Feral Hogs as Food

[joeg26er]

When I brought this to the check station and others crowded around, I heard someone say,"Now THAT'S how you kill a d**n hog!"

yeah just whisper in his ear...

 

[rizbunk77]

We are just starting to get them in Nebraska, but Game and Parks forbids anyone to shoot them.. Makes alot of sense huh? They say they don't want a population but banning the public from shooting them doesn't seem like a logical step to me. On one hand they say that deer herds have to be managed or we will hunt them off the face of the planet then in the same breath they say that public hunting of wild pigs will not do anything to fix the problem. I guess I should not be so perplexed since this is the gov we are talking about.

 

[MCgunner]

On one hand they say that deer herds have to be managed or we will hunt them off the face of the planet then in the same breath they say that public hunting of wild pigs will not do anything to fix the problem.

While I agree that the Nebraska game management folks seem to have their heads where the sun don't shine regards to hogs, you must understand that you CAN hunt deer out of existence. These are two completely different species with completely different natality rates, habitat requirements, food requirements, etc. It's apples and oranges and this is why game management agencies spend so much time studying different species to learn how to properly manage that particular species.

What works for deer doesn't work for hogs and vice versa. Simple deal is, though, feral hogs are NOT game species, they're escaped livestock gone wild. Nebraska's biologists can't be THAT stupid.... Trust me, though, if hogs are taking hold there, it won't be long before there's a no limit open season policy, once they figure out what TP&W already knows.