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MISSOURI FERAL HOG 3 BIGGEST LIES TOLD

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Howl at the Moon - When the Missouri Media won't cover the issue and can't handle the truth and you don't have taxpayer money to run ads - Go National

Strategies for dealing with feral hogs - What's not working in Missouri with Allen "Horntagger" Morris

​- Believe it's around the 22 min mark -

NO. 1 Biggest LIE told in MISSOURI
by Missouri Agencies, Lobbyist and passed on by Missouri Media

​Biggest LIE in MISSOURI – Baited traps THAT CAN catch entire sounder at once. BUT NO GUARANTEE with the Missouri Trip wire Method.

6 MDC TRIP WIRE TRAPS - TRIP WIRE METHOD vs REMOTE TRIGGER AND CAMERA METHOD.

Every interview, new release, demo and propaganda given to the public show the fancy 8,000-dollar traps with Cell Phone Camera and Remote Activated Gate.

But the Missouri reality is much different, most of the remote areas in Wayne, Madison, and Bollinger just to name a few - have no cell phone service, so they MUST use TRIP WIRE METHOD – DON’T HERE THAT IN THE NEWS.

MISSOURI TRIP WIRE METHOD is making TRAP SHY FERAL HOGS.

16 Wild Hog are inside a trap and one of them trips the wire and closes gate. OOPS 32 hogs in sounder that’s only 50% and 8 of those are pregnant females, now become trap shy as the other 16 squeal in distress! 4th Smartest Animal just got free lesson about traps.

Trip Wire traps are the NO.1 trap used in Missouri or do you think that Missouri are buying 8,000-dollar traps and camera system used by 58 trappers in Missouri on multiple sites. REALLY!!!!

Trip Wire traps also catch deer, if remote camera used the gate would still be open! RIGHT!!!!! T

​Truth is coming out! Ask the media why they don't ask these question?

​KEEP DRINKING THE KOOL-AID

​Question: Hey Missouri Mainstream Media – I help you out!!!!

No. 1 - How did two dogs ended up being caught by a remote-controlled pig trap?

NO. 2 - Why did the agency trapper set the trigger off and catch two dogs?

NO. 3 - Why did the agency trapper set trigger off and catch this BAMBI and watch it die hanging off fence with real-time surveillance?

MDC Quote - This real-time surveillance is critical to determine if all of the hogs in that sounder (family group) are under the trap so trappers can determine the best moment to drop the trap. Once the entire sounder is under the trap, the trapper clicks a button on the screen that drops the trap around the hogs.

Most people are not aware of the all-out LIE told to the State Representatives in a House Committee Meeting by agency officials, then put out as a press release to the Missouri Media and put out on Facebook page about hog doggers and traps.

Seems to be one slight problem, I thought you are catching entire sounders with remote controlled traps.

Answer – The Agency, it’s partners AKA “Lobbyist” and the Newsroom AKA “Propaganda Minister” putting these stories out to the uninformed Missourian and Politicians and say hey we are catching whole sounders in the fancy traps that are remote controlled traps.

MAJORITY OF THE TRAPS IN MISSOURI USED ARE NOT REMOTE CONTROLLED BY CELL PHONE –

In some cases they don't even have a camera on site. Like the last trap highlight wire and no camera period! PS a different trap and also another BAMBI died in it the day before!!!

Because no cell phone service. They are using trip wires and not catching entire sounders at one time but making smarter wild hogs.

Hey Missouri Media, ask these questions. Do your job and research before you do interviews.

NO. 1 - How many traps are in Missouri RIGHT NOW? "NOT bait sites but actually traps"

NO. 2 - How many traps are controlled by remote control AKA cell phone?

NO. 2 Biggest LIE told in MISSOURI
by Missouri Agencies, Lobbyist and passed on by Missouri Media

​2nd Biggest Lie Told about Feral Hogs in Missouri!

Aaron Jeffries, deputy director of the Missouri Department of Conservation, explained the current public policy regarding feral hogs.

“We prohibit hog hunting on our conservation areas: because we tried hog hunting for 20 years,” Jeffries said. “We encouraged hog hunting (in conjunction with trapping)”

IS THAT FREAKIN RIGHT – EXACTLY HOW MANY TRAPPERS DID YOU HAVE EACH OF THOSE 20 YEARS HELPING HUNTERS CONTROL THE POPULATION OF FERAL HOGS IN MISSOURI?

Billy Higginbotham
Professor and Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Specialist
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
"One of the many tools is hunting, that can kill 24% of the population."
https://youtu.be/OtUOaDr01vs

2008 Wild Pigs Removed 500 +/- for entire state
2009 Wild Pigs Removed 600 +/- for entire state
2010 Wild Pigs Removed 700 +/- for entire state
2011 Wild Pigs Removed 900 +/- for entire state
2012 Wild Pigs Removed 1,000 for entire state
2013 Wild Pigs Removed 1,400 for entire state
2014 Wild Pigs Removed 1,502 for entire state
2015 Wild Pigs Removed 3,649 for entire state
2016 Wild Pigs Removed 5,358 for entire state
2016 Ban on Killing Hogs on Missouri Department of Conservation Public Lands
2017 Wild Pigs Removed 6,567 for entire state
2018 Wild Pigs Removed 9,300

Money paid by the Missouri Department of Conservation to USDA APHIS
2012 USDA APHIS GERERAL $55,289.73
2013 USDA APHIS GERERAL $55,289.72
2015 USDA APHIS GERERAL $65,000.00
2016 USDA APHIS GERERAL $65,000.00
2017 USDA APHIS GERERAL $115,000.00
2018 USDA APHIS GENERAL $1,885,000.00
2019 USDA APHIS GENERAL $1,865,000.00

Number of Feral Hog Trappers in Missouri
​2016 – 5 Feral Hog Trappers
2017 - 15 Feral Hog trappers
2018 – 28 Feral Hog Trappers
2019 – 58 Feral Hog Trappers

NO. 3 Biggest LIE told in MISSOURI
by Missouri Agencies, Lobbyist and passed on by Missouri Media

​“THOSE WHO CANNOT REMEMBER THE PAST ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT”
 
3rd BIGGEST LIE ABOUT FERAL HOGS IN MISSOURI.

HOG DOGGERS – ONLY MISSOURI AGENCIES – LOBBYIST ARE CORRECT
HMMM – I GUESS THE REST OF THE WORLD IS WRONG!
 
MDC DEPUTY DIRECTOR – Aaron Jefferis
Quote: A hog-dogger is someone who uses hunting dogs to track and hunt feral hogs. Jeffries believes that allowing hog hunting encourages the release and spread of hogs rather than eradication.
Eric Lemons, natural resources specialist at Wappapello Project Office with the Corps.
QUOTE: “No.. Hunting of any sort has exacerbated the wild pig problem in Missouri,”
QUOTE: “Hog-doggers upend the overall wild pig management strategy” 
I GUESS THE REST OF MISSOURI AND THE WORLD IS WRONG!

MISSOURI HISTORY
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri: A Feral Hog Eradication Success Story
National Conference on Feral Hogs
April 15th, 2008
QUOTE: “AN EFFECTIVE AND COMPLETE FERAL HOG REMOVAL PROGRAM REQUIRES A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH” - 1997 to 2008
 
HOG DOGS WILL BECOME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOGS IN MISSOURI & AMERCIAN HISTORY!
 
 
 
HOG DOGS – ONE OF THE MOST HEROIC DOGS IN MISSOURI & AMERICAN HISTORY!!!!!
 
Heroic - having the characteristics of a hero or heroine; very brave.
Synonyms – Brave, Courageous, Valiant, Bold, Daring, Audacious, Herculean, Fearless, Undaunted, Unafraid, Stout Hearted, Lionhearted, Noble
 
Retired LDWF Captain Bobby Buatt – MAY 2019
QUOTE: “I’m a firm believer in utilizing everything whether trapping, shooting, or HUNTING WITH DOGS!


Josh Helcel - Extension associate with NRI - specializes in educating Texans on wild pig biology, impacts and control – MAY 2019

QUOTE: “When and how trained dog teams are used can be paramount to their overall effectiveness as a control technique. Dogs are capable of removing wild pigs that weren't able to be removed following the enactment of other strategies. Research shows that trained dogs are most effectively used on residual populations as a final tool of sequenced control efforts."
www.agweb.com - May 2019
 
 
Texas A&M the NO. 1 Agriculture School in the nations MUST BE WRONG ALSO.

Successful Wild Pig Eradication Utilize Trained Dogs

You might want to read the research already done, 1989, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2010

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service is in the business of providing research-based information, and the research continues to affirm the validity of trained dogs among the tools in our wild pig management toolbox.

I am currently unaware of a single successful wild pig eradication study that did not utilize trained dogs in some form; whether through hunting drives, tracking or through direct pursuit and capture (Mcilroy and Saillard 1989; Caley and Ottley 1995; Schuyler et al. 2001; Parkes et al. 2010; Muir and McEwen 2007; McCann and Garcelon 2008; Scillitani et al. 2010). This is not to say that successful eradication without dogs is impossible, but rather to evidence that effective wild pig management often requires the use of all available tools.
 
TODAY IN TENNESSEE

Wild Hog Control Methods for Landowners

Landowners have more opportunity than ever before to control wild hogs on their properties. 

In addition, landowners in a four-county (Fentress, Cumberland, Pickett, and Overton) experimental area may use dogs as a wild hog control method. 

Wild Hog Control Methods For Public Land

In Region III, There are also the following wild hog control seasons in which the use of dogs is permitted: two five-day control seasons on Catoosa WMA and one three-day control season on Skinner Mountain WMA. 
 
BONUS RESEARCH IF YOU CARE TO READ.
Similarly, population-wide culling activities, including trapping, controlled shooting, drive shooting, and aerial gunning that incorporated a centralized bait station, had no effect on size of areas used by feral swine.
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Another study from Australia noted that feral swine modified behaviors to avoid detection by helicopters during helicopter shooting exercises
 
Be sure you look at the time-line photos.
Missouri Photo Proof
7/30/2017 – Time 6:18:53 – Hog Feeding
7/30/2017 – Time 6:29:14 – Hog Dogs in Pursuit
7/30/2017 – Time 9:55:08 – Hogs Return to Feed
 
GIVE big heart symbol to some of the greatest dogs in American History – Man alone can not take on the Feral Hog Crisis in Missouri. Because of Missouri Broken System and Policy the WILD HOGS in Missouri are only getting bigger and more dangerous.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN FAIRY TALES?

Currently there are 58 government trappers for 2019, but only had 28 Feral Hog Trappers in Missouri for 79,434 acres of public land that means each government trapper are coving 2,836 acres of ground which requires a STATE to spend $2,495,915 dollars to catch 9,300 hogs for 2008, that is $266.00 per hog killed and $89,139.82 per government trapper “Trapper, truck, supplies, etc. etc”

That does not include Private acreage!!!!

(1 1/2 months of no trapping on any public land in Southern Missouri during Turkey Season)
(4 months of no trapping on any public land in Southern Missouri during Deer Season)

Now Missouri Agencies, Lobbyist are putting the Extreme amount of pressure on Mark Twain National Forest.

What happens if the Missouri Agencies and Lobbyist WINS and Missouri Public loses?

GAME OVER!!! MISSOURI WILD HOG REFUGE SYSTEM

Welcome to the GREAT LAND OF OZ

Real Simple – Mark Twain has approx. 1,500,000 acres in the state. To trap 1,500 acres a piece on Mark Twain alone will require 1,000 Government Trappers at an estimated cost of what the state already spends for 2018 will be $89,139,821 that’s 89 Million Dollars to sustain trapper, equipment to cover even less per acre than they cover now.
 
If each trapper gets one fancy drop trap and electronics for each. That’s 1000 x $8,000 each for trap. That is 8 Million in traps alone.
 
REALLY that’s all fantasy it will be more like 100 trappers for the entire state of Missouri. ROFLMAO
 
Want more Wild Hogs don't Call and oppose - All it will do is prove me RIGHT in 2 years.
 
Mark Twain has approx 1.5 million acres in the state of MO. Our Government Agencies have yet to date been able to eradicate hogs on approx 79,434 acres in SE Missouri, it’s going to be devasting to our Farmers to shut down an additional 1.5 million acres!

 (Wild Hog Refuge system in Missouri is working great to increase the population not so much on elimination)   

Fun FACT - I guess it will be even more illegal, since it's already illegal. "releasing of all feral swine on the forest will be illegal"

CAN’T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS – UNLESS YOU’RE THE GOVERNMENT!!!

Mark Twain National Forest - 
QUOTE: May, 2019 – “Presently, feral swine populations are well established in many counties in southern and central Missouri, including most of Mark Twain National Forest."

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Certified Wildlife Biologist with MDC, Alan Leary - 
QUOTE: May 2019 - We know trapping is working and diminishing populations because we see fewer signs of damage from feral hogs.”


https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/mtnf/landmanagement/?cid=FSEPRD629017&fbclid=IwAR2vFGrNLW9rLRN3kUqhcODeOdxU4Zxp4vGBb976ICGkLt9lN8JhMZWLO-k

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Modeling and Mapping the Probability of Occurrence of Invasive Wild Pigs across the Contiguous United States

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0133771

QUESTION FOR THE ALL OF MISSOURI TO ASK

So Mark Twain National Forest has been taking years, now comments to ban killing hogs in the borders. It's going to happen, just dog and pony show now. 

I have never heard a Biologist or Scientist IN MY LIFETIME say we made a mistake but with new research and informa
tion we have change our policy.

So when that happens because the Hog Population in Missouri makes Texas look like amateurs.


How many years from that point will it take to reverse it? That's a question nobody is asking.

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