This is one reason why control methods include lethal removal, including hunting and trapping for euthanization as common wild hog control strategies. But these strategies are best carried out by ...

the method has fewer advocates than trapping, the other approved technique. Trappers bait a cage with food meant to attract wild hogs but not other animals (fermented corn, for example).

Applications open Wednesday for the Mississippi Wild Hog Control Program. "Wild hogs continue to be a huge nuisance to farmers and landowners across the state and nation, causing severe property ...