Posted on 07/31/2011 11:34:20 AM PDT by LibWhacker
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wild boar are invading the farms of central New York state, attacking livestock, killing family pets, chasing people and posing "devastating consequences" for the area, federal officials warn.
The feral swine are a non-native species suspected of escaping from game farms, and as many as a couple of hundred are roaming the state, said Paul Curtis, a natural resources professor at Cornell University.
While an exact picture of the wild boar population in New York State is unclear, a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the swine were successfully breeding in the three counties and producing litters averaging 4 to 6 piglets.
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This guy at the range today was telling me that wild boars breed like crazy, and the females have several litters a year ....
What's to fund? Hunters could take care of that problem.
Capture and release, in Iran.
I’ve heard they taste great! Seriously. They need to simply open season on them everywhere.
I’ve been told javalinas taste lousy and stink something terrible.
Simply put a bounty on them. They’d disappear in no time.
Grab yourself a cup of coffee or something stronger and read thru this thread.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=449721
This is what you call hog hunting.
Texas style- whack ‘em, stack ‘em, no limit 24/7/365.
I once encountered a large area on Gregory Bald, high in the Great Smoky Mts. Nat. Park, where the sod had been completely demolished, as if it had been turned over with a rototiller. The rangers told me that wild boars did that by rooting in the soil.
I watched a problem a few months ago about this problem. Of course they probably exaggerated a bit, but the boar population is increasing dramatically, and yes, they are VERY hard to thin out, they breed like crazy, can eat just about anything, and are potentially very dangerous to humans and animals.
Where I live, I have seen wild boars, know people who hunt them, and the stories are impressive. Single wild boar taking out a couple of trained pit bulls. Taking several shots before finally going down. It really is becoming a problem nation wide.
“There needs to be more funding,..”
Getting chased and harassed by wild boars is just another in the long list of things we’re expected to put up with in order to “protect the environment.”
HUH?? Some BBQ sauce and a Hunting License,problem solved.
I have many times in Texas.....Don’t miss and drop them with the first shot. They tend to get a lil pissed when just nicked and of course they just love to get you close to them. Very up close and personal...they love it lol
Here in Wisconsin hunters are allowed to shoot wild pigs on site. I’ve yet to see a wild pig alive or dead while driving on the roads in the area. Supposedly there’s a very large population of the critters in some of the counties south of where I live.
Here in Wisconsin hunters are allowed to shoot wild pigs on site. I’ve yet to see a wild pig alive or dead while driving on the roads in the area. Supposedly there’s a very large population of the critters in some of the counties south of where I live.
Sell tags to hunters. Use a portion of the revenue to publish recipes.
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