Ohh damn
Man, that wasn't good for that coyote.
I grew up in Osage Country where fences were rare back in the day. What ones there were, ran along side the county roads.
When a kid, they had a $7 bounty on coyotes. Feds put it on, so everybody with a horse, mule and a pack of greyhounds went out coyote hunting. There were miles of fence along the roads that had earless coyotes hung from every fence post. Government trappers put out cyanide pellets in meat to get them to eat it. It was whole house slaughter.
That entire effort did nothing to stop the coyote population in Osage county. Slowed them down for a bit, but they just became smarter.
This pig eradication without trapping is another boondoggle. It won't slow them down at all.
The comments in the hog eradication notice prove that 99% of them have no idea about hog habits and they can't just go to a location and mow them down for the freezer.
Trappers and Helo eradication will slow them down.
Same as coon hunters. Its all about the baying of the dogs.Back in the 70's and early 80's, we bird hunted on some family land south of Jet, and almost every trip we'd run into the coyote hunters. I thought that was the coolest thing ever to watch the greyhounds run.
As a whole "hog hunting" is a joke. I know dozens of guys that spend a small fortune on dog food and vet bills, so they can run hogs with dogs. The bad part is all most of them do is "run" them. Very few of the hog dog hunters (I know) ever catch a hog, but by golly, they have all the gps tracking collars, fancy dog boxes, and tricked out Rangers to look like they know what they're doing.
Hell yeah!Hogs are nomadic, and it really makes them hard to hunt. When they move through my places in east Texas, I get my traps baited and generally have pretty good luck. I hit the mother load in May and caught two whole litters at one time. Here's the game camera footage and aftermath.
They should've fully outlawed the move and sale of wild hogs, not just required a license. Allowing them to be transported and sold only furthers the issue. Are the people who purchase them required to have hog "proof" (I know, I know) fences? Nope.
I agree, baiting on public land would help, especially now that I'm seeing them. I figure we're stuck with them now.
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