I think you should be able to hunt them over bait during non deer and turkey season months.

So you guys that are saying no to all. You don't think you should be able to trap, keep small ones to raise and slaughter? Or castrate the hogs to be slaughtered later? Those typically require transportation within state.

Also I see bigger problems with running dogs for hogs than I do for deer if there is no regulation.

I'll weigh in. I emphatically agree with your assessment of the hog situation in our state. I've personally seen what they can to a farmer's field, a food plot, and a hardwood bottom. They are terrifically destructive.

1. No. And not just no, but hell no. Nor should you transport them to another state.
2. Yes. Only if to attempt one from shooting deer over bait
3. Yes but night hunting only allowed during closed deer season
4. No but you should be required to kill any you trap and should not transport them alive to another property.
5. Yes. But only during open deer and turkey seasons.
6. Yes. Limited to daylight hours only during deer and turkey season. Hunt them at night with dogs otherwise if desired.
7. Yes. You should have to have a license to hunt/kill any wild animal that has a open season in Alabama.
8. No. My only argument would be that since I do not think there should be a bag limit on hogs, I wouldn't consider them a game animal that should be managed. I don't feel that wanton waste should be implemented either. If you kill some and have someone that will eat it, use it for self consumption or give to someone who will eat the meat. Otherwise, I'm good with letting them rot where they fall. I guess one could use the carcass as a bait station for the other animal I loathe, the coyote. Buzzards got to eat. Same as a worm.

I do not and will never understand why people want to hunt and trap hogs AND LET THEM LIVE??? There people on this site that do a lot of hog hunting. I get the sporting and excitement aspect of the chase. Heck, I'd like to participate if given the opportunity! But these animals are out of control. This isn't meant to offend anyone but I cannot understand the logic of catching then castrating a boar then turning him loose. I guess the reason is so they can have a hog to chase again. I just don't get it. You've taken him out of the breeding business but he's still going to damage crops, root up forests, destroy food plots, forage on acorns and food that native animals eat, and so on. I know some folk want to keep a small pig to fatten up for consumption later. I disagree with that. Kill one that is the size you want and eat that one. They have no natural enemies so it's up to man to do our best to eradicate them.

To my knowledge, feral hogs serve no useful purpose to the natural flora and fauna that exists in our ecosystem. They reproduce like rats (if not more prolific) and will eat anything that grows or they can catch. I say kill everyone that you see by any means necessary. Boars, sows, shoats, embryos, fetal pigs, whatever. No survivors. Hold no quarter. Take no prisoners.


Dr. B

I am placing this here instead of in the hog section because I feel it is the single most dangerous to the land topic hunters/landowners will face in the years to come. Hogs are and will continue to destroy land and ecosystems. I am just curious to see what opinions are out there.

I honestly think the feral hog issue is a train wreck in the making. And I feel we have to change our approach. We can't continue to do the same thing and expect different results.

Should it be legal to transport live hogs within the State?

Should a depredation permit be required to bait hogs?

Should a depredation permit be required to hunt hogs at night?

Should there be restrictions on trapping hogs?

Should there be restrictions on baiting hogs?

Should there be restrictions on hunting hogs with dogs?

Should a hunting license be required to hunt hogs?

Should hogs be considered a game animal?