ORIGINAL: cayugad
Our Department of Natural Resources ( DNR ) put out an advisory that any hunters encountering hogs in the wild are encouraged to shoot them, remove them from the woods, and turn them over to the DNR. The DNR says they want to test them for disease and basically make sure that hogs do not get a foot hold in the country. What disease are they talking about? Just wondered. Do wild hogs carry soemthing we should know about. After all I read about people shooting them all the time and eating them.
If I have to ruin my hunt by shooting a hog, then dragging it out of the woods, and then hauling it to the DNR only for them to take the thing away.. well guess what? I am out there for deer...
Dave, sounds very much like a scare tactic,,,,like they aretrying to ensure they capture the data they are looking for. What better way than to mention "disease"? I would guess that the chance of disease would be much higher in areas with high numbers of hogs. As was said, people in these areas eat them all the time. If I were you and I saw one while you were out deer hunting, I'd be eating a little fresh pork.
