Feral Pig Control :: Poison ? (TX)

[Marty]

How is this even a consideration?

Texas - Approval of a poison bait for feral pig control

Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller will announce Tuesday that he is approving a pesticide, “Kaput Feral Hog Lure,” for statewide use. He says the product, poisoned bait food, is the first specifically designed to control the feral hog population, now estimated at more than 2.5 million in Texas.

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[OPAH]

I'm I correct in saying that there is no limit, really reduced tags and open season on faral hogs in Texas?
That they have reduced the out of state Tags to next to nothing and that hunting has not decreased the population of Faral hogs?
I will go to Texas and Help them out No problem, just make it financially feasible for me to do so.

 

[#1Predator]

"Secondary" kills with warfarin have been documented (ground squirrel killed, secondary kill of a San Joaquin Kit Fox, an Endangered Species) on the Cal State Bakersfield College campus. Dumb idea.

 

[Stevehazard]

Poison, for pigs? Really? Sounds like a terrible idea.
Probably even deter people from hunting them as I imagine there are people who may not like the idea of eating meat with warfarin in it.

 

[Hoooper]

I'm I correct in saying that there is no limit, really reduced tags and open season on faral hogs in Texas?
That they have reduced the out of state Tags to next to nothing and that hunting has not decreased the population of Faral hogs?
I will go to Texas and Help them out No problem, just make it financially feasible for me to do so.

I have family in TX, not sure what the out of state license is but if its like all their other outdoors type licenses its probably cheaper than CA resident license. From what I gather, there are no limits on hogs, no tags, and basically no method of take limitations.

There are more hunters in TX hunting them, fewer limitations, and lower cost, the problem is the habitat in much of TX is better for supporting pigs than here so they breed and grow constantly. It would take a huge amount of hunting pressure to keep their numbers down.

Edit: Looks like the non-res is $315, so definitely not cheaper than a CA resident license. I guess they dont want all us Californians coming and stealing their game. There is a 5 day non-res license for $48 that covers feral hog, again no tags or stamps required for hogs.

 

[OPAH]

50 bucks for 5 days? Now that is something I could do!
get 4 or 5 guys together and it would be very workable.

 

[Planetcat]

I saw a documentary where they were showing a "feeder" that opened based on the sounds of the hogs. It was in Texas, and the demo they did on a game camera showed it not opening for critters other than pigs. It dispensed the Warfarin poison, which seems pretty effective. Regardless, I'm surprised that they think it will stay in the meat and spread to scavengers and potentially hunters. Can't they just feed some to a pig and test the meat for traces of it? This is 2017 after all, not 1930.

 

[KTKT70]

Parts of Texas pay you for every pig you kill. It's not big bucks but it's a far cry from over charge. You can hunt as many as you want. No tag needed. Just a hunting license and good to go. I'm still thinking we need to get a few guys together and make a trip out there.

 

[OPAH]

Working on it

 

[jindydiver]

Why would they use a warfarin bait when there are much safer alternatives?

 

[KTKT70]

Dam. So tha is what makes the blue fat hogs. Someone posted a pic last year. Not cool.

 

[KTKT70]

 

[#1Predator]

Texas ag commissioner approved the proposal. Done deal.

 

[KTKT70]

Odd part is it must not kill them if they are still running around.

 

[mezcan]

How will a Hunter in Texas know whether the pig he shot is suitable to eat?


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[KTKT70]

How will a Hunter in Texas know whether the pig he shot is suitable to eat?


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That's what I was thinking. I was wanting to take a trip out there to hunt hogs but not so sure now.

 

[Hoooper]

The Ag commission says warfarin turns the fat blue 24 hours after consuming, so that would be a pretty good sign. Also they note that warfarin is not necessarily toxic to humans in low doses, it is used in blood clot preventing medicine and you would have to eat a couple pounds of poisoned hog liver in order to get a dose equivalent to what you get from the warfarin pill. Liver is the worst part of anything poisoned since thats the filter so it gets to the highest concentration. Basically, if you believe the science, you could eat poisoned pig meat and not have a problem. Or you could just not eat any pigs with blue fat, or any pigs from an area where you find one with blue fat.

 

[mezcan]

The Ag commission says warfarin turns the fat blue 24 hours after consuming, so that would be a pretty good sign. Also they note that warfarin is not necessarily toxic to humans in low doses, it is used in blood clot preventing medicine and you would have to eat a couple pounds of poisoned hog liver in order to get a dose equivalent to what you get from the warfarin pill. Liver is the worst part of anything poisoned since thats the filter so it gets to the highest concentration. Basically, if you believe the science, you could eat poisoned pig meat and not have a problem. Or you could just not eat any pigs with blue fat, or any pigs from an area where you find one with blue fat.

Yet we have been warned in California that if we find a pig with blue fat in it to not eat it for any reason, not edible.....


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[Hoooper]

Yet we have been warned in California that if we find a pig with blue fat in it to not eat it for any reason, not edible.....


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I think its safe to say that if you take a pig that you know has been poisoned you should not eat it, even if eating it would likely not harm you.

 

[KTKT70]

Not cool to feed rat poison to a animal we want to eat. Dam tx has lost its mind. That's a California kind of thing to do.