The Missouri Cattlemen’s Association is against the
Missouri Department of Conservation’s ban of hunting feral hogs on public land which
requires landowners to have a permit for thermal scopes and other equipment for
hunting on their land.
Jeff Reed with Rolling Shoals Farm in Williamsville,
Missouri said his cow-calf operation is surrounded by Mark Twain National
Forest which has become a harbor for feral hogs, which have caused a lot of
damage.
“We can document $40 [thousand] to $50,000 in loss each
year to the feral hog,” he said.
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