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May 4th, 2011, 06:16 PM #11
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HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced he has lifted protection on feral swine in Bedford County and has issued an updated executive order to allow for the incidental taking of feral swine statewide by licensed hunters.
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May 4th, 2011, 08:44 PM #12Grand Member
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Re: Locating feral hogs.
Coyotes are open 24/7 365. Hunt them and hogs.
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May 4th, 2011, 08:56 PM #13
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as far as hogs go i dont think south central is the way to go you might wanna look into tioga potter and the northern most counties . not saying there are none lower in the state . but you would have better luck up there
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May 5th, 2011, 08:15 AM #14Active Member
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RWJ - Thank you sir.
Magras - I heard there is a breeding population up there too but I have no other info on them. I also don't have a place to stay in the northern counties. In the Bedford area we can stay at my friend's camp and scout/hunt from there. Gotta go with what's most practical, ya know. Thanks for the information however. If I ever make it up there I'll definitely have a look around.
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May 5th, 2011, 11:00 AM #15
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Will a nonresident small game license ($30 instead of $100) suffice for hunting hogs then if I'm theoretically also hunting coyotes and/or woodchucks?
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May 5th, 2011, 11:06 AM #16
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May 5th, 2011, 01:43 PM #17
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Yep, good to go. No caliber restriction on groundhogs so anything you take, manually operated of course, should be fine. Semi-auto shotguns plugged to 3 shells also good to go...
Just make sure to wear your orange cap!!! lol
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May 5th, 2011, 03:26 PM #18
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Day late and a dollar short bro ! The feral hogs are already in Jersey ! They have been for some time. And the ones in the Legislature have been here even longer and are even more destructive then their kissin cousins
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A pig problem
For the past 15 years, Gloucester County has had a pig problem. Some wild hogs that either escaped or were released in Franklin and Monroe townships made themselves at home near White Oaks Golf Course.
A few generations removed from farm life, wild pigs look less like Babe than an Arkansas razorback, with coarse fur and tusks they use to dig up roots and grubs. Between 40 and several hundred of the feral hogs are believed to roam the woods.
“They call them ‘living Rototillers,’ ” said Nicole Rein, a wildlife specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Egg Harbor Township.
Living up to the pig’s reputation, these hogs are not picky eaters.
“It would just take a few pigs a few hours to destroy a field. They can destroy a golf course looking for grubs and earthworms and acorns. They will eat anything. They definitely have an economic impact,” she said.
Golf course employees were puzzled by the first signs of damage they noticed five years ago along the rough edges of the course, owner Eric Dobson said.
“We didn’t know what they were. We just saw the damage they left behind,” he said.
Pigs in the wild can contract diseases such as swine fever that can be transmitted to domestic pigs.
Experience in other states shows it does not take long for a minor annoyance to become a major catastrophe. The last comprehensive feral swine census counted 4 million across 30 states, especially in Texas, Florida, California and Hawaii, where they cause hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to agriculture each year.
After seeing what just a few pigs can do to a golf course, Dobson said, “The damage could be devastating.”
New Jersey opened a hunting season on the pigs last year. The goal: complete eradication. But since pigs produce big litters and the herds are skittish around people, wild hogs could be here to stay."Si vis pacem, para bellum
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May 6th, 2011, 08:25 AM #19
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Check out wagon wheel cabins . you can google the name its in kettle creek pa . not a bad place to spend a weekend
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Magras - Hey, thanks. I appreciate the info. Now I can look into the northern counties if Bedford doesn't work out. It's always good to have options. Thanks again.
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