Posted on 02/22/2017 7:57:59 PM PST by Mariner
Texas has a new plan for its 2.5 million feral hogs: total annihilation.
Sid Miller, the state's agriculture commissioner, just approved a pesticide — called "Kaput Feral Hog Lure" — for statewide use.
"The 'hog apocalypse' may finally be on the horizon," Miller said in a statement on Tuesday.
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"This solution is long overdue," he added. "Wild hogs have caused extensive damage to Texas lands and loss of income for many, many years."
Texas's agriculture commission estimates that feral hogs cause $52 million in damage each year to agricultural businesses by tearing up crops and pastures, knocking down fences and ruining equipment.
The so-called hog lure is derived from warfarin, a blood-thinning agent that's also used to kill rats and mice in homes and buildings. Animals don't die immediately from eating the odorless, tasteless chemical. That would be too kind. Instead, they keep eating it until the anti-clotting properties cause them to bleed to death internally.
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Don’t kill the biggest hogs for eating. The males are too gamey. The best are about 100 to 150 pounds. It helps if they are not chased or riled before being killed.
Wild hog tastes much better than store bought pork but be sure it is cooked done. Fried or baked pork chops, smoked shoulders and hams, and great sausage, but i’ve never had bacon. I don’t think wild hogs have much bacon.
Good luck!
Those things are pricey. It looks like it's made with a few Saiga parts and the rest they manufacture themselves.
Yeah it’s a horrible idea...birds, coyotes, critters will eat the carcases and they’ll bleed, too!
So, are they only going to poison fetid meat?
Turkey are omnivores , just like hogs.
Put a $100 bounty on hog heads, the problem WILL go away.
If the state tries to manage the problem, they will spend several times this amount per dead hog.
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