Feral Hogs - Menace in Missouri

Officials are unsure of the number of feral hogs roaming Missouri, but their damage is evident. However, new funding means more Missouri staff dedicated to help landowners.

[@nsrajaram43]

I had a feral (wild) hog in my backyard of my home not far from Houston. I called the police, but a policeman showed up with a .38 revolver. I told him it was inadequate and offered to shoot it if he didn't file a charge against me for discharging a firearm. He agreed. I shot it with my 7mm Reington Magnum. Any deer rifle will do, but as always bullet placement is the key.

[@rlewis1946]

Good work!

[@stephenrobinson7945]

The Noble Foundation in Ardmore Oklahoma is a great resource for feral hog information and they developed the Boar Buster trap system.

[@dbx1233]

The hog problem was so bad in our area and after trying many methods to remedy this problem we ultimately had to post signs that read: NO HOGGS ALLOWED! I know that's extreme but it was the only thing that worked.

[@johndoogan3712]

Try putting signs up stating 'Hogs will be carted away by truck' with a picture.

[@jimcrawford5039]

They are a big problem here in Australia too. Good luck!

[@ncbrothad]

Why not just put up a fence ? Cost?

[@chadrossiter156]

Are there any farmers needing help still to this day ?

[@sethzimmerman6346]

The problem is the government only allowed to halt the problem , not the citizen as well as

[@jimrusswilloughby9903]

Once you get the hug what do you do with the remains. Are they edible at all. Do they have a specific hide that is marketable.? How about the meat inside these Critters is there anything to use and other agricultural avenues for baiting such as Chum.?

[@sheilascott7688]

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[@Justinian506]

Yes there edible and have mostly the same meat as domesticated pigs all animals with meat you can eat mostly at least

[@TINKYSTEELE]

Good source for pet food

[@mrf5347]

Dead pets.

[@rickrogers4990]

For real!!!!

[@dennisholst4322]

Hogs don't sweat it

[@codybrinkman9066]

If i see a hog while hunting in shooting it I don't want land I hunt on ruined by wild hogs and chase away all my deer and turkey

[@ectogeoszethip136]

????WHAT????

[@lizchatfield692]

They got funding when it became a real problem to late i think.

[@jaredhammel4587]

MDC doesn't do shit and the landowners charge hunters out the ass to "help."

[@dougglaus3019]

yet they outlawed hunting them on state land. hmmmmm. who is getting rich from setting up the big game canned hunts. WHY CAN'T WE HUNT HOGS ON STATE LAND?

[@mikekean8344]

This is a big mistake. There should be an open season declared on Feral Hogs. It should be painfully obvious, even to non-farmers such as myself that Feral Hogs are an ecological menace. Hunting them to extinction should be seriously considered. Trapping, shooting whatever.

[@edwardmartinez199]

Because it's state land you idiot.

[@iondetox]

So the hogs get to bred on State land?? Oh there's the problem!! There's no way to keep up. Pigs are almost as bas as rats!! They are considered swarm species!!

[@Justinian506]

@@edwardmartinez199 in Arkansas you can hunt hogs on WMAs which are state land. There is something called public land hunting and it's very popular among hunters

[@mrf5347]

Just like the dammed prairie dogs in North Dakota.

[@glassheart5380]

Hey there folks quick question do you ever have a call for work around Idaho Utah or Oregon?

[@Condor1970]

Go to Texas. All the free pork you can eat. They've got some great solutions. Heli-Hoggin'!!!!

[@whisperingdeath308]

My thoughts have always been private land owners should allow hunters free of charge to eradicate these things. But greedy landowners want to turn it into a business. They'll never decrease their numbers as long as they charge extravagant amounts for hunting them.

[@ectogeoszethip136]

LOOK AS SOMEONE WITH MORE THAN 100 ACERS OF LAND I CAN KILL ANY ANMAL THAT IS DYSTROYING CROPS PERIOD. NO USELESS TRAPPING NESSARY! NO BRASS TOTING OFFICALS NESSARY! NO CONSERVATION AGENTS NEEDED.! AND ITS NOT THE GREEDY LAND OWNERS! ITS THE FUCKING OUT OF STATE CORPATE FARMERS THAT ARE MAKING ERRATACATION DIFFULT ! TECHNELLY THEY REALY HAVE NO STAKE IN THIS PROBLEM AND THEY PAY OFF THE STATE FOR THE PRIVLIGE! ITS THE POOR MOM AND POP SUBSTANCE FARMERS THAT ARE BIENG HURT ASK THEM IF THEY WANT THEM KILLED! I AM SURE THEY WOULD BE GLAD FOR THE HELP!

[@davidkresl2195]

And then your government thinks that they can eradicate them without hunting on public property.

[@notpoliticallycorrect]

Shoot, make pork chops, repeat.

[@philmarwood69]

It's time to remove any hunting restrictions on them and wipe them out.

[@petermoyes8766]

lmfao they are a menace ,,but ya gotta pay to kill em ,,,,,,,

[@caroljewell4936]

I think they keep deer away. is has no feral hogs and that keeps deer from being killed by hogs.

[@jaiffee]

Feral hogs will kill and eat fawns and baby goats, and the eggs and young of ground-nesting birds like Turkey and Quail- I wouldn't be surprised if they killed a cow giving birth, under the right circumstances....

[@rowdeo8968]

The best rap is the drop I think then mow them down. 45 diseases no thanks do not eat nor handle without gloves.

[@rlewis1946]

Thank you for your comment. For those who want “free bacon” and think government is denying it, think again. The government’s role in Health and Human Safety trumps (pun intended) this kind of free bacon. On the other hand, get the State to organize sanctioned hunting parties, and have your fun! (But don’t eat that meat, unless you can test it to be free of disease.) Where not talk’n Berkshire hogs, here! RL

[@ectogeoszethip136]

AGAIN BULLSHIT JESUS DON'T YOU ASSHOLES EVER READ ANYTHING BUT THE POISON ON THE INTERNET!

[@zerozilch]

North american chestnuts disappeared after their arrival.

[@erich.2550]

This is the first I've heard of Hogs being in Missouri. Seems like their range is increasing. I often wonder if they'll make it to Michigan ?

[@MasterOfCydonia]

Not if we start a massive Hog Hunt as a yearly thing, to help reduce their populations, if not eliminate them entirely.

[@erich.2550]

@@MasterOfCydonia Yeah, something needs to be done.

[@mrf5347]

Got them in Canada! Fifty below zero Canada, and they are surviving

[@porkchopspapi5757]

They're in Michigan.

[@LoganJ98]

not likely for them to make it that far north

[@jarrodclay1767]

you need some Maori's. We don't have a hog problem in New Zealand apart from not enough

[@alan30189]

Not enough what?

[@ectogeoszethip136]

YEP PIG ROSTED IN BANNA LEAVES. ITS GREAT! HAD SOME WHILE I WAS THERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE IT

[@BirdWhisperer46]

I can't wait till they get to Wisconsin.

[@eddieorf]

You don't want it

[@BirdWhisperer46]

@@eddieorf Sure I do. I'm an old pig farmer from the upper midwest. If I have to I can wrastle them to the ground and slit their throat. A pigs a pig, been around them all my life, and I do mean all. I am 75 now and grew up playing in a barn and collecting eggs every morning. I prolly won't see it, but the land needs refreshing after a couple hundred years of over use. You got any idea at all how good pig shit is for the land?

[@eddieorf]

@@BirdWhisperer46 they suck. They ran my deer off my land I hunt. Only been around a short time but have already ruined what it took me so long to build. Haven't had a chance to kill any yet. They wrecking the South and any state with them in it. Well,you know pigs. I always thought it'd be good to have another protein to shoot at,naw I wish they were gone. Same for everyone in states who have them,all except the ppl have been prosperous off them. We have Ranchers who went from living in small trailers,the rancher style houses now. They are making a lot of money off the Wild hogs. Big money to hunt them here in Oklahoma. Shame on the Farmers and Ranchers . Money is the root

[@BirdWhisperer46]

@@eddieorf So you got to change your habits, maybe your lifestyle. Time to get on with it and start whacking oinkers. LOL

[@LoganJ98]

They won't make it that far north

[@sethb1663]

Best get a grip in them before they get into the major crop lands in Central MO and all the way up to MN to the north and all directions . Because most food products are made with some kind of corn or soybean products then prices will go up and the consumers will start bitching and not understand the wild hogs problems .

[@goognamgoognw6637]

corn and soybean are gmo, monocultures. If so let the hogs destroy it. Those foods are not needed by healthy eating people and it'll force others to eat healthier foods.

[@michaelmorgan5303]

Let hunters shot them and either keep the meat or give it to the hungry. If you just shot them and not us the meat that is a waste. I would be glad to come hunt for them I like wild hog good eating

[@radar2119]

God isn't stopping the hogs.

[@edwardmartinez199]

He won't get a gun.

[@markskarzynski2646]

💥he backed off since the Big Bang ….

[@dsnicker9719]

Lots of talk. No real effective remedies or success data.

[@crog0915]

what a joke ..... why are you charging to hunt this problem ... ..

[@edwardmartinez199]

Because it cost money corn is not free traps to time if there working your land they are not working to make money to pay there bill stupid question.

[@thomascramer7485]

Wrong fencing!!

[@alan30189]

Solution in two words: Good fencing.

[@leroyluper2572]

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[@mackelby1]

Looks like good eating.

[@edwardmartinez199]

Sick one to?

[@glenndunn8677]

What people dont understand is the meat on a wild hog taste just as good or better than a tame hog. Its all pork

[@antioneberry2132]

Porky Pig 🐷 is good to eat !

[@echamunicipal5226]

american bulldog line Alapaha...hog hunting

[@jameshildebrand954]

😂😂😂😂😂 quit following suit of MDC ignorance

[@cherylhouschildt5519]

We can do that you have the same laws to obey

[@markskarzynski2646]

💥they kinda remind me of Maga republicans

[@mogeking56]

So this is what Missourians look like, four leg. My mother told me not to marry a Missouri girl. Thank God I listen to my mother.

[@skeemask4933]

Let me tell ya who’s invasive and destroying the planet…. Humans #PleaseBelieve

[@cherylhouschildt5519]

Breaking the law bating wildlife

[@alqahtani_36]

God, the Creator of everything in this world, has forbidden eating pork, and this is mentioned in the Qur’an, the book of Muslims, and you are fighting this religion. He forbade homosexuality, which is homosexuality, and the marriage of a woman to a woman, and a man to a man, and it will be unfortunate that the old continent will be without a people in the future. The religion of Islam does not forbid me Prohibition of eating pork Prohibition of alcohol Prohibition of gambling Prohibition of homosexuality Prohibition of looking at women for other than his family Women were forbidden to mix with men. There is a lot that if applied Canadian becomes the greatest country in the world according to God's law, which is the same as the law of Christ, peace be upon him, and it is the law of our father Adam Ibrahim, the religion with God is Islam Except for the benefit of humanity, whether it is a Muslim or someone else.