MISSOURI FERAL HOG POPULATION
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BREAKING NEWS: MISSOURI Estimated Wild Hog State Populations is between 10,000 and 100,000 because the USDA only considers Missouri a Level 3 State.
Mark Twain National Forest publication (Forest Reflections 2017, page 10), “an estimated 20,000 – 30,000 feral hogs in the State of Missouri –
Now since USDA runs MTNF finally understand where the number came from:
That would mean that 2019 population would be closer to 40,000 to 100,000 after a 3 year ban on hunting.
Remember MDC stated we had 10,000 wild hogs in 2014, that’s a magic number. Keep Reading.
It’s a crying shame that this information is TREATED LIKE NATIONAL SECURITY SECRET.
IT’S A FREAKING PIG!!!
Well AGAIN had to go out of the state TWICE to find the information.
Playing word games with Tier and Levels here it is. Had to got back to 2017 Funding to find it.
I asked USDA they had to ask bosses in DC and Senators and Representative what’s the difference between Tier 3 (Level 3) and Tier 4 (Level 4) Feral Swine State is?
Missouri Agency is mad that they are not in this Pilot Program. Missouri is only a Tier 3 (Level 3)
Didn’t expect answer. So, going thru 35 years of sources. Best info I could get.
Tiered ranking based on feral hog densities from USDA calculations. More on the program can be found at the link, but not much info on the tiered ranking.
Which lead me to this!!!!
FY 2015 and 2016 Allocations
Level 5-$325,000 – (Today’s Pilot Program Level)
Level 4-$295,000 – (Today’s Pilot Program Level)
Level 3-$235,000 – (Today’s Missouri Level)
Level 2-$165,000
Level 1-$68,000
Detection Level-$42,000
Level 0-$0
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 Agency is mad that they are not in this Pilot Program. Missouri is only a Tier 3 (Level 3)
So, does Missouri Agency believe we have OVER 100,000 HOGS after 3 years of hunting ban?
All coming together now – Missouri agency says that feral hogs are too hard to figure out the population but, then in 2014 the magic number of 10,000 appeared in official statements.
Read again what 10,000 wild hogs gets you!!!!!
Arizona Feral Swine with USDA Levels
https://www.lcrmscp.gov/crtr/presentations/2017/crtr17_09.pdf
Mark Twain National Forest publication (Forest Reflections 2017
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd536458.pdf
Feral Swine Pilot Program
https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/national/programs/farmbill/?cid=nrcseprd1461219
FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!
Missouri Department of Conservation – Director Sara Parker Pauley
MEET DIRECTOR
https://mdc.mo.gov/about-us/department-details/meet-director-sara-parker-pauley
Hollywood has nothing on them. You can't make this stuff up
They can’t eliminate feral hogs within Missouri Borders without help of our many partners.
GUESS HUNTERS IN MISSOURI ARE NOT PARTNERS IN STATE OF MISSOURI?
2008 plan order by Governor and since then?
WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS!!
ARE PARTNERS WISHED THEY WOULD HAVE CLOSED EARLIER THE HUNTING OF HOGS?
FOR 20 YEARS OF HUNTING AND TRAPPING –
REALLY HOW MANY TRAPPERS EACH YEAR FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS?
Question which area with no hunting has hogs been eliminated FERAL HOGS - 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, MINGO WILDLIFE REFUGE, WAPPAPPELLO LAKE –PECK’S RANCH AND TAUM SAUK STATE PARK, ETC.?
WE HAVE MADE PROGRESS!!! –
Less Damage must be seen and people are seeing less hogs this year?
DO WE HAVE LESS HOGS THAN WE DO IN 2008?
WE GOT OFF TO A SLOW START AND GAVE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR RELEASE OF HOGS!
So breeding and migration has nothing to do with it? Might want to listen to the Elk Biologist talk once habitat has filled up the animals move out from that area. LOL has to be the best line in the whole thing.
IF MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST CLOSES TO HOG HUNTING WE WILL PROVIDE MONEY!!!
I thought 1.865 million of the 2.2 million came from the USDA?
So your going to stop eradication on 1000’s conservation areas if Mark Twain National Forest stays open?
Nothing Edited - Watch here if you don't believe it - Video of Conservation Meeting
Attention: PEOPLE OF MISSOURI – DADE, CEDAR, VERNON, BATES, ST. CLAIR, HICKORY, BENTON and CAMDEN counties you are in the FERAL HOG TASK FORCE ZONE 1
As of June 28, 2019 – Missouri Department of Conservation – Director Sara Parker Pauley stated that ZONE 1 had almost eliminated all the Feral Hogs from that ZONE 1!!
What are you thoughts?
The same zone which seems hogs have been bragged about being eliminated to Wildlife Society 2015 - QUOTE - Missouri has eliminate two of five identified feral swine populations. Photo is from Dade county I got this in last few weeks of hog in field
RESPONSE FROM THE PEOPLE OF MISSOURI
I have seen several dozen hogs at a time in a few of these county's in the last few months
I deer hunt St. Clair . I spoke with a local farmer last fall that gave mdc permission to shoot hogs on his land with the helicopter, he told me alot of the farmers would not give them permission so they spent most of the day trying to run the hogs onto the property they had permission to hunt with the helicopter and only ended up killing a couple hogs, sounds like a waste of money to me!
!!BREAKING NEWS!!
MISSOURI DOG HAS BEEN KILLED BY WILD HOG
7 TO 8 INJURED
2 possibly permanently INJURED
DADE COUNTY MISSOURI.
JUNE 29TH, 2019
!!BREAKING NEWS!! – MISSOURI DOG HAS BEEN KILLED BY WILD HOG – 7 TO 8 INJURED and 2 possibly permanently INJURED in DADE COUNTY MISSOURI.
First the owner of the dog ripped open in photos is highly upset because, they rushed dogs to vets and is dog named GIZMO has now died. So, first I want to say I am sorry, owned dogs all my life and losing a dog is tough and sending a stranger photo does not make it any easier.
While coyote hunting, the dogs ran across the hogs and broke off the coyote chase. These are not hog dogs. They are not trained to bay Wild Hogs and don’t have the strength to take on Wild Hogs like trained catch dogs with cut vest to protect them do.
Once they took on the wild hog, they were ripped open and even the veterinarian best efforts could not save GIZMO
Now what makes this so bad, last month in April Commission Meeting they bragged on how great a job they have done in eliminating hogs from those Zone 1 in which DADE county is in. They are even hard to find.
Maybe because of your methods you are using?
Feel Free to go to 2:08 Minutes you can see the proof.
https://livestream.com/mdc/events/8627555/videos/189898231
As of June 28, 2019 – Missouri Department of Conservation – Director Sara Parker Pauley stated that ZONE 1 had almost eliminated all the Feral Hogs from that ZONE 1!!
Listen for yourself.
https://mdc.mo.gov/about-us/conservation-commission/conservation-meetings-and-actions/live-streaming-commission
Since then I received photos from farmer of hogs in field Dade County.
The same zone which seems hogs have been bragged about being eliminated to Wildlife Society
2015 - QUOTE - Missouri has eliminate two of five identified feral swine populations. https://wildlife.org/collaborating-to-halt-feral-swine-damage-from-the-wildlife-professional-magazine/
While the Missouri Feral Hog Task Force is winning the war using the Media against hunters. They are losing the war against the FERAL HOGS and PEOPLE OF MISSOURI hunting and pet dogs are paying the price.
This makes 1 Coyote Dog, 1 Coon Dog killed, 4 Pet Dogs Injured and 7 to 8 Coyote Dogs Injured in 7 months.
Not one of these attacks on dogs have been covered by the Missouri Media but widely aware of.
http://www.northamericanwildlifeandhabitat.com/missouri-wild-hogs-attack-pets.html
http://www.northamericanwildlifeandhabitat.com/missouri-wild-hogs---broken-system.html
MOVING FERAL HOG IN TRAILERS!
5:36 Minute Mark of video!
Who the hell is trapping and moving feral hogs in trailers?
Moving feral hogs in trailers!
Moving feral hogs in trailers!
Moving feral hogs in trailers!
So is this just stock footage coming from a different state? Or is this a MDC trap, trailer and feral hogs being loaded up?
https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/ozarks-tonight-efforts-to-eliminate-feral-hogs/
FRONT LINE OF THE MISSOURI HOG WARS - TOWN HALL MEETING
If I could give an American Journalism Award it would be to this newspaper, because they stopped just taking the word of the government agency and started asking the CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS to both sides of the story.
The editor of the Wayne County Journal Banner has gave me permission to post so everyone can read. I broke it down just in case you can't zoom in enough to read. Send that paper a big thank you. Reynolds County Courier and Wayne County Journal Banner
https://www.waynecojournalbanner.com/
(Article was awesome just not publish as a online link
Plucking hairs: New feral swine genetic archive
https://wildlife.org/plucking-hairs-new-feral-swine-genetic-archive/
The New Madrid County BACON SEED is on the loose
(Not released by hunters, but someone's pets)
June 27th, 2019
Smith fights for all methods of feral hog eradication in Mark Twain
http://www.thesalemnewsonline.com/news/local_news/article_80371d30-9912-11e9-ad6e-ff9fd20c8256.html
NO GUARANTEE OF WHOLE SOUNDER SUCCESS!!! When Animal Activated Traps are used. WELCOME TO MISSOURI!!! The majority of traps used.
Missouri Department of Conservation owned only Traps as of July 10, 2019
Electronic Human Activated
Qty. 7 – Boarbusters
Qty. 2 – Jager Pro
Total of 9 Electronic Human Activated Traps
Animal Activated Traps
Qty. 3 – Box
Qty. 88 – Drop Traps
Qty. 147 – Guillotine
Qty. 47 – Saloon/Rooter
Total 285 Animal Activated Traps
Total 294 Hogs Traps owned by MDC.
NO GUARANTEE OF WHOLE SOUNDER SUCCESS!!! When Animal Activated Traps are used. WELCOME TO MISSOURI!!! The majority of traps used.
NO CELL SERVICE!
Castor River Conservation Area Hogs Killed - 10,000 Acres
Number of feral hogs killed; the information is based upon available data. Not all persons entering the data include all specifics such as gender, age, etc. The information includes data entered by state and federal agencies.
So, I have the first Wild Hog Photo October 29th, 2011 going across property.
2014 Wild Hog killed at Twin Bridges Campground
When did you see hogs on Castor River Conservation Area?
So, September 30th, 2016 MDC banned hog hunting on conservation areas because it interferes with efforts by MDC staff to trap and eliminate entire groups of feral hogs, called sounders.
2012 – 0 Killed
2013 – 0 Killed
2014 – 0 Killed
2015 – 0 Killed
2016 – 0 Killed
2017 – 66 Killed by Trapping – 41 Sows – 25 Boars – 15 Adults – 51 Juveniles – 0 Fetus
2018 – 61 Killed by Trapping – 29 Sows – 32 Boars – 20 Adults – 41 Juveniles – 0 Fetus
Private Landowner's adjacent to and around Castor River Conservation Area
Comments have flooded in since posting videos on March 2nd, 2019
It isn’t nothing to see groups of 50+ at one time and most likely if you see one group you will see the other 4-5 Sounders that like to roam that area. The Sounders range between 35 to 50 +
Private Landowner Adjacent to Castor River Conservation Area - I started seeing 2 Juvenile Wild Hogs in 2016 since then the problem has only gotten worse - I had photos now of up to 20 Wild Hogs in one photo.
Private Landowner 4 Miles West of Castor River and only a 1 mile west from Castor River Conservation Area- We have a 5 Acre Food plot that looks just like that across the river. From a Distance it looks as if it has been plowed.
Missouri Feral Hog Refuge System - With the Wild Hog reports I have gotten and the landowners and hunters I have talk to, looks like 6.5 mile radius from Blue Pond the Epic center of Castor River Conservation Area with 23 acres of corn food plots and 84,948 acres.
Multiple Road Kills on Hwy 34 at CRCA and 2 of 5 killed on my property coming from CRCA
Bollinger County Hogs Killed
Number of feral hogs killed; the information is based upon available data. Not all persons entering the data include all specifics such as gender, age, etc. The information includes data entered by state and federal agencies.
So, I have the first Wild Hog Photo October 29th, 2011 going across property.
When did you see hogs in Bollinger County?
2012 – 0 Killed
2013 – 0 Killed
2014 – 0 Killed
2015 – 0 Killed
2016 – 55 Killed by Trapping (Total 55)
– 21 Sows – 22 Boars – 9 Adults – 11 Juveniles – 0 Fetus
2017 – 257 Killed by Trapping, 7 Killed by Shooting, 5 Killed by Helicopter (Total 269)
– 153 Sows – 115 Boars – 96 Adults – 257 Juveniles – 0 Fetus
2018 – 272 Killed by Trapping, 8 Killed by Shooting (Total 280)
– 139 Sows – 141 Boars – 123 Adults – 157 Juveniles – 0 Fetus
State of Missouri Hogs Killed
Number of feral hogs killed; the information is based upon available data. Not all persons entering the data include all specifics such as gender, age, etc. The information includes data entered by state and federal agencies.
2012 – 1,001 Killed
2013 – 1,397 Killed
2014 – 2,371 Killed (Wild Hog Est. Population 10,000 in state of Missouri by MDC) (Level 3)
2015 – 3,791 Killed
(One sow can give birth to two litters of about six piglets twice per year, resulting in a population growth rate of about 166% per year per MDC.)
2016 – (Total Killed 5,358)
4,872 Killed by Trapping, 258 Killed by Shooting, 4 Killed by Snares, 224 Killed by Helicopters, 0 killed by Dogs
– 1,760 Sows – 1,584 Boars – 2,224 Adults – 1,344 Juveniles – 0 Fetus
(So, 1,760 Sows killed in 2016 survived 2015 efforts – 1,760 x 166% = 2,292 piglets born in 2015 by those individual sows)
2017 – (Total Killed 6,567) (Wild Hog Est. Population is 30,000 to 40,000 in state of Missouri by MTNF Report).
5,853 Killed by Trapping, 383 Killed by Shooting, 1 Killed by Snares, 350 Killed by Helicopter, 0 killed by Dogs
– 2,192 Sows – 1,893 Boars – 2,453 Adults – 1,666 Juveniles – 0 Fetus
(So, 2,192 Sows killed in 2017 survived 2016 efforts – 2,192 x 166% = 3,639 piglets born in 2016 by those individual sows)
2018 – (Total Killed 9,365)
8,577 Killed by Trapping, 486 Killed by Shooting, 0 Killed by Snares, 302 Killed by Helicopter, 0 killed by Dogs
– 3,431 Sows – 2,998 Boars – 3,786 Adults – 2,633 Juveniles – 0 Fetus
(So, 3,431 Sows killed in 2018 survived 2017 efforts – 3,431 x 166% = 3,639 piglets born in 2017 by those individual sows)
TWO TICKETS 15 YEARS AGO RELEASE HOGS AND BUT 7 TICKETS FOR KILLING HOGS!
Ok let me get this right MDC has been trapping hogs for 20 years and have been blaming hunters from the start. Have gotten two convictions back 15 years ago. All the top leadership brags about both of these.
Whole state in 1969 requires confinement of hogs
Since 1969, there have been feral hogs in a few Missouri Counties, primarily south of Interstate 44.
1990s, domestic pork prices plummeted, and hogs were released by hog farmers.
So, they started Trapping in 1999 per MDC
The release of hogs illegal. The passage of “Feral Hog Statutes” in 2002
In 2004 they catch ONE person Releasing Hogs and ONE person for helping release hogs. BENTON County Missouri.
But they have given tickets for killing hogs SEVEN times.
But in a OFFICAL GOVERNMENT DOCEMENT - FERAL HOGS- STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION IN MISSOURI one page 31 in a special “sting” operation was conducted in early 2005 and several people were prosecuted for illegally releasing hogs for hunting purposes. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/wildlife_damage/nwrc/downloads/Hardin.pdf
So, where that sting information?
Letter sent by MO Dept of Conservation & MO Dept of Agriculture to US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue, urging his support to BAN HOG HUNTING & support their efforts to close Mark Twain National Forest to Hog Hunting!
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