NAPOLEONVILLE, La. – Landowners and farmers learned about controlling animal pests, especially coyotes and wild pigs, at a field day held Jan. 23, 2012 by the LSU AgCenter and Louisiana Sea Grant . For more information and follow-up documents go to http://bayoulog.com/2012/01/27/predator-control-2012-field-day-follow-up-information/

1. Predator Control 2012
Field Day
Monday, January 23, 2012
LSU AgCenter Facility
Napoleonville La

2. Agenda
WELCOME
Introductions
Rick Louque, County Agent (Assumption Parish)
Taking “Outlaw Quadrupeds”
Alan Matherne, Coastal & Fisheries Outreach (Terrebonne,
Lafourche, Assumption Parishes)
Questions & Answers
Law Enforcement Panel
FIELD DEMONSTRATIONS
Walter Cotton, USDA/APHIS
Capturing with Snares & Foothold Traps
Hunting & Calling Techniques
FERAL HOG WORKSHOP
Walter Cotton

3. Outlaw Quadrupeds
Wanted: DEAD!
• Coyotes
• Feral Hogs
• Armadillos

4. Coyote Facts
• Eastern coyote (Canis latrans)
– Canine, dog family
– American jackal, prairie wolf
• Description
– Length: 30-34”, height: 23-26”, weight: 15-46 lbs
– Color: grayish-brown to yellowish-gray with
white, reddish-brown, black areas
• Diet
– Technically: Carnivores; Reality: Omnivores
• Problems
– Predation on livestock, wildlife, pets
– Depredation on crops
– Threats to human health/safety
• Control
– Snaring, trapping, shooting, poisoning

5. Feral Pig/Hog Facts
• Feral pig/hog (Sus scrofa)
– Wild pigs, wild hogs, wild boars, European wild
boars, Russian wild boars, razorbacks
• Description
– Common to 200 lbs, reach over 400 lbs
– Color: black, brown, white, blond, reddish
brown, may be spotted/banded
• Diet
– Omnivores: consume plants & animals
• Problems
– Diseases: brucellosis, pseudorabies, swine fever
– Damage: rooting, preying on livestock & wildlife,
competing for wild food
• Control
– Snaring, trapping, shooting, hunting with dogs

6. Armadillo Facts
• Nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
– Found in North, Central, & South America (native to)
– Range: As far west as Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, as far east as
South Carolina, as far south as Louisiana, as far north as Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa
• Description
– Body length: 15-17” Tail: 14-16” Weight: 8-17 lbs
• Diet
– Insectivorous: Grubs, beetles, ants, termites
– Fungi, tubers, carrion, worms, eggs, small invertebrates,
amphibians, small reptiles, small mammals
• Problems
– Burrowing/foraging damages root systems
– Carry leprosy (Hansen's disease)
• Control
– Trapping, live traps, shooting (night)

7. Taking the Outlaws
• “Holders of a legal hunting license
may take coyotes, feral hogs where
legal and armadillos year round
during legal daylight shooting hours.”
• Trapping license to sell coyote pelts

8. Nighttime Taking
• On private property
• Last day of Feb through last day of Aug
• ½ hour after sunset
• Landowner, lessee, or agent with written
permission & landowner’s contact info
• Coyotes, armadillos, feral hogs, nutria, beaver
• With/without: artificial light, infrared/laser
devices, night vision devices, sound
suppressors (ATF tax stamp req’d)
• Any legal firearm
• Notify local sheriff’s office 24 hours prior

9. Trapping
• Furbearers
– Beaver, bobcat, coyote, gray fox, mink, muskrat,
nutria, opossum, river otter, red fox, raccoon, skunk
• License
– To set or run traps of any type to catch furbearers
during the open trapping
– To sell pelts or carcasses of furbearers
• Season
– Nov 20, 2011 - Mar 31, 2012
• Feral hogs & armadillos
– No trapping license/season

10. Wildlife Management Areas
• Outlaw Quadrupeds
– During specified hunting seasons
• Except Turkey & Spring Squirrel
• With/without electronic calls
• Properly licensed hunters
• Guns & archery legal for season
• Must be killed immediately
• Feral Hog Season
– Oct 1 – Feb 29: Most WMAs
– Feb 16 – Mar 31: Atchafalaya Delta, Pass-a-Loutre,
Point-aux-Chenes, Salvador
• Shotguns with slugs or buckshot
– Centerfire pistol in addition to gun/archery
– Specifics vary per WMA, check the regs

11. Sheriff’s Offices
• Assumption
–985-369-2912
• Lafourche
–985-532-2808
• Terrebonne
–985-876-2500

12. Louisiana Dept of Wildlife & Fisheries
Region 6: Thibodaux
• Phone: 985-447-0821
• Area covered:
– Assumption
– St. James
– St. John
– St. Mary
– Terrebonne
– Lafourche
– Jefferson-Grand Isle
– Lower St. Martin

15. LSUAgCenter.com
Alan Matherne
amatherne@agcenter.lsu.edu
985-873-6495 / 985-677-0368
BayouLog.com

16. Walter Cotton
Capturing with Snares & Foothold Traps
Hunting & Calling Techniques