Posted: 7/26/2016 9:27:58 PM EDT
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I know feral hogs have been spotted with enough regularity in the southern parts of the state, that they are indeed working their way up here.
Anyone know laws pertaining to going out to start culling the bastards before they become too rampant? |
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According to the DNR reg book they can be shot on sight. The DNR also likes to be made aware of where they are. I've been told that DNR asks that if you stumble onto them to shoot and report-encouraged anywhere you can shoot. They also ask that you not actually hunt them, since a hunt is more likely to drive them to another area and they'll have to be found again before traps can be set. I've had people insist they saw feral hogs near Manly-I'm doubtful, but think of mountain lions. 15 years ago, most of us would call anyone claiming to have seen one anywhere in the state a liar. Now, one is killed farther north every year. Not saying they're that far north-just that with an animal that roams that much anything's possible. |
| Hogs that escape from shit-show operations aren't incredibly uncommon and you'd be shocked at how fast your bacon can turn into a hairy ass-kicker of a hog. Not a hard stretch of the imagination to think that's what we're seeing and not an infestation/migration from somewhere else. |
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Hogs that escape from shit-show operations aren't incredibly uncommon and you'd be shocked at how fast your bacon can turn into a hairy ass-kicker of a hog. Not a hard stretch of the imagination to think that's what we're seeing and not an infestation/migration from somewhere else. Had a half starved sow show up at my place middle of winter years ago was eating deer scraps from the ditch chased it in the barn one day started feeding it and damn if it didnt have a litter of piggies raised 12 to market but that just shows how the can survive in the wild |
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Im in se iowa and can definitely say thats bs Quoted:
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I had a DMACC class mate tell me 3 years ago they hunt them regularly in southeast Iowa. I can't tell you if that is true today but I got the feeling this was not a new phenomenon then. kwg Im in se iowa and can definitely say thats bs I agree! I'm in SE Iowa too, and I'd say I've lived here most of my life and never heard of anyone local hunting or shooting feral hogs. For that matter or anyone whose even seen one! Mountain Lion sightings are numerous and there are pictures of them, not so with feral hogs. 
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I know the farmer mentioned in this article he got very sick and the state took every hog off his farm because someone brought wild hogs in from the south and released them
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/04/02/officials-work-to-rid-northern-states-feral-swine.html |
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I agree! I'm in SE Iowa too, and I'd say I've lived here most of my life and never heard of anyone local hunting or shooting feral hogs. For that matter or anyone whose even seen one! Mountain Lion sightings are numerous and there are pictures of them, not so with feral hogs.
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I had a DMACC class mate tell me 3 years ago they hunt them regularly in southeast Iowa. I can't tell you if that is true today but I got the feeling this was not a new phenomenon then. kwg Im in se iowa and can definitely say thats bs I agree! I'm in SE Iowa too, and I'd say I've lived here most of my life and never heard of anyone local hunting or shooting feral hogs. For that matter or anyone whose even seen one! Mountain Lion sightings are numerous and there are pictures of them, not so with feral hogs.
Coming from SE Iowa, I have never heard of anyone shooting actual feral hogs. There have been a few instances of hogs getting out of confinements and being killed, but never heard of any feral hogs being killed (or even seen). |
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When the DNR put a half page in their hunting regulations book about feral hogs I got kind of interested in hunting them. A friend of mine is a veterinarian with the National Pork Board office in Urbandale, so I asked him where in Iowa feral hogs were showing up.
Short story, he said that they were virtually non-existent. When a sounder would pop up, the USDA would swoop in and kill them off as quick as they could find them. The pork industry in Iowa is too valuable to risk diseases being introduced by feral hogs coming in contact with domestic herds. Just south of the border in Missouri was the closest he knew of any ferals being found. |
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DNR wants them dead. As long as you don't trespass, thats a no go. No caliber restrictions, no hours, no bullshit. I think they want a blood sample too. If I ever see one in a place where I can pull a trigger it will be turned into meat. If someone who's not an asshole wants some, let's just say pictures will be posted and a cookout will be planned. Sure, it's unlikely to find one but I'll do my part. 
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Just my thought on it all. I think most of us see those southern boys having fun hunting them, and all that meat. Then we start fantasizing about doing it up here, and how much fun it could be. Mostly wishful thinking!  Id much rather go kill there's than have my own to kill here |
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Id much rather go kill there's than have my own to kill here Yep, they cause a lot of damage. Damage to both crops, and the increased presence of viruses and diseases that they carry would have the potential to cause a lot of damage to our pork industry. Coming from a farmer/pork producer, no thanks  .
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