I have NOT been able to find any prohibition of other NFA weapon types (I'm sure they're probably there somewhere, I just haven't found them yet...)

I could be wrong but I believe SBR are permitted under law, and law is silent on MG's. But don't take my word for it.

Please cite where it says a domestic cow can't be shot with silencer.
Not saying the code doesn't exist, but citing the DNR rules on hunting I don't think to be applicable.

Now that you mention it you may be right. I was thinking the way Indiana defined hunting made it illegal to even take a domestic animal but I'll double check that one.

Feral swine are wild domestics, and would fall under the "no silencer" rule as cited in other posts, even if they aren't considered a game animal.
Wild is wild.

I understand where you're going, but where do you draw the line? Cow broke down the fence just 30 seconds ago and it is now posing a danger to ??? and you decide to shoot it instead. Is the cow wild? Is it domestic? Same goes for a domestic pig that escaped captivity, at what point does it turn from domestic to wild?

Anyways, this all might be moot, I'll look at the code and see...


ETA for code; most taken from an existing thread, I added the IC definition of a wild animal, which I don't think really clear up the whole "wild domesticated hog" thing much

Ind. Code § 14-22-6-11 : Indiana Code - Section 14-22-6-11: Silencers prohibited

(a) This section does not apply to an employee of the department or an employee of a federal wildlife management agency who:
(1) is acting in the performance of the employee's duties; and
(2) has received the express written consent of the director for the employee's action.
(b) A person may not:
(1) use or possess an apparatus designed for use with or on a firearm commonly called a silencer; or
(2) use or possess a device used as a silencer;
in Indiana while in the act of hunting.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.13-2007, SEC.2.


IC 14-8-2
Chapter 2. Definitions

IC 14-8-2-39
"Chase"
Sec. 39. "Chase", for purposes of IC 14-22, means following wildlife without the intent to take.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

IC 14-8-2-128
"Hunt"
Sec. 128. "Hunt", for purposes of IC 14-22, means to take a wild animal except by trapping.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

IC 14-8-2-278
"Take"
Sec. 278. "Take" has the following meaning:
(1) For purposes of IC 14-22, except as provided in subdivision (2):
(A) to kill, shoot, spear, gig, catch, trap, harm, harass, or pursue a wild animal; or
(B) to attempt to engage in such conduct.
(2) For purposes of IC 14-22-34, the meaning set forth in IC 14-22-34-5.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.


IC 14-8-2-318
"Wild animal"
Sec. 318. "Wild animal" has the following meaning:
(1) For purposes of IC 14-22, except as provided in subdivision (2), an animal whose species usually:
(A) lives in the wild; or
(B) is not domesticated.
(2) For purposes of IC 14-22-38-6, the meaning set forth in IC 14-22-38-6.
As added by P.L.1-1995, SEC.1.

The way I read this is that a wild animal is #1 an animal whose species usually lives in the wild or #2 an animal whose species usually is not domesticated.

Now we have to define "usually", because deer are now domesticated quite often, along with many animals that I'm sure DNR would consider wild.

Props for calling me out on my mistake.

 

[Hookeye]

FWIW a couple of yrs ago I asked a state specialist about SBR and was told they were legal. While a SBR can exist in handgun config, it had to go by rifle cartridge specs for use on deer here (as it is and always will be considered a rifle).


The states says "wild" if born in the wild or acclimated to it..........at least with pigs

DNR: Feral / Wild Hog

 

[Hookeye]

BTW, a friend of mine met a state biologist at a range.......who used silenced rifles to kill deer and take tissue samples.

Not sport hunting.

Dunno if that got him into legal silencer usage or he had special privileges.

 

[sepe]

KILL IT, KILL IT WITH NAPALM!

No, you want to slow cook it underground.

 

[N_K_1984]

I know some guys north of Campbellsburg, In. that killed 18 at one time two weeks ago. They took some old fence and built a corral and had been feeding them...so it was like shooting fish in a barrel. I'm guessing that was pretty much all that was on that one farm. I know this sounds like interweb BS...but i have known these guys long enough they have no reason to lie to me. If i had to venture a guess on the population in the three counties...i would say between 100 & 150, maybe less.

It's not Interweb BS. I'm pretty certain this story is true, because I believe my brother in law was one of the shooters. I'm working on getting the photographic proof right now. Stand by...

 

[DarkRose]

BTW, a friend of mine met a state biologist at a range.......who used silenced rifles to kill deer and take tissue samples.

Not sport hunting.

Dunno if that got him into legal silencer usage or he had special privileges.

Post above, first code about silencers:

Ind. Code § 14-22-6-11 : Indiana Code - Section 14-22-6-11: Silencers prohibited

(a) This section does not apply to an employee of the department or an employee of a federal wildlife management agency who:
(1) is acting in the performance of the employee's duties; and
(2) has received the express written consent of the director for the employee's action.

 

[nrbq]

I've heard of sightings in southern Pike co. and northern Warrick co.

 

[hnts4fun]

I grew up on the Big Island of Hawaii, where hunting for hogs somewhere on the island was legal 365 days a year. I could not design an animal better suited to hunting with a bow and arrow (at least in the areas I did most of my hunting). Grass was tall and I could usually stock up to within 5 yards or so. Great confidence builders, fun animals to hunt, and boy did they taste good after being soaked and smoked.
I would not want to be a farmer with any sort of wild hog problem because they are hugely destructive and they will certainly compete with deer and turkey for available food. The only ways I've seen to take large numbers of wild hogs out of the population are by using cage traps or helicopters; two methods that are on opposite ends of the cost spectrum. Sport hunting is rarely effective because after you shoot one or two the rest run off.

 

[spearheadersarge]

I was in Bass Pro in Clarksville last weekend and there was a pic on the board of a guy who killed a wild hog in as described on the pic as "Hog Bottoms" in south central Indiana. I was like, what the hell! Where is it and why is no one talking about it? I believe the pic referenced part of HNF or Morgan Monroe. Not sure since I'm not familiar with either? If there are wild hogs here and it's state land, I definitely want to get in on this!

 

[DarkRose]

I was in Bass Pro in Clarksville last weekend and there was a pic on the board of a guy who killed a wild hog in as described on the pic as "Hog Bottoms" in south central Indiana. I was like, what the hell! Where is it and why is no one talking about it? I believe the pic referenced part of HNF or Morgan Monroe. Not sure since I'm not familiar with either? If there are wild hogs here and it's state land, I definitely want to get in on this!

I seem to recall hearing "Hog Bottoms" mentioned at some point, but I have no idea who or when to try to find them and ask them... Just sounds very familiar and I'm sure I've heard it mentioned in conversation...

 

[smalltime33]

Hog Bottoms: Within Bartholomew county: Take US 31 North of Columbus to Taylorsville. At the light in Taylorsville go West on Tannehill Road. Cross the Driftwood river and turn North onto 330 West, you just entered Hog Bottoms.

There are no Wild Hogs there.

 

[bdybdall]

Read the "Atterbury Files", a history of Camp Atterbury. It mentions Hog Bottoms just like smalltime33 says. Of course, there is more than one Sugar Creek in Indiana and more than one Blue River, probably, there is more than one "Hog Bottom"also.

 

[xcalibur]

Buddy of mine took this one from the Fort Ritner area a couple years ago.

 

[jgreiner]

I was thinking the same thing. But every time I say I want pigs to hunt everyone yells at me and says they're not worth it.

Not worth it? When is bacon EVER not worth it?

 

[CountryBoy19]

Not worth it? When is bacon EVER not worth it?

Tens of thousand of dollars worth of property/crop damage vs. some bacon?

Just buy the bacon... you don't want hogs... the destruction they do is beyond comprehension until you've seen it yourself... heck, you could afford the most-expensive, gourmet bacon you can find and still be cheaper than the damage done by wild hogs...

 

[Sniper 79]

Just a matter of time before they're farther north. A buddy of mine has gone to TN last 2 years to hunt them and loves it.

I have been to TN and FL to hunt them and loved every minute of it. They come out nice on the smoker.

 

[Sniper 79]

Tens of thousand of dollars worth of property/crop damage vs. some bacon?

Just buy the bacon... you don't want hogs... the destruction they do is beyond comprehension until you've seen it yourself... heck, you could afford the most-expensive, gourmet bacon you can find and still be cheaper than the damage done by wild hogs...

I seen them drop their head at a run and plow up the ground and leave one hell of a rut. Load the AR and blast away.