Wild Hog Ban Causing Controversy
Tennessee wildlife officials had hoped allowing year-round limitless hunting of wild hogs would eradicate the aggressive pigs that can tear up farmland and forests, but they spread even faster and turned up in counties where they hadn’t been seen before.
So the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency changed tactics and banned hunting of the wild hogs for the general public this year.
Wild hog hunting is still allowed for landowners and some deer and bear hunters, but the agency said trapping has stopped most of the damage in some counties.
But The Tennessean reports that wild hog hunters are pushing back against the change, saying that the state is protecting the hogs.
