[kansascoyote]

dude I know but I have tried pheseants before cant get them to live and reproduce even raising them from chicks in a wild setting , Guess mother nature knows what shes doing . Darn gotta shoot quail , they taste better anyway .

[BunnyWabbit]

Quote:       Originally Posted by ottawa rogue

what person in their right mind would consider a turkey cute? those have gotta be one of the ugliest birds i've ever seen. kinda like a buzzard.

I have a pet turkey. She likes her ears rubbed and lets me kiss her on the head. Follows me all over the yard. I moved her to the garage with heat lamps now that it's really cold. She used to fly out of her pen and wait for me on the front steps in the morning, but has since got too fat to get much lift to get out. Turkeys are beautiful birds even though they have a brain the size of a walnut.

[kansascoyote]

and they taste good don't forget that.

[BunnyWabbit]

Not Bubba. Wouldn't consider eating her. Too much of a pet now. She is a bronze. Has a blue head and I am so used to the wild turkeys I thought for sure she was a tom. At least until she laid an egg. She struts too, just never gobbled. My bad.

[hooves n halter]

Quote:       Originally Posted by ottawa rogue

seeing how we now have a kansas forum here, i'll ask this. how many of you have seen any wild hogs or hog damage when you're out in the field? and what do you think of the KDWPs decision to outlaw hunting of them?

I have several wild hogs that run around our place. My husband first saw them several weeks ago while I was at a horse show. Now we continue to see them quite often. They were spotted as recently as yesterday by my daughter and her friend.
It's nothing to stand at back door and watch them run across the pasture! I want them gone, gone, gone!!!!! They spook the horses and my horses are worth a heck of a lot more than those "stinkin" little swine.

I wasn't aware that you couldn't hunt them until I began asking questions. Now I'm completely stunned.
Guess what they don't know won't hurt them.



BTW...in speaking of cougars....I saw my first one in Barber County way back in 1987......but was something you didn't talk about as everyone would think you were a few sandwiches short of a picnic.

HnH....in Sedgwick county.

[kansascoyote]

hooves and halter , You just say the word and your kansas freinds will come vist your location and make short of some them hogs !

[dogman_dan]

Yeah, every hog seeking hunter will come a running the minute someone offers to have them shot. Ive heard of places in OK that will let you take a hog for free, bit of a drive though. I would really enjoy a good hog hunt but the public lands on KDWP are pretty specific on what you can and cant do... and most things lean towards cant.

[ottawa rogue]

up until july 1st 2006, you could kill as many ass you wanted, now you can't touch them
I'll tell you this, if i were a farmer i'd be practicing the 3 "S"s.
you wouldn't believe the field damdge we were seeing.
it looks a lot like a roto tiller went through there
and i'd be damned if i bought one of their "pest control liscences"!!!

i wonder if they'll still be able to pay for pro hunters to kill them with the budget being what it is...Hmmmmm

[kansascoyote]

One pro hunter here willing to work for a 12"+ tusk, head mount.

[ottawa rogue]

+1.
I'm surprised you're not seeing signs of them out in your fields Kevin.

[zmax]

Quote:       Originally Posted by ottawa rogue

seeing how we now have a kansas forum here, i'll ask this. how many of you have seen any wild hogs or hog damage when you're out in the field? and what do you think of the KDWPs decision to outlaw hunting of them?

Havent seen any sign of hogs in north central ks, they will be shot on sight here i assure you

[99z28monster]

Any new sightings of these nasty little monsters? I will be back in the ottawa area soon for a few weeks and wouldnt minding shooting some "pictures" of some hogs. I figured they would love it out around pomona lake.

[Lobo0311]

IMOP, I think that the KDWP is more than slighty bass-ackwards on the pig thing. I mean we're paying them toi shoot our game, why not just give us the oppurtunity to pay the license fee and the fee to access the park and shoot them ourselves. I'd rather not pay for the fuel for THEIR vehicles and THEIR ammo to shoot OUR game. Hopefully they pull their heads out in the near future.

[cubesmoothie]

I live up in leavenworth and can't say i've seen any wild pigs around here. Haven't really been hitting the fields lately. I don't doubt there are some hefty populations of feral hog further south especially south of the KS and MO rivers. If KS got the feral pigs the KDWP must be idiots by not letting outdoorsmen take them at will. We have excellent deer population and large bucks abound up around leavenworth and pigs would put a damper on that. There's some talk goin around that the city released pumas to thin out the deer population, apparently a puma killed two 400 pound farm pigs out west of lansing a few weeks ago. Whatever the big cat was it dragged one of the big fat pigs 100 yards down a creek. Can't remember the exact date but not too long ago someone hit a puma with a car on one of the major highways in KCK. I'm pretty sure it was I435. It makes a big loop around kansas city.

Indeed the KDWP should let hunters shoot feral hog on sight no matter what their recorded population status is. Got property down in western arkansas and the feral pigs ruin everything they touch.

[minkowski1552]

Superior Game farms is 4 miles south of Burlingame. The person who owns it gives some decent pheasant hunts.

[ottawa rogue]

Quote:       Originally Posted by Lobo0311

I think that the KDWP is more than slighty bass-ackwards on the pig thing. Hopefully they pull their heads out in the near future.

from what i understand, the problem isn't so much with the KDWP, it's more with the Kansas Livestock Commision. don't ask me why, but that's what i've heard.

pigs? what pigs???
i was shooting at some old archery 3D targets

[Lobo0311]

Quote:       Originally Posted by ottawa rogue

from what i understand, the problem isn't so much with the KDWP, it's more with the Kansas Livestock Commision. don't ask me why, but that's what i've heard. pigs? what pigs??? i was shooting at some old archery 3D targets

Would be interesting to find out why the KLC has an opinion on this matter, dont know anyone who ever had "free range" pigs....LOL.

[ottawa rogue]

well, back in the days before you couldn't shoot them anymore, feral hogs came under the KLCs control.
i could have this wrong but i've heard that they were the ones who pressured the KDWP to declare them off limits where before, there weren't any laws on the books for them
i'd really like to get verification of this

[Lobo0311]

Quote:       Originally Posted by ottawa rogue

well, back in the days before you couldn't shoot them anymore, feral hogs came under the KLCs control. i could have this wrong but i've heard that they were the ones who pressured the KDWP to declare them off limits where before, there weren't any laws on the books for them i'd really like to get verification of this

I'd say someone needs to contact both agencies to see what the deal is and let them know that they need to rectify this situation. It would almost certainly improve the states economy, I mean think about it, the cost of the license ('specially for non-residents), ammo, lodging and so on. I just may look into it myself.

[minkowski1552]

Haven't heard of any hogs in Osage County. But there are a hell of alot of wild turkeys around here. Every farmer I know says kill them all. We get about 3 a year to smoke. Also, it seems to me that there are more quail this year then I've seen for some time.