Hog Hunting
Public Rambling: Atchafalaya Delta WMA yields exciting hog hunt
The eagerly awaited bow season has begun, and I have already made several hunts down at the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area. […]
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Hog Hunting
Crowley hunter downs 549-pound wild hog in Acadia Parish
Jason Mire installed a new box stand this summer so he could bow hunt on his lease near Egan, and started putting out corn early in August in anticipation of Area 10’s season opener on Sept. 19. […]
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Top 6 tips to safely clean feral hogs
Cleaning and consuming feral hogs can be done safely. Here are 6 ways to safely handle feral hogs to prevent contamination. […]
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6 feral hog diseases humans can contract
Feral hogs are everywhere these days, so deer hunters are bound to run across them during time afield. And putting some of the pigs down is a great way to manage their burgeoning populations, which can cause habitat problems. […]
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Kentwood man downs 350-pound-plus wild hog — from his lawn chair
While Marshal Travis sat in a lawn chair Monday night waiting patiently for a giant wild hog he’d seen on his trail cam, the 29-year-old Kentwood resident was having some second thoughts on his game plan for the evening. […]
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Apex Predator: Year-long Hog Wash Tournament starts Sept. 20
If you like hog hunting, eating pork and competing in tournaments, great news: Louisiana’s first year-long hog tournament begins soon. […]
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Public Rambling: Season recap on Atchafalaya Delta WMA
Hey guys, sorry this season follow up is so late, but we experienced some technical difficulties that are in the process of being resolved. […]
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Pending legislation would require LDWF permit to transport feral hogs in Louisiana
A bill that would require a permit from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to transport live feral hogs goes before the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment in Baton Rouge next week. […]
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LSU AgCenter scientists creating poison bait to target wild hog population
Researchers at LSU are currently developing a fish-based poison bait that, if ultimately approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, could put a serious dent into Louisiana’s wild hog population. […]
Hog Hunting
So you want to be a hog killer?
Do you hate the hogs that are tearing up your hunting property and making deer hunts more difficult? Do you feel a sense of accomplishment when you take a few hogs out of the population? […]
Hog Hunting
New Iberia man charged with allegedly killing Louisiana black bear near Cypremort Point
A 52-year-old New Iberia man was cited for allegedly killing a Louisiana black bear while hog hunting near Cypremort Point in St. Mary Parish on Feb. 28, according to a news release from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. […]
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Father-son duo bring home the bacon, down 700-pound-plus N.C. hog
Jonathan Florence admitted that it was “pure luck”, but neither he nor his father, Bruce, is about to downplay the hunt last Friday in Transylvania County that ended with Bruce Florence killing a 707 ½-pound wild hog he said could be best described with one word: buffalo. […]
Hog Hunting
Hog busters — How Louisiana Wild Hog Removal operates
A few years ago a group of eight hunters formed Louisiana Wild Hog Removal LLC to hunt, kill and remove feral hogs from other people’s property. […]
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Varmint: Why wild hogs spread so quickly
Louisiana has a strange relationship with Sus scrofa — the feral hog. […]
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Search and destroy — Group forms to exterminate Louisiana’s wild hogs
The hydraulics on the fork lift whined as it picked up the last pallet load of dead hogs. […]
Apex Predator
The legend of ‘Halloween Hogzilla’
On the final morning of October, I sat in my climber overlooking a water puddle commonly used by hogs on R.K. Yancey WMA with my new pig-busting 100-pound longbow. […]