Hogs in Colorado?

[Antelope_Sniper]

I've seen some recent new reports that we have some Ferral Hogs here in Colorado. :? The DOW lists them as a pest, no license required, and no bag limit (my kind of hunting) :grin: Does any one know of any public lands here in colorado where a guy might find some? Or maybe a farmer who would like some help keeping them under control?

 

[Powerstroke]

That would truely be some of the coolest news I've heard in a while from teh DOW here....
I'll start asking around, haven't heard of anything yet....

 

[owenv]

The DOW just caught an outfitter trying to smuggle some hogs into a ranch near Colbran.
This was probably not a first time for this outfitter so there probebly are hogs in Colorado, try hunting hogs by Colbran.

 

[JDMAG]

The DOW just caught an outfitter trying to smuggle some hogs into a ranch near Colbran.
This was probably not a first time for this outfitter so there probebly are hogs in Colorado, try hunting hogs by Colbran.

What outfitter was it? just curious

 

[owenv]

The outfitters name is Little Creek Ranch. Apparently the hogs tested positve for pseudorabies a viral disease that is highly contagious that can affect livestock and domestic animals.

 

[Powerstroke]

sweet... just what we need here is another disease.....

I did just talk to a buddy, and I guess the majority of them are in the south east corner of the state down on the creek and river bottoms.

The DOW is going to have to get a handle on their priorties. First priority should be with the deer situation! :evil:

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

I also saw some references to a herd along the Big Sandy drainage. Too bad so much of that is private land.

 

[FOTIS]

I want some!

 

[Greg Nolan]

The cure for psuedorabies is psuedoaccubond :lol:

 

[Richracer1]

The cure for psuedorabies is psuedoaccubond :lol:

Or psuedoEtip if you live in the special zone in Kalifornia

 

[nomosendero]

If you can go into the areas & kill them it will be fun, but don't let them get a good foothold, they will destroy habitat big time & do your other wildlife no good at all.

 

[Guest]

The cure for psuedorabies is psuedoaccubond :lol:

Or psuedoEtip if you live in the special zone in Kalifornia

Of course, Kalifornia is a psuedodemocracy, isn't it? :wink:

 

[jtoews80]

Post-Modernist Democracy: "Free to think as one pleases & do as one is told".

Meant as a joke, but way more serious than fun.

CC.

 

[Antelope_Sniper]

I spoke with the DOW in the south east region. They said all of them they know of are on private lands. There were a few on some lands accessable as part of the walk in program, but no one has seen hide nor hair of that group since the Department of Agriculture went out shooting them from the air. if the private land owners keep protecting them (and it sounds like a few of them are), it won't be long before we have a herd to hunt.

 

[Powerstroke]

Imagine that.... I read a thread yesterday ( animal rights folk ) stating that shooting game from the air "doesn't work" hmmmm
Most all that info is from 2006.... we'll have to keep an eye on that.

 

[owenv]

Thursday, January 15, 2009

The owner of Little Creek Ranch in Collbran, the ranch at the center of a November quarantine that resulted in the seizure of 16 feral hogs being transported to the property, has been cited by the Colorado Division of Wildlife.

Ranch owner Alan L. Baier was summoned to appear in Mesa County court Feb. 25.

He is charged with multiple counts of unlawful possession of a prohibited species, transportation of a state-listed detrimental species, failure to maintain fencing to required specifications, and failure to make records available for inspection when requested.

State officials on Nov. 17 stopped a livestock truck headed for the ranch with 20 exotic sheep and 16 feral hogs. Bringing feral hogs to Colorado is illegal. The livestock was impounded after the truck driver could not produce the required documents for transporting any of the animals.

All of the hogs on the trailer were euthanized, and Baier was ordered to kill the hogs on the ranch after they tested positive for pseudorabies. The sheep were returned to Texas.

Pseudorabies is a contagious viral disease spread primarily through animal-to-animal contact. The disease can affect a variety of wildlife, domestic livestock and pets.

it’s particularly virulent in hogs, where it can cause abortion and deaths in breeding hogs. The disease is considered a serious threat to commercial hog operations.