Hog Hunting
Prepping a hog for the butcher
If you’ve ever field-dressed a deer, you’ll have a rough estimation of how to do a hog, but there are a few differences in quartering a pig.[…]
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High-tech hog whacking
What’s that green glow?
It’s a beacon for bacon.[…]
Columns
Toxic bait for feral hogs
Kaput is the brand name of a toxicant approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use as a lethal bait for feral hogs. According to the label, the active ingredient in Kaput is Warfarin, an anticoagulant medication sold under the brand name Coumadin.[…]
Hog Hunting
Massive 820-pound hog goes down in Alabama front yard
Wade Seago’s pet Schnauzer, Cruiser, is nothing if not brave.[…]
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Public Rambling: Late-season hog success at the Delta
Though we struggled through a down deer season on the Delta, it’s not in our nature to give up, so we chased after the hogs relentlessly and finally scored on a few big ones late in March. […]
Apex Predator
Double the barrel — Double the hog
Last year I found my wife’s forgotten Beretta 12-gauge over-and-under tucked away deep in the closet while searching through her old hunting gear from before we met. To a hunter like me, it was like finding buried treasure. […]
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LSU study links wild hogs’ DNA to waterborne pathogens in Central Louisiana
Feral hogs have long been known as an invasive, disease-carrying scourge on the Louisiana landscape, wreaking havoc on agriculture, hunting leases and even other wildlife caught in their wake.[…]
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Night-hunting is right for hogs
I remember the first time the destructive nature of wild hogs was driven home in my mind. It was some years back, and I was riding a four-wheeler down an old gravel road on Cat Island NWR when I came across some rootings.[…]
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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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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
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.[…]
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Varmint: Why wild hogs spread so quickly
Louisiana has a strange relationship with Sus scrofa — the feral hog.[…]
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.[…]