I heard last week that the geniuses at the Alabama wildlife preservation or what ever its called have imported grey wolfs in north al to help controll the hog population. I was wondering if anyone had seen any or heard about this. I guess at least this way instead of a pig having 20 somethin piglets a year a wolf is only gonna have half that many pups a year. i just see in the near future an over population of wolfs since they have no natural enemies here and then having cougars or bears being brought in for that. It would be a lot simpler to just put a bounty on hogs and just let the hogs natural predators (humans) try and take care of them.
Im just sayin i knew an old lady that swallowed a fly.
Why didn't they just import some hog hunters? Besides, some of those hogzilla's are big enough to swallow a wolf whole. To put the wolves anywhere near hogs like that is cruelty to the wolves if you ask me.
Hell hogs like to be near water and are highly nomadic. The wolf presence will not bother them, they will just move to where there aren't wolfs present.
I heard last week that the geniuses at the Alabama wildlife preservation or what ever its called have imported grey wolfs in north al to help controll the hog population. I was wondering if anyone had seen any or heard about this. I guess at least this way instead of a pig having 20 somethin piglets a year a wolf is only gonna have half that many pups a year. i just see in the near future an over population of wolfs since they have no natural enemies here and then having cougars or bears being brought in for that. It would be a lot simpler to just put a bounty on hogs and just let the hogs natural predators (humans) try and take care of them.
Im just sayin i knew an old lady that swallowed a fly.
I have put my name and number up at the local farmer co -op olffice and am hoping now the deer season is about over I will get some calls to help clear out some hogs off the farm lands.
If I could get down there, Natasha and I would be happy to help you. She shoots to minute of angle with 180 grain ammo, and S&B makes a 180 grain softpoint she likes. And I like barbecued pork just fine, and y'all cain't get good Southern barbecue up here no matter what the barbecue places say.
If I could get down there, Natasha and I would be happy to help you. She shoots to minute of angle with 180 grain ammo, and S&B makes a 180 grain softpoint she likes. And I like barbecued pork just fine, and y'all cain't get good Southern barbecue up here no matter what the barbecue places say.
well from what i understand you wouldnt have to worry about getting a liscence since there is no closed season on hogs it isnt considered a game animal and u dont have to have a huntin liscence.
If I could get down there, Natasha and I would be happy to help you. She shoots to minute of angle with 180 grain ammo, and S&B makes a 180 grain softpoint she likes. And I like barbecued pork just fine, and y'all cain't get good Southern barbecue up here no matter what the barbecue places say.
Ya cain't get good southern BBQ in my neck o'the woods either and I think this is considered the south.
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where I mostly hunt in the Big Cypress Swamp is the only place in the South that is not over run with wild hogs. the reason is that we are over run with panthers! there used to be plenty of wild hogs but as the cat population rose, the hog & deer population declined. we still have deer but hogs are too easy for a panther to catch and they are now extinct in that area.
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Ya cain't get good southern BBQ in my neck o'the woods either and I think this is considered the south.
I don't think Missouri is considered part of the South. During the Civil War, the pro-Confederacy governor called for a convention to vote on seceding from the Union. The result was a vote overwhelmingly in favor of remaining in the Union. The governor called out the State Guard (a pro-rebel militia), a newly-promoted Union general turned out the Federal troops and called up the Union-supporting militias, and chased the pre-Confederate governor to the southwest corner of Missouri, despite losing all but one of four battles fought along the way.
The convention that had voted to remain in the Union essentially became the state legislature of Missouri. They declared the office of Governor to be "vacant," appointed a senior judge to become Governor, and sent troops off to fight for the Union. The pro-Confederate "government in exile" did not control the state. I think that makes Missouri a Union state, not part of the Confederacy.
A hog will kill a dog if they get a hold of them. I know some folks who use Pitt Bulls to hunt hogs and they always cut their ears way back because of this. It's the easiest spot to get a dog and once a hog gets on 'em, they don't let go either.
Letting hunters take care of the hog problem with their own dogs is a better solution. Pits are excellent hog dogs.
Just out of curiosity - did they discuss with the wolves the need to enjoy pork?
I just do not recall reading of a wolf pack on the hunt for little porkers.
Are they going to attach little elk antlers to the porkers?
If this story is true I feel it will make for more problems than solutions.
it always is a bigger problem once they get their hands on it. my cousin (who lives in GA) told me they have an over population of turkeys, one day he pulled up beside a game warden at a gas station that had a big wooden crate in the back of his truck. When my cousin ask what was in the box the warden said rattle snake, FOR TURKEYS, they brought in gators to help with the beaver population here so wolves wouldnt surprise me one bit.
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