The Mine Creek Conservation District has employed Hayden Linville as the district’s feral swine technician through a pilot project program funded by the United States Department of Agriculture and the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. This project has enabled the Mine Creek Conservation District to provide a feral hog trapper for a limited time to assist landowners in Howard County with trapping and removing feral hogs. The district was also able to purchase two hog traps through a grant from the Arkansas Department of Agriculture.
All the trapping is done free of charge to the landowner.
Although small herds of feral hogs have lived in Arkansas for generations, the feral hog population in the state has increased and expanded dramatically since the 1990’s. Controlling the prolific feral hog has proven difficult. Feral hogs are very adaptive and learn to avoid hunters and traps. Hogs are very mobile and will range for miles in search of food and mates. Most feral hogs are nocturnal, and therefor e often unseen until signs appear. Signs of feral hogs are rooting, tracks, wallows, nests, or beds, tree and post rubs. If you have a feral hog problem on your property, you can Linville directly at phone 870-200-0309 (email [email protected] or you can Contact the Mine Creek Conservation District Office at 870-845-4121 Ext 3.
