New Hog Hunting Info?

[Lumber_Jack]

So I called TWRA today to get the 4 tracts we lease on the exemption permit and add the leasors to the '10 additional' list. Well apparently if you entered into a contract to lease land prior to Sept 15th there is no 10 person limit. The exemption permit extends to the entire hunt lease group. All I had to do was all and register the lease, and apparently the land cannot be contiguous and permitted to two separate clubs. This presents a problem for large tracts that are broken into smaller leases.

So in summary if you have a hunt lease that is not part of a larger contiguous tract already permitted, have your landowner call and register. The permit expires on Dec 31 and will be reissued after hog harvest data is reported.

[Lumber_Jack]

Also meant to say it seams TWRA is just flying by the seat of their pants here, continuously changing the rules. Since its no longer 'Game' this could change constantly

[DaveS]

Non Game animals should not have such strict rules! It's all a big headache!

[ShaunM]

Non Game animals should not have such strict rules! It's all a big headache!

I agree 100%.

[10-Ring]

Not trying to thread jack but it's been lightly touched on a couple times so I'm not sure if it's worth starting a new thread for either. I would like to hear predictions as to whether or not the current laws are going to eliminate the hog problem as TWRA is attempting to do, or will this project be a failure and will be overrun with hogs in the next couple of years? Thoughts?

[Guest pfries]

So I called TWRA today to get the 4 tracts we lease on the exemption permit and add the leasors to the '10 additional' list. Well apparently if you entered into a contract to lease land prior to Sept 15th there is no 10 person limit. The exemption permit extends to the entire hunt lease group. All I had to do was all and register the lease, and apparently the land cannot be contiguous and permitted to two separate clubs. This presents a problem for large tracts that are broken into smaller leases.

So in summary if you have a hunt lease that is not part of a larger contiguous tract already permitted, have your landowner call and register. The permit expires on Dec 31 and will be reissued after hog harvest data is reported.

I would get it in writing....

[DaveS]

One of our local WMA's has a hog problem developing. Personel at that location have stated there was no money of personel to deal with the problem. Game Wardens are still trying to figure out what the commission is trying to do. The hog population will be well established by next year!

[Lumber_Jack]

I would get it in writing....

THey give you a permit number over the phone to use until the paper info comes in the mail. its all electronic base so the LEO just has to call in the permit number to verify validity.

[Lumber_Jack]

Not trying to thread jack but it's been lightly touched on a couple times so I'm not sure if it's worth starting a new thread for either. I would like to hear predictions as to whether or not the current laws are going to eliminate the hog problem as TWRA is attempting to do, or will this project be a failure and will be overrun with hogs in the next couple of years? Thoughts?

I believe the problem is beyond control. I just like my clubs to be able to hunt them, and control the herd. I think the lack of hog killing is going to cause and intesive spike in the popultaion. I know for a fact one hunter in Fentress county killed 81 hogs on our tracts last year, and now is technically unable to hunt. And the fentress county property is a 10,000 acre contiguous tract, so we cant permit all clubs to hunt, just one, so its unfair and pointless to grant just one club the permit.

[Lumber_Jack]

One of our local WMA's has a hog problem developing. Personel at that location have stated there was no money of personel to deal with the problem. Game Wardens are still trying to figure out what the commission is trying to do. The hog population will be well established by next year!

Thats the word Im hearing too. The commission had no clue what they were doing. THey specifically wanted to catch a select few who were transporting live hogs, and in turn have destroyed the ablity to affectively hunt hogs in TN.

The website state that "hunting hogs has shown no significant impact on the population".....well this is true when managed as a big game species with all the rules and regs. Turn the public loose with and all inclusive exemption, bait, night, trapping, etc. if it were a "shoot all hogs on sight" I cant beleive that wouldnt impact the poplutation some.

[Guest pfries]

THey give you a permit number over the phone to use until the paper info comes in the mail. its all electronic base so the LEO just has to call in the permit number to verify validity.

So, a new System and they seem to have it somewhat together. Now that almost scary.

It would have been nice if that info had been made publicly available, this is the first I had heard about it.