Posted on 04/01/2016 11:58:18 AM PDT by dennisw
Lot of feral hogs in Texas too. There is not an illegal way to kill a hog in Texas, including from a helicopter and explosives.
One popular method is to bait a bucket of tannerite with some hog guts and parts then when half dozen or so are eating, blow the tannerite. You get boom and more bait with one shot.
Several years ago it was estimated that there were a few thousand here in Michigan. They're spread throughout Canada too but not in great numbers......
The DNR here in MI have asked farmers to shoot them on sight, any time of the year....
Surprised some sharp young entrepreneur hasn't come up with idea and a way to entice the folks to (bounty) harvest these as a feedstock for a "natural" dog food. Talk about a cheap foodstock for a product, and a way to do a community service too.
If I was 25, young, and hungry, I'd take this to Shark Tank.
Wonder what kind of regulatory hurdles one would face making dog food from wild meat? I have no idea, but I bet some pencil necked regulator has made some.
As far as fun, the most fun I’ve ever had with my clothes on is shooting prairie dogs. An AR with a scope, a few 1,000 rounds of cheap ammo and make some red mist. Much the same as hogs, ranchers hate Prairie Dogs. Cattle break legs in the holes.
I thought of that too. But considering the damage the Chicoms did poisoning our pets with their dog food, I imagine the bar is probably pretty low.
Still, I think the main hurdle for pet safety in wild hog dog food would be potential pathogens (worm parasites, bacteriological and viral). . That could be easily dealt with, buy some form of a pasteurization or sterilization process.
Also, considering the HOG desperation that agencies like TPWD have here in Texas, I'd bet a good entrepreneur could score some state grant money to not only get free feedstock, but a good chunk to pay for operating expenses. Anything sold might be pure profit, if it was done right.
Great story. Holes in the yard? We have one inside dog, (the baby), and it's one job for the residence is to keep vermin away. Well, she (English Bulldog) is failing miserably, as we are overrun more than ever with Armadillos and those stinkin' holes.
Her predecessor, another English Bulldog, earned his keep, and could crush Armadillos with his jaws and carry them to the door. I found 2 one day. Now that dog had some power in those jaws.
Prairie dog shoots were on ranches in Texas. Where I live, holes in the yard are mostly the domain of moles. For moles, nothing better than a Jack Russell Terrier. They are so effective at running occupants from a dwelling, they might run you out of your house!
Squirrels here in the east Texas piney woods taste like Turpentine. Outside a SHTF scenario, I'll be passing on the rodent entrees.
I only know one guy who can make them palatable, but he marinates, seasons, and sauces them so badly that it becomes Saucy Mystery Meat.
Now if you want to talk about backstrap fajitas........
How did they get this far. North and skip whole states in between? Do the damned things fly too?
Or is someone seeding them?
divine intervention...
i think you are missing some very important points here... have you READ whole posts or just a few words here and there?
Okay, genius, kindly spell out wtf you are talking about. (Anything which competes with deer herds and devastates crops isn’t really welcome here, Whether the muzzies like it or not.) Energy (oil, coal, and electrical power), and agriculture make the wheels go ‘round here. Agriculture is a biggie.
dude...
I was trying to make a JOKE/POINT that it would be a good rumor to spread and that if the world thinks we are overrun with feral swine the muzzies would stay away
Everyone else seemed to get the joke...
Feral hogs and nutria should both be legal to shoot anywhere, but especially in States with heavy populations of either.
If the government keeps swinging left and the leftist media continue their roll in destroying America we will be fighting for those nutria for our supper!
I guess the same way FL got Pythons but I can’t imagine anyone owning nutria for pets. yuck.
I remember my cousin had an Oyster Lugger and would trap nutria for sale. I can’t remember ever seeing a nutria coat, though. I heard they stink but good eats.
What I didn't get is how feral swine got to North Dakota while missing South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Minnesota, and other states when I looked at the distribution map.
We have wheat fields here that are basically a square mile or more of grain, and all we need are herds of wild hogs roaming through them.
*sigh*...
they didn’t. there are not feral pigs in those regions...
It’s just a rumor I am hoping to spread.
like the fact that american troops use ammo lubricated with pig fat.*
(*also not a real fact)
Well there's the answer.
Bounty, no limit. Butcher them, freeze and export them to Spain.
They must have great recipes.
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