MISSOURI FERAL HOG DID YOU KNOW
August 1st, 2019
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STOP DRINKING THE KOOLAID!
Missouri agencies, Missouri lobbyist, Missouri environmental extremist and Anti-Hunting groups blames hunters and landowner for wild hogs in in Missouri.
Since deception and biased agenda driven “science” is being used by Missouri Agencies, Lobbyist in Jefferson City and Media is so ignorant about the outdoors, they have no clue on what questions to ask.
Eradication is a LIE.
What they don’t want you to know, is all below.
DID YOU KNOW? Hogs roamed free range until 1969 when every county in Missouri required confinement of hogs.
DID YOU KNOW? Feral Hogs have roamed southern Missouri since 1969.
DID YOU KNOW? - 1990s, domestic pork prices plummeted, and hogs were released by HOG FARMERS in Missouri.
DID YOU KNOW? Feral Hog is a bureaucratic designation it is not a difference species of pig.
DID YOU KNOW? Today, there are potentially 3 types of wild pigs that occur in North America. There are domestic pigs that have gone feral (feral hogs), hybrids between Eurasian boar and feral hogs, and Eurasian boar
DID YOU KNOW? - However, few if any true Eurasian boar still free-range in North America due to the rapid dilution of their bloodlines through the near constant breeding practices of wild pigs. All 3 types can collectively be referred to as wild hogs, whereas only domestic pigs released or escaped from domestic pig farms, that have gone feral can accurately be referred to as feral hogs.
DID YOU KNOW? - 15 Years ago, ONE conviction of ONE person Releasing Hogs and ONE person for helping release hogs. BENTON County Missouri.
DID YOU KNOW? – Convictions for killing FERAL HOGS in Missouri SEVEN times.
DID YOU KNOW? - THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT NORTH - Nathan P. Snow, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center. - Snow and his colleagues found that, during this period, the rate of northward expansion accelerated from. (4 miles/year to 7.8 miles/year) - The results of the model showed that invasive wild pigs are most likely to expand their range into adjacent areas that are similar to the ones they currently occupy, since southern Missouri is on the north expansion of the wild hog.
DID YOU KNOW? – Wild Hogs can swim streams, rivers and lakes.
DID YOU KNOW? – Study’s show using GPS - Missouri has the greatest average movement rates for wild hogs & The average home range size was greatest in Missouri for Wild Hogs.
DID YOU KNOW? - Successful Wild Pig Eradication Utilize Trained Dogs - 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.
DID YOU KNOW? USDA Mark Twain National Forest 2019– Quote: “Presently, feral swine populations are well established in many counties in southern and central Missouri”
DID YOU KNOW? Mark Twain National Forest publication Forest Reflections 2017, page 10 released in June 2018, projects numbers at “an estimated 20,000 – 30,000 feral hogs in the State of Missouri.”
DID YOU KNOW? Level 3-Between 10,000 and 100,000 feral swine (Today’s Missouri Level)
DID YOU KNOW? 2014 – 2,371 Killed (Wild Hog Est. Population 10,000 in state of Missouri by MDC) (Level 3) Only 24% of the Wild Hogs Killed in the state of Missouri.
DID YOU KNOW? MDC Quote “HOPING to catch the whole sounder." HOPE IS NOT A STRATEGY, and HOPE IS NOT A TACTIC,
DID YOU KNOW? NO GUARANTEE OF WHOLE SOUNDER SUCCESS!!! When Animal Activated Traps are used. NO CELL SERVICE! Most traps used by the Missouri Department of Conservation are Animal Activated owned only Traps as of July 10, 2019 - Total of 9 Electronic Human Activated Traps – Best method for catching whole sounders.
Total 285 Animal Activated Traps – Can catch 1 or 60 just based off of HOPE and LUCK!
DID YOU KNOW? 2017 – (Total Killed 6,567) (Wild Hog Est. Population is 30,000 to 40,000 in state of Missouri by Mark Twain National Forest Report). ONLY minimum of 22% of the hogs killed in Missouri
DID YOU KNOW? 3,431 Sows killed in 2018 survived 2017 & 2016 trapping efforts – 3,431 sows x 166% birth rate = 11,390 piglets born by those individual sows for those two years.
DID YOU KNOW? - Texas, Louisiana or Florida Biologist, Scientists and Agency who says they cannot be eradicated. Quote “The feral hog has managed to survive, adapt, and increase their numbers despite attempts at population control. While it is possible to keep population in check with continued controls of 70 plus percent killed annually, it is highly unlikely to eradicate a hog population within established range."
DID YOU KNOW? - SINCE 2016 and for some area even longer or never allowed hunting of hogs - If trapping is the ONLY method successful and trapping entire sounders. Then all these areas would be Wild Hog Free since they have had no hunting and are under complete control of Interagency Feral Hog Eradication. JOHNSON SHUT INNS STATE PARK, FORT LENOARD WOOD, BIG SPRING NATIONAL PARK, CURRENT RIVER NATIONAL SCENIC RIVERWAY, SAM A. BAKER STATE PARK, DUCK CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, WAPPAPPELLO LAKE, TAUM SAUK STATE PARK and PEAK’S RANCH.
DID YOU KNOW? - QUOTE: 2017 THERE WERE APPARENTLY TOO MANY ACORNS AVAILABLE FOR HOGS TO RESPOND TO BAITED TRAPS” Susan Flander President LAD Foundation
DID YOU KNOW? That the LAD Foundation who has also banned hunting wild hogs and support all bans of hunting wild hogs, board members are also part of Sierra Club an Anti-Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Organization.
DID YOU KNOW? – United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Article - April 9th, 2018 -
QUOTE: Every hunting tool in his bag to kill pigs: To control Wild Hog Population it requires all methods be used. Trapping, Snaring, Hunting, Hunting with Dogs, and Shooting at Night.
DID YOU KNOW? – April 2019 – Missouri Department of Conservation told private landowner to stop reporting feral hog sighting on his property and on public land next to his property.
DID YOU KNOW? Missouri Department of Conservation Alan Leary - Certified Wildlife Biologist Feral Hog Coordinator QUOTE 2019 "We do not want money going to the private landowners"
DID YOU NOW? Research Funded by Missouri Department of Conservation. - MINGO WILDLIFE REFUGE WILD HOG RESEARCH March 14th, 2014 - HOG DOGS – 54.8%
115 - Feral Hogs with HOG DOGS - A Special Use Permit (SUP) was issued to a hog tracker with “hog” dogs.
DID YOU KNOW? Research Funded by Missouri Department of Conservation. - MINGO WILDLIFE REFUGE WILD HOG RESEARCH March 14th, 2014 = HUNTING / SHOOTING – 23.3%
25 - Feral Hogs taken by Hunters during the managed hunts for whitetail deer
24 – Feral Hogs shot by Staff over bait piles.
DID YOU KNOW? Research Funded by Missouri Department of Conservation. - MINGO WILDLIFE REFUGE WILD HOG RESEARCH March 14th, 2014 - TRAPPING – 18.6% 39 – Feral Hogs TRAPPED by MDC one full-time hog technician with panel traps, with bait.
Trapping was halted for deer and turkey seasons to prevent baiting issues.
DID YOU KNOW? 1 1/2 months of limited to no trapping on any public land in Southern Missouri during Turkey Season because they are using corn as bait
DID YOU KNOW? 4 months of no trapping on any public land in Southern Missouri during Deer Season because they are using corn as bait
DID YOU KNOW? Landowners in Missouri can only hunt PART of their land during deer and turkey season if they are baiting for hogs.
DID YOU KNOW? Landowners in Missouri must work with MDC or USDA if baiting for hogs in a CWD Zone in Missouri.
DID YOU KNOW? Missouri Department of Conservation Website, YouTube Channel and the material handed out at demonstration, along with the University of Missouri Extension provides absolutely nothing to show private landowners how to build their own traps or bait hogs..
DID YOU KNOW? That other states have workshop for landowners controlling Feral Hogs population.
DID YOU KNOW? Multiple other states have information online for busy landowners to control the Feral Hogs population: Texas A&M University System, Mississippi State University Extension Service, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service Arkansas Forest Resources Center, Alabama Cooperative Extension System, TAMU Wildlife and Fisheries Extension, ACES - Fresh from the Field.
DID YOU KNOW? Written guidelines DO NOT EXIST to the public or landowners in the state of Missouri but shows up 10 times in the Missouri Wildlife Code even though it is not considered wildlife by the Missouri Department of Conservation.
DID YOU KNOW? Research Funded by Missouri Department of Conservation. - MINGO WILDLIFE REFUGE WILD HOG RESEARCH March 14th, 2014 - SNARES – 2.9%
6 – Feral Hogs with CABLE RESTRAINTS (snares) set up in known locations by MDC full-time hog technician.
DID YOU KNOW? Research Funded by Missouri Department of Conservation. - MINGO WILDLIFE REFUGE WILD HOG RESEARCH March 14th, 2014 - HELICOPTER – 0.5% - (MDC killing the last remainder of hogs) BHAAAAA
1 - Feral Hog was taken by MDC Helicopter
DID YOU KNOW? A 2014 Missouri study calculated trapping costs at $264 per pig and aerial shooting at $296 per pig, Jump said. Brad Jump, Springfield, Missouri’s feral swine coordinator for USDA - Wildlife Services.
DID YOU KNOW? 2013 - The Missouri Department of Conservation will conduct a one-day aerial operation to control feral hogs in Mingo National Wildlife Refuge. MDC Staff Quote: With traps, you might get 15 hogs. If we can get out with the helicopter and get 40 or 50 in one day, so that's so much more efficient.” 2013 - Aerial hog hunt yielded exactly 1 dead hog at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge.
DID YOU KNOW? Government Helicopters are killing the last few hogs, but after 5 years of flying over, over, and over the same areas are they still killing hogs and even dozens of hogs caught on video the day after a helicopter finished.
DID YOU KNOW? Government Helicopters have killed 732 Wild Hogs in 7 years of flying.
DID YOU KNOW? 22 Individuals with Dogs for free Killed 1,800 Wild Hogs in 2018
DID YOU KNOW? 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.
DID YOU KNOW? Castor River Conservation Area 9,578 Acres Hogs Killed – Ban on killing hogs by public in 2016 and ZERO Killed by Trapping - Then in 2017 – ONLY 66 Killed by Trapping – Then in 2018 – ONLY 61 Killed by Trapping
DID YOU KNOW? MDC Feral Hog Coordinator Quote "There are also public health considerations, as feral hogs carry diseases that are not found in pork available in grocery stores."
DID YOU KNOW? Then in Alabama they make a video on how to field dress and butcher. Provided by the very same USDA Wildlife Services, along with Alabama Cooperative Extension
System, Auburn University School of Forestry Wildlife Services, Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries and Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources
DID YOU KNOW? Professor and Extension Wildlife and Fisheries Specialist Billy Higginbotham - One of the many tools is hunting, that can kill 24% of the population.
DID YOU KNOW? It is illegal for a Missouri individual to transport a feral hog to slaughterhouses in Missouri and it is illegal to take a dead feral hog to a processor, even if they take dead deer.
DID YOU KNOW? Thousands of hogs killed are not buried, burned, or taken to landfill, they are left to decompose on the landscape and waste flows into the waterways in Missouri that we get our water, float and swim in Missouri.
DID YOU KNOW? Black Vultures are drawn to the thousands of hogs decomposing on landscape to Missouri and are the same Black Vultures eating on Missouri livestock.
DUCK CREEK CONSERVATION AREA
JULY 29TH, 2019
Duck Creek Conservation Area were closed to the public for safety reasons. OPPS that was back in February, guess they missed a few thousand.
If trapping is the ONLY method successful at catching WHOLE SOUNDERS.
Then why is Duck Creek Conservation Area NOT Wild Hog Free since they have no hunting ban since 2016?
Helicopters are killing the last few hogs.
If helicopters are killing the last few hogs why after 7 yeas are the same areas coming up again, again and again?
When hog hunters allow dogs in and around feral hog traps it disturbs the trapping scene and causes feral hogs to leave the area.
If it's ONLY hog hunters and they have not been allow on Duck Creek Conservation Area for 3 years why are you banning the entire general public?
Ever seen any media ask that question? NO BECAUSE THEY ARE PART OF THE FERAL HOG PROBLEM!!!!
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February 2019 - Duck Creek Conservation Area
https://www.kait8.com/2019/02/14/helicopter-elevates-feral-hog-removal-mingo-national-wildlife-refuge/
Breaking News: Video Proof taken February 15th around 11:30 by Concerned Missouri citizens. Proof the MDC and USDA APHIS policy on Feral Hogs is a failure in Missouri. The day after 127 hogs killed at Mingo - Feb 13th thru 14th. MDC Quote “One of the reasons we use the helicopter is to have the most efficient means for eradicating hogs." Might want to revise that statement. - Won't see this on the local TV station.
MINGO WILD HOG NURSERY OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
WITH THE HELP OF DUCK CREEK CONSERVATION AREA - THEY ARE ABLE TO INCREASE THE FERAL HOG POPULATION IN MISSOURI!
MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST - HAS A DIFFERENT NARRATIVE WHY WILD HOGS ARE IN MISSOURI!
AUGUST 1ST, 2019 - Until MDC tells them to change it.
Domestic pig farmers fault!
Pet owners fault!
High Fence owners fault!
MDC will straight them out. It landowners and hunters fault!
FERAL HOGS Our national forests are home to many wild animals, but they have become home to other animals as well, including feral hogs. Hogs are considered feral (or wild) when they are not marked to show ownership and are roaming freely. Missouri’s feral hogs have originated from a variety of sources such as escapes from “on-the-ground” hog operations, released pets (potbellied pigs) and accidental escapes from licensed shooting preserves that offer hog hunts.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/mtnf/recreation/hunting/?cid=stelprdb5293560&width=full
REAL REASON FOR FERAL HOGS IN MISSOURI
WHEN MISSOURI AGENCY'S POINTS A FINGER HUNTERS!
MAYBE THE THREE FINGERS POINTING BACK AT MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ARE THE REAL REASON WILD HOGS EXIST IN MISSOURI!
Seems to be because of the failure to do their jobs is the real reason!!!! Since Mark Twain National Forest official stance is that two of the ways Feral Hogs come to exist in Missouri is.
Quote:
1. Accidental escapes from licensed shooting preserves that offer hog hunts.
2. Escapes from “on-the-ground” hog operations
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE are the agency that oversees and regulates the "on-the-ground" hog operations.
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION are the agency that oversees these permits and regulations licensed shooting preserves.
Big Game Hunting Preserves Boar, Wild (including feral hogs, razorback hogs, European boars and other pig species) hogs may only be
propagated, held in captivity, and hunted on big game hunting preserves approved specifically for hogs by the department on or before
January 30, 2015.
Fence
requirements shall meet standards specified
in 3 CSR 10-9.220. Fencing for hogs shall be
constructed of twelve (12) gauge woven wire,
at least five feet (5') high, and topped with
one (1) strand of electrified wire. An additional two feet (2') of such fencing shall be
buried and angled underground toward the
enclosure interior. A fence of equivalent or
greater strength and design to prevent the
escape of hogs may be substituted with written application and approval by an agent of
the department.
https://repticon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/MO-Wildlife-Code-Captive-Wildlife-Chapter-9.pdf
FERAL HOG ATTACK IN MISSOURI
July 23rd, 2019
Breaking News. Man mowing his yard attacked by feral hog in Madison County, Missouri. At this time no serious injuries were reported to man. Shoot, Don't Report.
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MISSOURI IS A LEVEL 3 FERAL HOG STATE
Ok Missouri is at Level 3 -10,000 "announced by mdc in 2014" - and 100,000" My best guess using MTNF numbers from 2017 is we stand at end of 2008 - 28,000 to 72,000 but the Min Number has be be above 100,000.
After they get MTNF closed. Missouri becomes Level 4 - 2022 is my best guess.
Operational Component Funding Structure
Level of baseline funding allocated to each WS state program depends on feral swine populations, distribution, damage to resources, presence of potentially damaged resources and state, territorial, tribal, or local regulations impacting management efforts
Estimated State Populations
Level 5-Greater than 750,000 feral swine (Today’s Pilot Program)
Level 4-Between 100,000 and 750,000 feral swine (Today’s Pilot Program)
Level 3-Between 10,000 and 100,000 feral swine (Today’s Missouri Level)
Level 2-Between 1,000 and 10,000 feral swine
Level 1-Less than 1,000 feral swine
Detection Level-All know feral swine populations have been eliminated from a Level 1 state and surveillance/monitoring efforts will continue for a minimum of two additional years to ensure success
Level 0-No feral swine (feral swine were either never confirmed in the state or the state has been free of feral swine with no confirmed reports for more than two years
MISSOURI YEAR 2022
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MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST protects wild hogs from hunters - Missouri becomes Level 4 - Year 2022 - Hog Population
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MISSOURI YEAR 2027
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MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST protects wild hogs from hunters - Missouri becomes Level 5 - Year 2027 - Hog Population
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