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.[…]
Contents
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. […]
Columns
The Bayou State has bacon
Last month in this column I paid tribute to the wild hog, which has been in this country for 500 years. My point was that this critter has been able to survive despite the fact that most are out to eliminate it from the landscape.[…]
Columns
Hail to the feral hog
Back in July our nation celebrated its 238th birthday. No doubt many of you celebrated Independence Day watching a traditional fireworks display; you saw the rocket’s red glare and the bombs bursting in air, and hopefully avoided the popping of a firecracker in your hand.[…]
Hog Hunting
Video: When wild hogs attack
Hunting is often described by the uninitiated as an act perpetrated on innocent animals. And, well, we do hide in trees and wait for deer to meander into our sights.[…]
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LWFC adopts NOI for aerial feral hog control
Citing the growth of the feral hog population and the corresponding damage they create, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a notice of intent last week that would establish permit regulations for aerial hog control.[…]
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Taking down hogs — airboat style
In what Greg Hackney likened to “a carnival ride with a shotgun,” the Sportsman TV host recently traveled to Violet for an airboat hunt to take down some feral hogs in the marsh.[…]
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LDWF investigating allowing recreational hunters to serve as helicopter gunners to help reduce feral hog population
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is currently working with Texas Parks and Wildlife to investigate developing a program that would allow recreational hunters in Louisiana the opportunity to pay and serve as gunners on helicopter flights to help reduce the state’s feral hog population.[…]
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Hog hunting — airboat style
In tonight’s episode of Sportsman TV, host Greg Hackney travels to Violet for an airboat hunt to take down some feral hogs in the marsh.[…]
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Airboat Hog Hunt
Like a carnival ride with a shotgun, we set out to control the feral hog population using airboats to run them down.[…]
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New episode of Sportsman TV tonight at 6:30 on CST: Airboat Hog Hunt
In a brand new episode premiering tonight on CST, Sportsman TV host Greg Hackney traveled to Violet for an airboat hunt to take down some feral hogs in the marsh after deer season.[…]
Hog Hunting
LDWF’s aerial control program nets 54 hogs at Sherburne and Pearl River WMAs
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries’ aerial control program to shoot feral hogs from a helicopter last week on Sherburne and Pearl River Wildlife Management Areas netted a total of 54 downed pigs, according to the state veterinarian.[…]
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LDWF to use helicopters to hunt down feral hogs this week on Pearl River and Sherburne WMAs
With harvests by hunters not putting a dent in the wild hog population on state wildlife management areas, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is using helicopters this week to hunt down feral hogs on Pearl River and Sherburne WMAs.[…]
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Hog hunting Mozambique-style
In Louisiana, hunters across the state have tried lots of different ways to control the feral hog population.[…]