Ohio House Passes Bill To Ban Hog Hunting in Buckeye State
The proposed changes come in effort to finally eradicate the invasive species through other methods such as trapping
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Ohio to ban hog hunting?
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It sounds counterintuitive, but I’ve heard some other states have had much better control of wild hogs after a hunting ban than before. When hunting them is legal, dipshits haul them in and dump them to support the industry. Targets on the landscape = money to be had by someone. The folks at USDA Wildlife Services are absolute surgeons when it comes to taking out wild hogs. It makes sense to me, to let them eliminate the threat while they still have the advantage, and prevent (as best as possible) the introduction of new hogs to the landscape.
Anyone who has seen firsthand the amount of damage a sounder of feral pigs can do in just one night understands why this bill is good for Ohio hunters and landowners. We absolutely do not want them here.
The reasoning sounds plausible, but like anything, will have to see how it works.
I trust the gubmint to do nothing except fuck things up. I expect this will be no different.
Is this a federal funded program or state? Where does the money come from for the trapping program? Is possibly both depending on who's land it happens on? I have questions.
Bigcountry40
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I’ve been apart of this website for 10 years and one member or his kin killed a couple hogs by random luck.This website is full of woodmen who spend a lot of time in the field and collectively we’ve seen like 5, this is a nonissue
Big_Holla
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Exactly what I have been thinking. What about road kills with them?? Seems like if there actually were some out there locals would be sure to take them out. You just don't hear about them. We had 3 on a camera one year passing through, like 15-20 years ago, and they never showed up again.
A personal friend was one of the main forestry guys for Zaleski and that section of the WNF. He logs tons of miles in the woods each year and is a good woodsman and hunter. He couldn't even reliably find them other than a time or two a year.
I own property on the hocking Vinton line, right where the ODNR map says there are pigs. I have seen signs of rooting once. I heard pigs grunting in the dark once.
I do know if they can stop the spread of wild pigs let them!! We don’t want them in Ohio we can always run down south to hunt them
I do know if they can stop the spread of wild pigs let them!! We don’t want them in Ohio we can always run down south to hunt them
I use to hunt with a group of fellows in southern Ohio for about 3 years starting 10 years ago. We used dogs and would catch about 3 good hogs a year with a few piglets also caught. When the USDA trappers/hunters started their program that finished our hunting. I enjoyed hunting hogs but glad the USDA came in and did their job. Wild hogs are just another invasive species that have no place in Ohio or elsewhere.
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Interesting how wild hogs are such a huge end of the world issue everywhere except where they exist. We have plenty of them here. They don't really cause a problem in so much as damage to habitat etc. Do they cause problems for farmers in areas where they have had a chance to vastly overpopulate due to a lack of hunter access. Sure. No different than deer do when people can't hunt them. Are pigs this big huge issue that people make it out to be, not even close. To hear some talk one would think that the presense of pigs spells ecological disaster. Raccoons and groundhogs do more damage to Ohio crop yields in a single year than pigs would do over the next 40. The USF&W isn't giving grants for state DNRs to trap Raccoons despite them being far more destructive though. Just follow the money.
Bowhunter57
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I'm with you on waiting to see if it works or not.
They've banned hunting of bobcats too and now they're throughout the state.
I had hopes that they'd never get as far north as they have, but I was wrong. I know of people here in Allen County have had their horses attacked by bobcats. The wounds were bad enough for them to call a Vet out to have the lacerations sewn up. It jumped on the horses head and held on for a while, then got dumped off and then it attacked the horses' rear legs. The wounds were deep.