Ag Commish Andrew Gipson issued the following statement.
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) will be accepting a new round of applications for its Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP) beginning November 1, 2023. The application period will close on November 15. Landowners and property managers in all Mississippi counties are eligible for the application period.
In Mississippi alone, wild hogs cause more than $60 million in damages annually. Through the WHCP, MDAC provides “smart” wild hog traps to landowners and managers for the control of wild hogs on private agricultural and forestry lands in Mississippi. MDAC provides the training necessary to use the “smart” traps and technical guidance regarding the most effective methods to trap and control wild hogs on private lands.
“I am proud of the assistance that we offer to farmers and land managers through the Wild Hog Control Program,” said Commissioner Gipson. “Now that most crops have been harvested across the state, farmers normally have more time to devote to battling this nuisance animal. I encourage anyone that is experiencing a problem with wild hogs to submit a trap application this November.”
Applications must be completed and submitted online at www.mdac.ms.gov/whcp. Submitted applications will be evaluated based on the number of acres available for trapping, historical agricultural losses caused by wild hogs on the property and current trapping efforts on the property. One trap per 500 acres is recommended, depending on landscape and land use. A cooperative application is encouraged for small acreage (i.e., adjoining land managers of small parcels should work together to submit one application). Traps will be available for one-month intervals, dependent upon use and success.
Visit www.mdac.ms.gov/whcp for program guidelines, applications and additional information. Submit questions regarding the WHCP to Chris McDonald at chris@mdac.ms.gov.
10 comments:
Not understanding why in hell there needs to be an 'application' process in order for landowners to try to deal with these nuisance animals.
More government intervention and control, I suppose. What state government ought to be doing, if anything, is furnishing traps and ammunition to anybody who wants it.
@ 8:49
Totally agree with you. Also, what is the reasoning behind the states love for alligators? You have to get a permit so a bunch of drunks can get in a boat on the river at night with large treble hooks and a loaded gun.
They will shy away from Hog Eye traps after a short while, Pig Brig is a much better trap and it is their Kryptonite. The sad thing is there is surely a poison out there that can be applied, but they will not allow it.
I don’t have 500 acres to apply for their permit, but if I did I’d apply in order to borrow another trap from them. I soak my corn in diesel to keep raccoons away and then give it a good dusting of Gatorade mix, which brings them in to my dumb trap well enough. The problem is that I’m not even keeping up with the population growth, so 10:32 is right, we need poison.
The baller baws that manage more than a few thousand acres for big deer (is a deer food plot a wild hog food plot?) should get a lot of these traps apps approved.
Screw 'The Hat'. Order traps off the internet or have Tomball down to the foundry weld you up some and get after it.
First thing you know MDWFP will require a hog kill license and reports every three months as to number spotted, traps set, trapped number, number disposed of and method, weight, sex and age. With onsite inspections by the little-pecker brigade in the dark green trucks with the blue-light bars.
With an assault rifle, you can get rid of those 30-50 feral hogs.
Auditor Shad needs to give Big Hat Gipson's entire fiefdom a good close look. There must be some waste somewheres to find.
The wild hog operation seems to have a funny smell.
Like a over-ripe boar in the summer sun!
Killing these nuisance predators is a profitable business in Texas.
Night vision goggles, a rifle, and a stable helicopter brings in gawd knows how much money to Texas. (Much more money than a free biscuit
booth at the Mississippi State Fair).
It helps the farmers and gives the hunters a new experience.
Total waste of time and money, until the state and federal government allows or does trapping on their land, wild hogs will not be brought under control.
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