Selling Feral hog hunts in IN??

[dadfsr]

Is it legal in Indiana to sell or advertise for feral hog hunts to take place in Indiana?

Thanks!!

[morrison]

It is illegal in Indiana to sell or advertise a hog hunt or the priviledge of taking a wild hog. Please see the Administrative Rule posted below.

312 IAC 9-3-18.6 Wild hogs
Authority: IC 14-10-2-4; IC 14-22-2-6
Affected: IC 14-22
Sec. 18.6. (a) As used in this section, "wild hog" means any feral, untamed, or undomesticated hog from the family Suidaeor family Tayassuidae that has one (1) or more of the following characteristics:
(1) Has acclimated to living in a wild or free-roaming environment.
(2) Was born in the wild.
(3) Is free-roaming without any visible tags, markings, or behavioral characteristics that would indicate a domestic state or
(4) Has skeletal characteristics indicative of a wild or Eurasian origin including:
(A) skull characteristics of an elongated snout or sloping appearance with little or no stop at the eye line;
(B) a shoulder structure with a steep or razorback (predominate ridge along the back) appearance;
(C) hindquarters proportionally smaller than the forequarters lacking natural muscling found in commercial species; or
(D) visible tusks.
(b) A person must not import into or possess a live wild hog in the state of Indiana except as provided in subsection (e).
(c) A person must not:
(1) sell;
(2) transport for sale;
(3) offer to sell;
(4) barter;
(5) trade;
(6) lease;
(7) release a live wild hog; or
(8) offer for compensation any kind of wild hog hunting or taking privileges.
(d) Notwithstanding subsection (c), an individual may take a wild hog only as follows:
(1) A resident landowner or other individual who has written permission from the landowner may take a wild hog on that land
at any time without a permit.
(2) With a nuisance wild animal control permit issued under 312 IAC 9-10-11.
(3) With a scientific purposes license issued under 312 IAC 9-10-6.
(e) A live wild hog taken under this subsection shall:
(1) be euthanized immediately at the site or transported from the site only to another site where it is euthanized immediately;
and
(2) not be:
(A) possessed except as authorized in subdivision (e)(1) [subdivision (1)];
(B) sold;
(C) traded;
(D) bartered;
(E) gifted; or
(F) released.