Friday, October 5, 2012

Florida Hog Hunt Permits Available Oct. 8

Are you ready for hunting season?
The Southwest Florida Water Management District hopes so!
The district's land managers plan to hold a series of hog hunts on district land this fall and winter to help reduce the wild hog population.
Beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 8, prospective hunters can purchase permits for these hunts on the District’s website at HogHunts.WaterMatters.org. Permits will be available on a first-come, first-served basis through 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 19, or until they are sold out. The cost is $75 for each permit.
All hunts will adhere to the hog-dog format. No still hunts will be available.
Wild hogs, which are not native to Florida, feed on roots, tubors and grubs by rooting with their broad snouts and can leave an area looking like a plowed field. They also prey on native wildlife, compete with

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