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Plague of wild pigs has U.S. authorities squealing
Reuters ^ | AUGUST 24, 2013 | KEVIN MURPHY

Posted on 08/24/2013 3:24:02 PM PDT by rickmichaels

A few years ago, Jim Vich would not have dreamed of setting up an elaborate trap to catch wild hogs.

But that was before Oklahoma was invaded by a plague of pigs that devour crops, uproot pastures, destroy wildlife habitats, spread disease to humans and animals, kill trees and even knock over cemetery stones.

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


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: huntersparadise; meatisbackonthemenu; theotherwhitemeat; wildpigs
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To: texas_mrs
you must eliminate 7 of 10 feral hogs just to make a dent in the population.

I do my best. The more that come around, the less ammunition I have.
101 posted on 08/24/2013 9:04:58 PM PDT by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: RetiredTexasVet
And just why would you want to trap them .... just shoot them on sight.

So you can sell them to farmers / slaughter houses for the meat. Plus, shooting on site isn't exactly effective if you are trying to get rid of an entire family of 20 - 50 pigs at a time - you want to get rid of all of them at once, otherwise, in few years, that could result in literally thousands of additional pigs if you don't catch them all. Looked up an example here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFUNXKATbJg

102 posted on 08/25/2013 12:42:58 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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