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Would cement kill a feral hog?

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chris1515
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While this might be one of the dumbest questions on here in a long time, I am legitimately curious about this. And since TexAgs knows things...

Could you poison feral hogs by mixing cement in some feed and putting it where they could eat it? Would that result in a fatal intestinal blockage?

I've read where you can kill mice and rats with cement. Wondered if that would carry over to something larger.

If so, how much do you think it would take?

I was helping a relative move and bait some hog traps and we were talking about this. Neither of us had any idea what would happen...I told him I knew some folks that might.

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Interesting idea. Following....
FJB, FPA, and FAZ
BCStalk
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How do you keep other animals from eating it?
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BCStalk said:

How do you keep other animals from eating it?


My thought is you'd put it in some type of pen/cage/etc where deer and cows wouldn't get into it. Other small critters...I guess they unfortunately would be collateral damage. I don't know.



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chris1515 said:

BCStalk said:

How do you keep other animals from eating it?


My thought is you'd put it in some type of pen/cage/etc where deer and cows wouldn't get into it. Other small critters...I guess they unfortunately would be collateral damage. I don't know.






1) If you could successfully lure it into a cage or pen with feed.....concrete wouldn't be needed
2) you'd be relying on the hog to go to the exact spot before the concrete dries
3) I'm no expert, but I doubt concrete would set inside a hog

Interesting take though and I'm interested to see more responses.
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chris1515
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My thought was mixing the dry cement mix in with some feed. Obviously you would have to keep it dry.

Good point on the pen/cage...at that point you could just trap them. Unless someone didn't want to have to deal with trapping and removing them.
DriftwoodAg
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I was envisioning putting a bag of cement in a trebuchet and launching it at the hogs.
normaleagle05
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Be a lot more fun and profitable if you could combine the two with video. Lure the hogs to step on the leg snare/release switch of a trebuchet and fling the hogs at a pile of cement sacks.

ETA...imagine the Doppler effect riiiii..reee...raaa...rooo..ruuu....THUD!
Nechasin
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If you make cement shoes for the hog and then throw the hog in the ocean, I'm pretty sure it would die.
Jason C.
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Could backfire horribly, imagine a hog with cement balls impossible to shoot.
Mas89
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I know a guy who is currently trapping in large circle traps. Feed bunker and water/mud in traps.
May get an answer to this question
SanAntoneAg
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Copper plated lead inside a hog kills them.
Gig 'em! '90
duddleysdraw88
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It'll set up underwater..... so i bet it'll set up in a pig!

Soak the corn in diesel and let it dry then mix it in the cement with a ton of powdered kool-aid.

Would saliva cause a little bit to set up? Perhaps not enough and they would eat around it! Of course rain wipes it out and you'd have to start over!

Hogs learn rather quickly and change behavior, but if you could make the taste irresistible, it just might work!

Small sample trial to see some results! What's the worst that could happen?
Fishin Texas Aggie 05
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I can think of some ways to get just pigs to eat the bait but I can't think of a way to keep the concrete from setting before they eat it.

Large pen traps are the best way to kill them
SanAntoneAg
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FIFY

duddleysdraw88 said:


Hogs evolve rather quickly and change behavior, but if you could make the taste irresistible, it just might work!
Gig 'em! '90
LEJ
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I'm not laughing at you... I'm laughing at all of it.

And I'm also laughing at you.
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If the cement doesn't work try tannerite next.
TwoMarksHand
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Semen? Don't think that will work.
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DriftwoodAg said:

I was envisioning putting a bag of cement in a trebuchet and launching it at the hogs.
This certainly has potential!
FightinBQ09
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THIS.
But with hogs.

chris1515
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TwoMarksHand said:

Semen? Don't think that will work.


You know from experience? Lol
Cancelled
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If not cement, maybe concrete.
Tagguy
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Maybe concrete slugs?


John Cocktolstoy
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It's not the concrete that kills them, it's how high the drop is!
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STX Ag
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Just shoot the #uckers already!
Missouri Boat Ride
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What in the Wile E. Coyote hell kinda idea is this?

CrottyKid
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DriftwoodAg said:

I was envisioning putting a bag of cement in a trebuchet and launching it at the hogs.


I was envisioning some kind of massive deadfall trap.
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I don't see it working.......and also an off label usage ;-)
CEPhD
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Wouldn't work. Stomach acid would neutralize or acidify the Ca++ ions. C-S-H formation requires pH > 9ish. Stick with lead.
Ulrich
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Looking forward to your next thread, "How to get rid of a statue of deer corn".
TxFig
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DriftwoodAg said:

I was envisioning putting a bag of cement in a trebuchet and launching it at the hogs.

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Chris Barnes
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chris1515
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CEPhD said:

Wouldn't work. Stomach acid would neutralize or acidify the Ca++ ions. C-S-H formation requires pH > 9ish. Stick with lead.

That's the type of reply I was looking for! And the username checks out also.

Thanks.
AgLA06
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This thread has pretty much delivered as expected.

I guess I'm personally more just curious. Of all the methods and means to kill or poison hogs, why would something like this need validation from TexAgs?
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My first thought is how would you get them to eat enough of it to become a problem.

Could play the long game. Cement has silica in it. Silica causes silicosis if inhaled. Silicosis causes damage to lungs and eventually death. Probably take longer than the life of a normal pig.
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