Hogs

Arkansas wildlife officials used helocopters and extensive field reports of sightings to combat invasive feral hogs as part of a control project.

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The discovery of chronic wasting disease in a southwest Mississippi whitetail deer will impact anyone trapping feral hogs. Mississippi wildlife officials announced that CWD was confirmed in a deer killed in Issaquena County. That county is on the Mississippi River. Six counties now are part of the state's CWD Management Zone, which has a 5- to 25-mile containment and buffer zone as part of its management protocol. Trapping is an effective management tool for feral hogs. But now thanks to CWD things have changed. Here's the press release about one of the changes, from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. Sportsmen and landowners who wish to trap wild hogs on their property in Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren and Yazoo counties must now obtain a permit from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. There is no cost to obtain a permit. Permitting will allow individuals to place bait or attractant within the confines of the hog trap. Bait or attractant placed outside of the hog traps used to lure hogs within the confines of the actual trap is prohibited. Landowners and hunters in Mississippi counties not within the CWD management zone can continue to trap and take wild hogs as permitted under the Nuisance Animal regulation. “Our agency faces new challenges with a confirmed CWD case," said Lt. Col. Chris Harris. "We must decrease activity which increases potential of disease spreading, while at the same time affording private landowners within the CWD management zone the opportunity to protect their properties and investments from the ongoing damage that occurs from wild hog damage.” Interested individuals looking to obtain hog trapping permits can contact the MDWFP Jackson Office at (601) 432-2400 or (601) 432-2176. For more information regarding CWD in Mississippi visit www.mdwfp.com Related: Have more success with night vision and thermal optics Related: Is poison the right approach for controling feral pigs?

Bowhunting World editor Jace Bauserman and son Hunter wrap up their Texas adventure with a “squealing” good time.

Bowhunting World editor Jace Bauserman and son Hunter wrap up their Texas adventure with a “squealing” good time.

Calling it an "unreasonable public safety threat," Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin vetoes bill that would have allowed unlicensed hunters to shoot hogs at night with a spotlight,

A Predator Xtreme reader used a helpful heads up to get in position to bag several wild hogs.

Radioactive wild pigs near Fukishima continue creating problems for Japan. Lack of conservation has caused population to increase 330 percent.

In an effort to help control feral hog numbers and damage, the MDC wants to ban feral hog hunting on lands managed by the conservation department.

Feral hogs cost Louisiana farmers more than $74 million in crop losses and other damage in 2013, according to a new study by the LSU AgCenter.

Officials say at a cost of about $25,000, 64 feral hogs have been killed since the West Bank levee authority hired sharpshooters last fall to contain the animals and limit the damage they are causing to flood protection berms.

These are not your stuttering, porcine cartoon characters. Descendants of domestic hogs that have escaped or wandered off, they are four-legged rooting, breeding, and eating machines. Their spread has become an ecological train wreck across the country.

Pennsylvania would no longer be the only state that bars hunters from using semiautomatic rifles if bills pending before a House committee are approved.

Florida officials are considering allowing hunting at state parks in an effort to generate money.

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Visitors can walk through a man-made cypress swamp, go bowling or shoot arrows at the archery range. A 105-room hotel designed like a hunting lodge has balconies overlooking the indoor swamp. There are also live ducks, alligators and fish.

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