HOSS
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The Tennessee Widlife Resource agency opened up wild hog killing year-round because we are having a huge population explosion and they are causing 1.5 billion in damages. That sounds fine but on the flip side they banned sport hunting of hogs with the exception of a couple of public management areas. Their reasoning is that sport hunting of hogs increases their poularity. The problem is that it only allows the land-owner and 10 designees of the land owners to hunt the hogs. The guy who is hunting deer on his lease but is not a "designee" cannot legally kill a wild hog and faces fines etc. for doing so. So if a hog walks by a deer hunter he can't take the target of opportunity approach. Some of the big leases may have 50 hunters as members but only a maximum of 10 designated by the land owner can kill a wild hog. On the public WMA's that have alot of hogs they do not allow sport hunting on many of them as of this year. The couple that do are restricted to deer season only and dogs cannot be used in November and December.
Why all the restrictions? If we are having a crisis like they say (and I believe them) open hog hunting up to everybody year-round on public areas and if you have permission on private land. It seems taht more will be taken or trapped this way. The new law also makes it illegal for a live feral hog to be transported anywhere. That is a good part of it.
Why all the restrictions? If we are having a crisis like they say (and I believe them) open hog hunting up to everybody year-round on public areas and if you have permission on private land. It seems taht more will be taken or trapped this way. The new law also makes it illegal for a live feral hog to be transported anywhere. That is a good part of it.