Barring hogs ?

[buddylee]

How many folks routinely do this ? Do you mark them and if so, how do you mark them. What's your motivation to Barr and what have been the results of barring ?

[BA-IV]

I Barr every male hog I catch for the Barr Herd.  It's a tradition as well as better meat for the table, and produces some fine trophies.  I don't know always mark the males I Barr, but there's nothing better then catching a Barr hog wearing your mark, and you can think back and remember cutting him.

I had a blessed year with good friends and caught some real nice barr hogs that were true trophies, and to me that's what it's all about.  I'm not cutting them for tomorrow, I'm cutting them for two or three years later when he's truly a monster. 

I'm PRO-BARR all the way!

[halfbreed]

buddy if you are wanting to know how to mark them , figure out a combination you want to use and notch their ears . you can do it with a knife or tsc and about any farm and ranch store sells ear knockers that are easy to carry in your pocket and get it done quick . i wouldn't advertise the mark as you will be claiming ownership of that hog and could be held liable for any damadge it causes and releasing a hog anywhere but a state certified high fence property is illeagal  .

[ETHHunters]

Where does it say in writing you can't release a barr hog?

[BA-IV]

And I wouldn't just make a mark up...do the time and research, find one you like and check in the county records to make sure it's not registered to someone else.  Usually most marks are passed down, as in the case of ours.

[Shotgun wg]

Where does it say in writing you can't release a barr hog?

Type it in google releasing feral hogs Texas. U will find lots of places it says it. Most on official websites. Barr or not its still feral. I was looking up some stuff on AR and ran across a bunch.

[BA-IV]

I'm no Texan but I was under the impression it was NOT illegal to catch and Barr a boar and release him on the spot, it's just illegal to relocate him once you caught him.

[ETHHunters]

I can't find anywhere it flat out says you can't release a barr hog on the spot.

[Shotgun wg]

It is the transport that makes it illeagal. According to Texas and ar law u can't transport a live hog unless it has passed a pseudorabies and some other test within 30 days prior to transport. So technically just catch cut release same spot a man can get away with. Move him to another spot and u could get in trouble.

[ETHHunters]

That's the way I read it.

[Shotgun wg]

The only way u can legally do so is by taking them to a slaughter house or holding station like the buying stations or u can release them into enclosed private hunting areas.

[halfbreed]

https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.tahc.state.tx.us/animal_health/swine/2008Aug_FeralSwineRegulationsAndComments.pdf&sa=U&ei=DgrjUIjeNabX0QGt6YHwBQ&ved=0CAcQFjAA&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNHZLYaDDFHW2ZSeHoYpoIn6GEkHmw  
 
   call it what you want trapped and dog caught same you are in control of the animal . i don't care what ya'll do just be aware that when they go to enforce the law catching a hog with a dog or trapping is no differant when it comes to the state wanting to make an example out of someone . it's more about desiese control than weather the hogs can breed or not  .

[buddylee]

Any mark we do will be a secret.

[Shotgun wg]

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[ETHHunters]

Halfbreed that whole passage was about transportation of feral hogs. There's not anything in there about releasing barr hogs on private property. I agree that an official can skew the rules to fit their agenda. But as far as I have read there's still no written proof.

[halfbreed]

  the part that will get you in trouble will be the releasing without testing for deseises [ lol how ya spell sick hog ] like i said the laws are more about tubecoulosis and psuedo rabies and now swine fever wich popped up at some livestock shows . texas parks and wildlife has no control over feral swine except for the fact that you need a hunting license to hunt them unless doing depredation work for a landowner .  this is all about future legislation about to happen with our hog problem and the more us doggers talk openly about catching and releasing on the www. where every one in the country can see will be a big part in the laws that are proposed . we and we alone are the ones that have allready been blamed for  sudden and mysterious boom in hog populations and distribution to places where feral hogs have never been seen . just something for you young gung ho dog hunters to be aware of , me hell i'm old i can live on the many memories and visions in my head of all the many dog adventures i've been invovled in over the last 50 years  lol

[halfbreed]

143.034. Penalty
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:

(1) turns out or causes to be turned out on land that does not belong to or is not under the control of the person an animal that is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter;

(2) fails or refuses to keep up an animal that is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter;

(3) allows an animal to trespass on the land of another in an area or county in which the animal is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter; or

(4) as owner, agent, or person in control of the animal, permits an animal to run at large in an area or county in which the animal is prohibited from running at large under this subchapter.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor



         free range laws      i should of beed a prosecutor  lol .   

[Mike]

We're not the ones to blame for the boom and spread in hog numbers... hunting ranches are to blame for that. I know people that 10 to 15 years ago were selling and hauling trailer loads of hogs all over Texas and other states because the landowners wanted something else to hunt besides deer. That was mostly trap caught hogs... dog hunters had very little to do with the spread of the hog population. It's when the population exploded... so did the number of dog hunters.

And, it's not illegal to catch and turn a hog loose on the spot... that's already been confirmed by the TAHC. Transporting and turning them loose is illegal.

[buddylee]

I could care less about the laws. I asked about barring hogs.

[Mike]

I do it on any place we're allowed to, never mark their ears, just half tail them.

We cut them for meat hogs.