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Bullets alone can't solve Alabama's feral hog problem
AL.com ^ | Aug 6 , 2017 | Dennis Pillion

Posted on 08/07/2017 2:04:50 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse

Wild pigs are perhaps the most destructive invasive species in the United States, causing an estimated $1.5 billion in damages every year to crops and property across the country, uprooting farmers' fields, degrading water quality and out-competing native wildlife for food.

In the latest installment of AL.com's series on invasive species, we examine the feral hog, one of the costliest non-native species in Alabama, and what landowners and wildlife officials can do to keep their populations under control.

(Excerpt) Read more at al.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Alabama
KEYWORDS: alabama; hogs; hunting; wildlife
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1 posted on 08/07/2017 2:04:50 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

Guns are needed, too.


2 posted on 08/07/2017 2:06:23 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You can't read all day if you don't start early in the morning.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Organic chemistry. If that fails, go nuclear.


3 posted on 08/07/2017 2:06:36 PM PDT by soycd
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Round them up and air drop them in Iran?


4 posted on 08/07/2017 2:06:38 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: LeoWindhorse

Used with night vision scopes...


5 posted on 08/07/2017 2:06:54 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle...)
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To: LeoWindhorse
Bullets alone can't solve Alabama's feral hog problem.

But they sure can help.

6 posted on 08/07/2017 2:06:55 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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To: LeoWindhorse

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Ingredients

•1 quart mayonnaise.
•3/4 quart apple cider vinegar.
•1/2 cup corn syrup.
•1/4 tablespoon cayenne pepper.
•Prepared horseradish.
•Lemon juice.
•Salt and freshly ground black pepper.


7 posted on 08/07/2017 2:07:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Sterilization through feed ?


8 posted on 08/07/2017 2:08:21 PM PDT by onona
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To: snuffy smiff

Over bait and use 12 volt lights if needed. No bag limits and open season year-round. All are now legal in GA for feral hogs.


9 posted on 08/07/2017 2:10:36 PM PDT by snuffy smiff (Blessed be the Lord my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle...)
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To: LeoWindhorse
Bullets alone can't solve Alabama's feral hog problem

let me guess - we need dialogue and social justice too.

10 posted on 08/07/2017 2:12:33 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: LeoWindhorse
Locke is on the case...


11 posted on 08/07/2017 2:12:49 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (I don't give a damn about your feelings. Try to impress me with your convictions.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Rifled slugs have a place too. Or you can buy a packet of razor blades for the local college progressives and tell them to tackle a few tuskers and give them vasectomies. The Youtube vids ought to be great.


12 posted on 08/07/2017 2:14:07 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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Bullets alone won’t solve the world’s passenger pigeon problem. ..


13 posted on 08/07/2017 2:14:18 PM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: LeoWindhorse
If the passenger pigeon was wiped out by hunting, feral pigs can be taken out the same way.

People don't seem to recognize things like this, but it could also be possible that habitat change had something to do with the passenger pigeon's demise. I certainly have seen how the retreat of farming in the Eastern US has created young forest and "edge" habitats that have led to the roaring comeback of deer, hawks, bluebirds, bobcats, mountain lions, timber wolves, and wild turkeys--and the invasion of coyotes from (I think) eastern Canada to chase all that new protein.

14 posted on 08/07/2017 2:17:09 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: snuffy smiff

Oh really?
Any good locations in NE GA?


15 posted on 08/07/2017 2:17:44 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Air drop them in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, MECA! Any where that Islam is.


16 posted on 08/07/2017 2:19:02 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: snuffy smiff

Watch the video . They are using expensive thermal imaging night scopes . But at the first shot ( Pow!) the hogs all start too run . What if it was a barely audible ‘ pack ,pack, pack ‘ ? Tell me if large caliber rifle’s report can’t be choked down enough to not to alarm the whole herd ? There would be hogs dropping and the other ones just looking around for the source of the thuds . Possible or not ?


17 posted on 08/07/2017 2:19:05 PM PDT by LeoWindhorse (America First !)
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To: LeoWindhorse

There’s a feral hog problem in D.C. too that needs to be dealt with.


18 posted on 08/07/2017 2:23:20 PM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: LeoWindhorse

M-90s, 105 direct fire Beehive Rounds, or claymores may.


19 posted on 08/07/2017 2:28:15 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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Should be easy pickins’ too. They’re all lined up at the trough.


20 posted on 08/07/2017 2:37:06 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I bought a house on a one-way street that's also a dead end and now I can't leave.)
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