Texas Ag Comish to announce approval of pesticide to use against Feral hogs

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It can't come a minute too soon!!
The details aren't out yet, but there is a little info released.
There will be severe restrictions on it's use--individual landowners will have to have an applicators license or the land it is used on be under supervision of licensed applicator.
If it is what I have seen, it will have to be used in a device that only a hog can get it's snout in to. (note I said "If".)
http://www.easttexasmatters.com/new...ide-use-in-fight-against-feral-hogs/659748862

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller will be announcing approval of a major new weapon in the ongoing war against feral hogs in Texas. Commissioner Miller has approved a rule change in the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) that classifies a new warfarin-based product as a state-limited-use pesticide for control of feral hogs. State-limited-use pesticides may only be bought and used by a licensed applicator or someone under the direct supervision of a licensed applicator. The pesticide, "Kaput Feral Hog Lure," is the first toxicant to be listed specifically for use in controlling the feral hog population.

"Wild hogs have caused extensive damage to Texas lands and loss of income for many, many years," Commissioner Miller said. "I am pleased to announce that the 'feral hog apocalypse' may be within Texans' reach with the introduction of Kaput's hog lure."

Introducing warfarin as the first pesticide available to control the feral hog population is significant because it gives agriculture producers and landowners in Texas a new weapon in the fight against feral hogs with minimal risk to other animals. According to experts familiar with the issue, warfarin is a logical choice for hog toxicant, because it is effective in swine but requires much higher dosage levels to potentially affect other wildlife populations or livestock. The Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service is supportive of the rule change and the use of warfarin for feral hog population control.

Commissioner Miller has informed the legislature that $900,000 in TDA's budget previously earmarked for feral hog control research will no longer be necessary as a result of this rule change and has asked that the appropriation be removed from the current TDA budget pending before the Legislature.

The manufacturer of the product, Scimetrics Ltd. Corp., has been manufacturing rodent management products for 15 years. Extensive testing of warfarin has been conducted in Texas since 2008. The approval of warfarin for feral hog control is the culmination of several years of research in partnership with Scimetrics and TDA. A representative from Scimetrics will also be on hand to take questions regarding the product.
 
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I watched a natgeo (or some-such) show about that very device being tested in TX. Only the squeals/grunts of a hog will get the contraption to open and anything else will cause an electric shock. It's supposed to be 100% effective at killing the hogs that eat the poisoned corn/grain. I just wonder what's supposed to be done with all the carcasses? And how fast death happens. Also wonder what happens when the coyotes and other meat eaters come upon these carcasses and feed on them. Will it in turn poison them?
 

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I have lost two dogs due to poison that the neighbors laid out for the pigs in the woods that join our properties. It was very sad to watch and took the vet and I forever to figure out what was happening. I hope those bait contraptions are fool proof, it is a hard thing to go through and seemed very inhumane even for a pig... I understand the reasons, but sad none the less
 

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Also wonder what happens when the coyotes and other meat eaters come upon these carcasses and feed on them. Will it in turn poison them?
I hope so. I hope it kills the buzzards too. A 3 fer 1 is hard to beat.
 

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We don't have a problem where we are with feral hogs... a few miles away and they are plagued with the beasts. Nice to see Sid actually earning his money by doing something useful.
 

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Those scavengers are nature's clean up crew, I sure wouldn't want all those dead bodies littering my woods! :sick
 

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I am new to Texas from Alaska. I grew up in Wyoming on the farms. Do any of you know anyone that will allow me to come shoot some hogs off their property?
 

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Greetings and welcome to BYH @Huntingstud I don't have sufficient acreage to have hunters come shoot and though I know there are hogs close by, I haven't seen any on my property (yet). You might contact the local game warden or county extension agent and see if they know anyone who could use a hand hunting hogs.
 

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Thank you very much. I really appreciate it. It was my dads and my dream to shoot hogs with a bow and rifles. He was killed on a hunting trip with me last fall when your boat flipped. I want to complete the list of hunting we put together while sitting around the camp fires. So I can't thank you enough.
 

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Sorry you lost your dad. I'm sure you miss him and each hunting trip will remind you. If he was called to go, better the way it happened than to waste away over years with cancer or Alzheimer or the like. I'll bet he preferred it the way it happened over that.
 
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