MISSOURI WILD HOG WARS
Jefferson City Agencies, Lobbyist vs Southern Missouri Landowners, Conservationist, and Hunters
HEADLINE:
Missouri Jefferson City Propaganda VS Tennessee History and Facts:
Ask the question Why mislead the citizens of Missouri.
December 2018 – Closing in on the Feral Hogs – Missouri Department of Conservation Article online and in the Magazine, and Press Release.
Allowing hunting of feral hogs can lead to illegal releases, tempting some misguided individuals to establish new populations. TENNESSEE WITNESSED THIS FIRSTHAND. For 50 years, Tennessee did not allow hunting of feral hogs in any part of the state. There were two isolated populations around fenced hunting preserves, likely escaped hogs from those facilities. In 1999, a statewide hog season was started on public and private land. Over the next 10 years, populations of feral hogs popped up across the entire state, and the SUSPECTED CAUSE OF THIS SPREAD WAS INTENTIONAL RELEASE for hunting. This example shows that hunting creates an incentive for people to release feral hogs into new areas. In 2011, Tennessee changed regulations, no longer listed feral hogs as a game species, and banned hog hunting around the state. They are now seeing success with reducing populations.
NOW TENNESSEE HISTORY AND FACTS
Wild Pigs in the United States – Published 1991
Page 52 - Hooper Bald Introduction
Page 54 - 1930’s to present – The Wild Boar have increased their range in North Carolina and Tennessee through natural dispersal and as a result of numerous releases by state fish and game agencies and private individuals.
Page 56 – In May of 1962, 26 pen raised wild boar released Near Crossville, Cumberland County Tennessee, by the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission in an attempt to establish another huntable population in the state.
Page 57 – In 1965 and 1966, the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission again introduced wild boar into Cumberland County, This time successfully. During this stocking effort, a total of 46 wild boar where live-trapped in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park and released on the Catoosa Wildlife Management Area. They have dispersed into other counties of the Cumberland Plateau including Kentucky.
Page 57 – Between 1969 – 1973, the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission released 15 wild boar live- trapped in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park into the Tellico Wildlife Management Area. This relocation effort was conducted in conjunction with the control program being operated by the National Park Service.
Page 57 – Between March 1971 and July 1972, the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission released 115 wild boar into the Ocoee Wildlife Management Area of the Cherokee National Forest and the Hiwassee Ranger District in Polk County as part of the big-game stocking program.
By 1981 these animals had established a population and distributed into multiple other counties.
Page 58 – in 1979, live trapped wild boar from the Great Smoky Mountain National Park were also used to stock the Mississippi River Bottomlands of the 12,200 hectare Anderson-Tully Wildlife Management Area.
Page 62 – Captive Hybrid Population was maintained by the Tennessee Game and Fish Commission at Tellico Plains. The animals introduced into the bottomland’s areas of the Congaree River. By mid 1980’s a dense population existed.
TODAY: TENNESSEE
Wild Hog Control Methods for Landowners
Landowners have more opportunity than ever before to control wild hogs on their properties.
They can shoot wild hogs year-round during the day without limit and trap with bait outside of big game seasons. Furthermore, landowners may obtain an exemption from their TWRA regional office enabling them to kill wild hogs at night using a spotlight, and to trap year-round. 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 1, Big Hill Pond State Park(McNairy Co.) Huntable Lands: The portion that is south of the railroad tracks is open to hunting during the statewide seasons. Wild hogs may be taken during deer season by licensed deer hunters.
In Region III, wild hogs may be taken incidental to deer hunts on the following WMAs: Alpine Mountain, Bridgestone-Firestone Centennial Wilderness, Catoosa, Skinner Mountain, Standing Stone State Forest, and Tellico Lake. Wild hogs may be taken on any deer or bear hunt on South Cherokee WMA. 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.
In Region IV, wild hogs may be taken on any big game hunt on the North Cherokee; any deer or turkey hunt on Kyker Bottoms Refuge; and on any hunt, small game or big game, on the Foothills WMA and the entire North Cumberland WMA.
On the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, wild hogs may be taken with a special permit during any deer hunts and by small game hunters after the deer season.
HEADLINES:
Wild Hogs Killed an Estimated 37% to 47%
Shortfall of the 70% REQUIRED
https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd536458.pdf
Mark Twain National Forest - Forest Reflections 2017
The 2017 Mark Twain National Forest Annual Report
Forest Service
Eastern Region
Mark Twain National Forest
06/2018 - Page 10
FS-R9-93
Feral hogs are a non-native, exotic species living and breeding within all seven of Missouri’s designated Wildernesses managed by the Mark Twain National Forest (the forest) and on every Ranger District of the forest.
There are an estimated 20,000 – 30,000 feral hogs in the State of Missouri; 50 percent are thought to occur on our forest.
MDC Published Numbers - 2017 Wild Pigs Removed 6,567 for entire state
MDC Published Numbers - 2017 Wild Pig Reports in 30 Missouri Counties
From 23% to 34% Wild Hogs Killed an Estimated 37% to 47% - Shortfall of the 70% REQUIRED to keep population stable.
Not a Reduction, Not an Elimination, Not an Eradication, Not even Breaking Even – But actually Growth in population. No wonder MTNF Best Educated Guess in December of 2018 was 30,000 to 40,000.
MDC Quote “They’re definitely not migrating,” “They’re either escapees or purposely released.”
Why waste time releasing wild hogs when Natural reproduction rates creates 10,000 to 20,000 new born just in 2017 to 2018?
Breaking News:
March 2019 - Feral Hogs Damage at Big Spring Natural Area Video
784 Days later after MDC Helicopter Flight to kill Feral Hogs and enormous trapping efforts by the Parks Service for the past 784 days - https://www.news-leader.com/…/mdc-helicopter-gunn…/96730140/
Feral Hog Damage at Big Spring Natural Area still occurring in March of 2019. Feral hogs are known to ruin natural areas. Big Spring is one of the largest springs in the United States and the world – Areas closed to hunting, year round:
• ¨ Big Spring Area
• ¨ Big Spring Wildlife Refuge Area
Video provided by a Missouri Concern Citizen, Hunter, and Conservationist.
BAD NEIGHBORS
Just in Case you live in and work in Jefferson City, or your in Northern Missouri following the piped piper over the cliff.
Prime Example of a Bad Neighbor that won't keep their pets on their own property.
When your neighbor is MDC!
Quote Deputy Director of MDC - February 18th, 2019 - It's not a MDC problem it's a Missouri Problem
Then restrict - HOW, WHEN AND WHERE TO KILL!!!! 2007 - No Wild Hogs
2008 - No Wild Hogs
2009 - No Wild Hogs
2010 - No Wild Hogs
2011 - First Wild Hog single photo
2012 - No Wild Hogs
2013 - No Wild Hogs
2014 - No Wild Hogs
2015 - No Wild Hogs
2016 - No Wild Hogs - September Ban on Killing Wild Hogs on MDC ground.
2017 - No Wild Hogs
2018 - Wild Hog and Wild Hog Damage
2019 - Wild Hogs and Wild Hogs Damage
FERAL HOGS
REPORT DON'T SHOOT
NOW THE PROBLEM HAS JUST GOT WORSE
189 Days later after I first reported Wild Hog to the MDC - Now even larger Wild Hog has shown up - if the first one was a Sow - Piglets would have been born and be 75 days old and counting.
