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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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To: Buckeye McFrog
I have advocated that solution for years. Can you imagine the outrage and hysteria that would cause?

It would be fun to see.

21 posted on 08/07/2017 2:46:33 PM PDT by Parmy
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To: LeoWindhorse

Google 50 caliber air rifle. Sound like it would be about what you are talking about.


22 posted on 08/07/2017 2:47:51 PM PDT by dangerdoc (disgruntled)
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To: LeoWindhorse
Best Hog Trap.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsFXhGoDnW0&t=18s

23 posted on 08/07/2017 2:52:53 PM PDT by Falcon4.0
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To: SamuraiScot
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.

A lot of it had to do with their habitat and roosting behavior. Passenger pigeons required vast areas of uninterrupted forest. They would take over a section of it, utterly destroying that patch with their roosting. Then they'd move on. That behavior also made them easy prey for men with nets, poles, guns, etc.

The last large nesting was in Michigan.

24 posted on 08/07/2017 2:55:57 PM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: LeoWindhorse

We use IR and silencers and they still run, the impact of the bullet hitting meat makes a loud pop and the bullet breaking the sound barrier cracks also.


25 posted on 08/07/2017 2:57:15 PM PDT by Dusty Road (")
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To: SamuraiScot

Passenger pigeons fed heavily on chestnuts. When chestnuts went, so did they.


26 posted on 08/07/2017 3:01:50 PM PDT by meatloaf
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To: onona
"Sterilization through feed ?"

Never be allowed. The greenies are already arguing about "hormone-mimicking" chemicals in the water. I think putting actual hormones directly into the environment will be looked upon favorably.

27 posted on 08/07/2017 3:02:45 PM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Big Bob Gibson’s Alabama White BBQ Sauce Recipe

What does feral Alabama hog taste like? I'd guess quite a bit different from farm-raised pork, but is it anything anyone would want to eat?
28 posted on 08/07/2017 3:09:15 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: LeoWindhorse
These vicious animals need to be used to guard mosques to insure no anti-Islamic activities occur!

They are a very cheap private security vehicle for Muslim clerics to use, as they will most assuredly prevent errant Muslims who pretend to inflict hate crimes on their own congregations from doing so!

29 posted on 08/07/2017 3:11:43 PM PDT by zerosix ( Native Sunflower)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Feral hogs are full of parasites or so I am told!
I know plenty of people who hunt them, none who eat them.


30 posted on 08/07/2017 3:12:28 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Dusty Road

Myself included, but people need to get educated on the fact that a silencer mutes (somewhat) the explosion in the chamber, but really has no impact on the missile/bullet breaking the sound barrier. I guess if you wanted to be (audio) effective, you would have a silencer and a sub-sonic velocity missile.


31 posted on 08/07/2017 3:26:00 PM PDT by job
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To: SandRat

Napalm


32 posted on 08/07/2017 3:28:28 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: LeoWindhorse

33 posted on 08/07/2017 3:29:34 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: All; LeoWindhorse

The problem is that land owners are still charging hunters a fee to shoot them. Fine land owners who do not control hogs.
Make it free and no season or hunting permit required from the state.
The problem would be gone in just a few years.


34 posted on 08/07/2017 3:35:05 PM PDT by Politically Correct (A member of the rabble in good standing)
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To: Eagles6

F,A,E,!


35 posted on 08/07/2017 3:35:29 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

An abomination!


36 posted on 08/07/2017 3:37:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Tyranny can hide within decorum.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

We soak it in grapefruit juice, then marinate in mojo


37 posted on 08/07/2017 3:39:37 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: LeoWindhorse

There’s so much entertaining videos on YouTube regarding feral hog control. Some things I learned:

1. You have to capture more than 70% of the heard, or they will reproduce back with a year.
2. You have to capture them in large groups, as uncaught survivors are “educated” and avoid threats from then on.
3. Hogs have no predators from above, so they are vulnerable from that direction.
4. Modern trapping systems are best triggered by a human with remote intelligence. Sometimes traps are triggered by farmer/owner at sporting events.
5. Patience is key. Allow for most of the heard to gather before triggering.


38 posted on 08/07/2017 3:40:57 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: LeoWindhorse

Sterilize them


39 posted on 08/07/2017 3:42:22 PM PDT by redhead (Pray for children in pedophile pipeline, destined for abuse, torture, and even sacrifice...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/big-bobs-gibsons-white-sauce-recipe-1915328


40 posted on 08/07/2017 3:49:09 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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