Mark Twain National Forest Proposes Feral Swine Hunting Ban

KUAF | By Jacqueline Froelich

Published July 17, 2019 at 12:34 PM CDT

Trapped feral swine eat bait in Carroll County.

Mark Twain National Forest officials say banning wild boar hunting and conducting strategic trapping will help control destructive invasive feral swine on forest lands in southern Missouri, some of which border northern Arkansas. A public comment period ends July 23.

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