Kirk
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A proclamation was signed in April that removes all seasons for wild hog, feral pig hunting on private lands. Hog hunts will also be discontinued on several WMA's. </p>
TWRA wants rid of hogs and eliminates statewide hunting seasons for hogs. hmmmmmmm.
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The Following was posted on TNDeer.com
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Proclamation 11-04 Statewide Big Game Hunting Seasons
Wild Hog - Remove wild hogs from big game and eliminate all wild hog hunting (will be listed in new Nonprotected Wildlife proclamation).
Here is statement by TWRA Big Game Coordinator Daryl Ratajczak: (From TNDeer.com)
The agency, as well as every other state agency in the country, has been trying to address the hog problem for quite some time. It is generally accepted that once a hog population becomes established it is near impossible to eradicate. The best way to keep hog populations under control is to not let them get established from the start. This means we'd simply have to set up a "front-line" along its historic range (Unaka Mountains and Cumberland Plateau) to prevent their natural range expansion. Unfortunately, their range expansion is not natural.
As you can see from the map below, hogs are showing up in isolated pockets (yellow arrows):</p>
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The only thing we know for certain is pigs don't fly...they drive.
These isolated pockets can only be attributed to one thing, the illegal transport and release of hogs, primarily for the purpose of hunting. In order to slow their spread, we are removing the incentive to hunt hogs while we are equipping landowners with more opportunities to remove hogs from their property. This includes reclassifying them as a non-protected species and allowing landowners (and their designees) to use any legal weapon available, live-trapping with bait (outside of big game seasons), and the ability to easily get an exemption to allow them to hunt hog with the use of an artificial light or with the aid of bait, some counties will even allow landowners to use dogs to control their problems.
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TWRA wants rid of hogs and eliminates statewide hunting seasons for hogs. hmmmmmmm.
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The Following was posted on TNDeer.com
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Proclamation 11-04 Statewide Big Game Hunting Seasons
Wild Hog - Remove wild hogs from big game and eliminate all wild hog hunting (will be listed in new Nonprotected Wildlife proclamation).
Here is statement by TWRA Big Game Coordinator Daryl Ratajczak: (From TNDeer.com)
The agency, as well as every other state agency in the country, has been trying to address the hog problem for quite some time. It is generally accepted that once a hog population becomes established it is near impossible to eradicate. The best way to keep hog populations under control is to not let them get established from the start. This means we'd simply have to set up a "front-line" along its historic range (Unaka Mountains and Cumberland Plateau) to prevent their natural range expansion. Unfortunately, their range expansion is not natural.
As you can see from the map below, hogs are showing up in isolated pockets (yellow arrows):</p>
The only thing we know for certain is pigs don't fly...they drive.
These isolated pockets can only be attributed to one thing, the illegal transport and release of hogs, primarily for the purpose of hunting. In order to slow their spread, we are removing the incentive to hunt hogs while we are equipping landowners with more opportunities to remove hogs from their property. This includes reclassifying them as a non-protected species and allowing landowners (and their designees) to use any legal weapon available, live-trapping with bait (outside of big game seasons), and the ability to easily get an exemption to allow them to hunt hog with the use of an artificial light or with the aid of bait, some counties will even allow landowners to use dogs to control their problems.
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