RattlesnakeDan
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Except hogs don't go and hang themselves out of remorse. lolThat's what makes it cool. Works the same way.
Except hogs don't go and hang themselves out of remorse. lolThat's what makes it cool. Works the same way.
Dang it!Except hogs don't go and hang themselves out of remorse. lol
No, they just feast on their dead buddies.Except hogs don't go and hang themselves out of remorse. lol
You know, it isn't exactly a poison per se. Sodium nitrate is actually a preservative used in some of the foods we eat, such as bacon, ironically. Or, the other way to look at it is that everything is a poison in sufficient quantities or levels of ingestion. Hogs don't have much of enzyme needed to break down the sodium nitrate very well and as a result, it gets into their system and keeps the blood from absorbing the oxygen. They go to sleep and die.
The problems I see are multifold, however. Because of the risk to wildlife and livestock, the poison must be delivered by specific types of feeders that only allow access for hogs. This is supposed to eliminate by-kill. Maybe it will. I just have to wonder how long such selective feeders will actually function correctly. The concern here is that they stop precluding other animals access.
Having only seen the prototypes on video, one thing that I noticed they didn't stop of spillage. If the hogs don't police their mess, then other animals will.
It will be interesting to see how well it works. I suspect it will have limited success. Hogs will likely either become more tolerant of the sodium nitrate over time or it just won't be used by enough places places to be effective. If the hogs really have to eat this stuff for 3-6 weeks as claimed in the article, I don't see how it is going to work at all.
Interesting. Just curious, what are the sources for Texas having rejected sodium nitrate and/or to be likely bringing in warfarin? I had a search on Google Alert for this and haven't seen either, but then again, if you don't use the right terms, the articles won't show.
that sounds fine on paper, but i'm not sure it would actually work out that way in the field. i've had farmers tell me they've tried fences, poison, traps, hunters and the chopper, and no one did as much for them as i did. they say the hogs used to dictate what they could plant but thanks to me they could now plant whatever they wanted. i'm not saying this for my ego, it's big enough. i'm saying that even with all the above plus the hogs i kill, they are still there. not sure what a professional hunter could do that i'm not. when hogs get tired of getting killed, they move to another field. then the neighbors complain and the farmer gives them my name. then the hogs become someone else's problem again, for a while. eventually i have a large area to hunt but hogs find enough cover to still multiply. yeah, yeah i miss a lot of hogs, but i kill a lot too. if i can still see them, i keep shooting.The real issue are the landowners who will not allow professionals on their land to rid them of the problem. Another are all the Wildlife Commissions in the States not opening public land all year, allowing baiting and night hunting and closing seasons on hogs most of the year. This would not be the problem it is now had these 2 groups acted properly 10 years ago allowing trappers and pro hunters year round access!
...Well 1 did cross the fence last yr and he never went back home ;)
that sounds fine on paper, but i'm not sure it would actually work out that way in the field. i've had farmers tell me they've tried fences, poison, traps, hunters and the chopper, and no one did as much for them as i did. they say the hogs used to dictate what they could plant but thanks to me they could now plant whatever they wanted. i'm not saying this for my ego, it's big enough. i'm saying that even with all the above plus the hogs i kill, they are still there. not sure what a professional hunter could do that i'm not. when hogs get tired of getting killed, they move to another field. then the neighbors complain and the farmer gives them my name. then the hogs become someone else's problem again, for a while. eventually i have a large area to hunt but hogs find enough cover to still multiply. yeah, yeah i miss a lot of hogs, but i kill a lot too. if i can still see them, i keep shooting.
before i joined here, i was also killing 3 to 4 times the hogs i'm killing now, so that argument is without merit. there is no basis for banner bashing either. now, speaking of education, it's too bad you haven't learned to pick your battles better. perhaps you wouldn't have backed yourself into a corner. here goes....where are your banners?? We all have a vested interest whether fun or business. But since you are new I will tell you a small fact. When TLM was killing hogs for FUN he killed 3-4 times (maybe more) than he does now for a business. It is just that he is that good a shot and can teach you in the field how and where and which hog to start with and why. Quite an education...
Frank might judy chop you man!your karate is crap and your sensei's karate is crap. what you got to say about that, chump!!!