Feral hogs in KS? (Paola, Medicine Lodge: tax, auctions, dangerous)

[TedH71]

I used to do feral hog removal services in Texas and moved here only to find out that it's considered illegal if you are hunting but not if you provide a removal service. Where in KS are feral hogs? I am more than willing to help remove hogs by trapping or with dogs if the hogs are too smart to go in the trap (yes, they can be quite smart). Contact me by private email if possible. Post here if you wish and if you know where then please post as well. Thank you.

[cp1969]

There were (emphasis on past tense) some around Paola before the State went nuts and blew them all away using snipers in helicopters, etc.

They could have sold permits and gotten rid of them for free or even made money....but no, we have all this techno-junk and people on the payroll; gotta give them some trigger time.

Yet another sterling example of your tax dollars hard at work.

[Samantha S]

Originally Posted by cp1969

Yet another sterling example of your tax dollars hard at work.

And well spent IMO.

A little googling will quickly provide information showing what a serious problem these animals can be (not just to farmers and ranchers) and how quickly they multiply and spread.

The decision to take them out as quickly and efficiently as possible was a good one.

[TedH71]

Problem is the surrounding states have more hogs than KS and they will come back. Lots of KS land is rural and farming so..I guarantee you that if you see one..there are 20 hiding out.

[cp1969]

Originally Posted by Samantha S

And well spent IMO.

A little googling will quickly provide information showing what a serious problem these animals can be (not just to farmers and ranchers) and how quickly they multiply and spread.

The decision to take them out as quickly and efficiently as possible was a good one.

They didn't take them out quickly and efficiently. They screwed around for over a year and the outdoor editor of a local newspaper documented the whole thing.

[Grainraiser]

Trust me the quicker you get rid of them the better off you will be. The breed like rats and destroy crops like nothing you have ever seen. They have no natural predators and cause millions of dollars in damage here in TX. Feral pigs should be shot on sight.

[southernnaturelover]

^^They're pretty bad here in Alabama too, and many of them are dangerous.

[MOCOWBOY3]

The main reason Kansas won't allow hog hunting is because they don't want people enterprising in the wild hog hunt business. If they legalized it, before long some one would be importing them and hiring out for hog hunting guide services. Which would increase the hog population rather than decrease it.

But on the other side, I'm surprised we're not overrun with hogs already. What with all the farming that is going on in Kansas. It is only a matter of time before the Kansas Fish and Game as well as the Cattlemen's Association will have to turn us loose to help control them.

Once they get a good foot hold in Kansas the farmer's will forget all about the devastation caused by deer and turkey.

I wish there was some place relatively close to go hog hunting with out spending a fortune on guide services.

Timmie

[TedH71]

You have good points there and I agree with you on all of them however, someone is already importing them. That's how they got there in the first place. There are some places that are already overrun with them. Can't say where but in central KS, is the area. Rumor is that mountain lions are hunting them and have been seen doing it. Nobody wants the feds/state guys poking around on their properties. You can advertise hog removal business as long as you do not label it as hunting. Basically you can't be releasing them if you catch them. They have to die. I have been hearing stories of ranchers trapping them THEN taking them to auctions to be sold so there is already a side market for them. Tulsa, Oklahoma is truly already starting to be overrun. Blueberry farms, regular farmers...all are complaining about them. Most of Oklahoma's counties are full of the hogs. More in certain areas than others for obvious reasons. Stands to reason they will not respect state lines and probably are already migrating to KS...where there is plenty of food for them!

[MOCOWBOY3]

Some of the original 'wild hogs' were imported down around Medicine Lodge. I don't know if the culprit ever suffered any penalty for it or not, but that was some of the first eradification (sp?). Most of the feral hogs are from when the market dropped out and many Kansas farmers just turned them loose. It was too expensive to feed them and take them to market.

Timmie