One of the plusses of being able to hunt hog when ever is being able to eat it. Poison kinda defeats the plus side. They do that here in SW OK and its a waste of meat
I agree but would willfully give up the meat for them to be gone and eradicated.
One of the ranches a couple miles from me uses the cyanide bombs. They have killed many hogs and coyotes, but it hasn’t put a dent in the overall population.
There is a pesticide out there that has that effect on insects it kills that won't hurt other animals that consume them.
It paralyzes their mandibles so they can't eat, and they starve to death. Birds and other critters can eat them without harm.
It would be cool if they found something like that for pigs so the vultures and critters eating off the carcasses wouldn't be harmed.
Sodium Nitrite but its a tough battle against critics.
I had to look that one up. I like it.
Sodium nitrite works through reducing the amount of oxygen in the blood by reducing the poisoned animals’ haemoglobin levels. The poisoned animals lose consciousness and die due to lack of oxygen being delivered by the blood to the brain and heart. Death usually occurs within one to three hours after bait ingestion and most pigs are found within 200 metres of the baiting station. Signs of poisoning include progressive lethargy, incoordination and reduced consciousness. Difficulty in breathing is noted close to death and some animals experience seizures followed by coma and death. Pigs may show some signs of distress for 5-10 minutes prior to death.
The risk of non-target species ingesting the sodium nitrite toxin is relatively low due to the mandatory specialised bait boxes used to contain the baits. Sodium nitrite also degrades relatively quickly in the environment should baits be inadvertently carried by birds or animals. This reduces the risk of non-target animals being poisoned. Sodium nitrite is also not considered a risk to animals eating poisoned animals (known as secondary poisoning).
https://kb.rspca.org.au/knowledge-b...humane-toxin-than-1080-for-feral-pig-control/
Some added Warfarin with it and that is what caused the potential for secondary poisoning.
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