Wild hog hunting outlawed in tn

[Freedom_fighter_in_IL]

Where’s the TWRA releasing them? Are they moving them into low (as in human) populated areas so no one will notice them? Are they moving them into an elusive WMA where there are more or maybe less porkers where no one might notice? Or are they using euthanasia on them?

RinkRat, The TWRA is NOT releasing them. They are killing them while still in the cage AND they set the rule that anyone trapping them are to kill them before taking them out of the trap. They are NOT releasing them ANYWHERE and they will fine anyone they find doing so.

 

[Freedom_fighter_in_IL]

Cob, The wording of that article is making it sound like TN has banned the taking of wild hogs. In essence it has banned the SPORT HUNTING of them. They used to have a "Hog Season" which they have now stopped. That is all they have done. They are doing this to dissuade the guides and preserve people from importing hogs to populate an area. They haven't banned killing them. They are simply making it monetarily impractical for guides to transplant hogs thus furthering the hog population.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

from Wikipedia Wild hog article:

The problematic nature of feral hogs has caused several states in the U.S. to declare feral hogs to be an invasive species. Often, these states will have greatly-reduced (or even non-existent) hunting regulations regarding feral hogs. In Missouri, no hunting permit is required for the taking of wild boar; hunters may take as many as they like with any weapon. The Missouri Department of Conservation requests that hunters who encounter feral hogs shoot them on sight.[54]

54. "Shoot 'em on sight". Missouri Department of Conservation. Retrieved 26 March 2011.

http://mdc.mo.gov/landwater-care/in...ment/feral-hog-control/shoot-feral-hogs-sight

According to Missouri Dept of Conservation:

How did the problem arise?

Several counties south of I-44 have had feral hogs roaming the countryside since the days of open range. These populations were isolated and kept in check by local hunting efforts.

The situation took a wrong turn in the 1990s when hog hunting for recreation began to gain popularity. Groups started raising and promoting European wild boar as a form of alternative agriculture and for hunting on licensed shooting areas. It wasn’t long before many of these hogs escaped or were intentionally released on public land.

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Where hogs are a problem, the Missouri way has appeal.

Apparently seeing commercialized sport hunting of imported hogs as a cause of the hog problem, Tennessee has banned sport hunting and even shooting hogs as vermin when hunting other game, but has instead authorized landowners to use lawful hunting techniques without a license, or to use otherwise unlawful techniques with a permit.

 

[RinkRat]

Freedom fighter in IL
Thank You for pointing that out I did not notice that part or misinterpreted something??

But if they have a viable amount to hunt, and they take it off the list just so they can not be live-trapped and moved into/onto an under populated area, then they should stick to that subject. But if they ban all hunting and there could now be an opportunity for boar to over populate, they are not thinking long term problems. And if they only allow landowners to dispose of then I'll become friends with someone and help them out. With that said, what do these landowners do, or have to do, with their bounty? Can they enlist the help from friends and family?

 

[Freedom_fighter_in_IL]

With that said, what do these landowners do, or have to do, with their bounty? Can they enlist the help from friends and family

According to the new regulations, they can enlist the help of up to 10 people to help. The landowners will have to follow some guidelines to get the permits. The regulations for landowners to take them are going to be extremely lax (basically non existent) in how this is done.

I think they will soon see that the way they are going about this is a little flawed. They will soon see the need for the "shoot on site" method used by the other states with this growing insurgence of these pests. I can see the point they are trying to make by making it monetarily impractical for guides and such to transplant. But to limit the hunting of Hogs to landowners and a few WMA's allowing hunters to take them is not going to effectively reduce numbers. They will need the shoot on site elimination methods to be engaged as they are in most other Southern States with this problem. We all know how re-tarded government officials can be when it comes to doing things the smart way. It will just take a bit of time for the mentally challenged officials in TWMA and TWRA to figure out their "boo-boo" and start enlisting the aid of hunters again. Now if only the idiots that are introducing these pests would figure out that they are harming themselves as well as the state.