Wife,
Turning a hog loose at the bay/catch is completely different than transporting them. I have been a state trapper for years. In the state of Florida, hogs are considered property of the land owner. If the landowner has indicated to you to catch and release, turn them loose on the spot. Not a single law will have been broke.
I know they are property of the land owner but no whete below does it say you can turn them loose, it clearly states that 'all captured hogs will be transported to one of the three outlined'....then it goes into where they can be placed at after the transport from said removal.
We did some trapping for the ACOE years ago but it was too much of a hassle because the boaters would come steal our hogs since we were trapping on the levees of the lake.
I fought getting the card and never had a problem until the last few years. When I went to get the paper work I asked a million questions and one of them was about turning them loose....the Dept of Ag rep said I could do what I want but said if a warden was watching in his bino's he could be a jerk about it. Well that wasn't good enough so I asked the same thing to a Game Warden we know, he said the same thing and I know he has turned him loose himself but I jave no doubt he wouldn't hesitate at giving you a rough time.
Its all about how you interpret it, my entire family was LEO and my dad was one that let a man finish his Maryjane once because he figured since he was already taking him to jail for it why not let him finish it.
