www.kpmaster.com Wild Boar Prevention in Kings Point
September 2022 Frequently Asked Questions
Q. What was the biggest Hog that you have captured? A. A 558-pound Bar (castrated Male set back into the wild) and then a 2nd one a few minutes later that weighed 537-pounds. Q. How are they coming into Kings Point? A. The are coming from the Little Manatee State Park. Q. When a hog damages the sod in the community, who is responsible for getting it replaced. A. Your Association
On August 10, 2022, during the Master Association’s Special Meeting, Billie Wilson from Wilson’s Animal Removal Service, the Master contracted hog trapper for Kings Point, gave his presentation about his role in protecting the community from hog damage. Billie Wilson, a 17 year retired law enforcement officer , has captured thousands of hogs through the county over many years, 681 hogs alone in 2021. As part of his demonstration he brought along his dogs Rambo and Leo who assist him in the capture of the hogs. All of Billie’s dogs have a collar that has a range of over 9 gps miles. Rambo, who has been trained to hunt the
hogs will only bark when he is nose to nose with the hog. Once Rambo starts to bark Leo, the capture dog will hold the hog until Billie can reach the pig and hog tie it for removal. A large reason Kings Point is not facing the same issue with hogs as other portions of Sun City Center is due to the preemptive maintenance plan developed in our community by the Master Association utilizing Bille and his animal trapping stratagies. The maintenance plan consists of practices that have been implemented for many years. First, there are two large pens on property that are moved as needed due to hog activity in the area. These pens are monitored by video surveillance and heat sensors continuously all year round. Second, he brings in his dogs, chasing the hogs out in the early morning and in overnight hours. Finally, we continue to educate the community to STAY AWAY from traps here in Kings Point. The pigs are intelligent creatures and can smell the human scent that gets around a trap when residents go near them preventing the hogs from being removed.
Q. What is the hog population in Florida? A. Although we can not begin to guess how many there are, they can be found in every county in this state and Florida is the 2nd State in the nation behind Texas envolving the wild boar population. Q. Do you just trap boar, or do you capture other animals? A. The Master only contracts Billie for wild boar, but he can be hired to catch smaller nuisance animals. Q. Why do we have a wild boar population problem in Florida? A. The gestation period for a sow is only 119 days and they will rebreed the same day they give birth. Each Sow can have at least ten piglets (litter) each pregnancy, potentially 3 times a year leading to thousands born each year. Q. What should I do if I come across a wild boar in Kings Point. A. Although boar typically do not attack , they have been unusally aggressive this year. If you come across a boar, back away and give the animal space and they will typically go away. When hogs get captured, Billie takes them to his FDA inspected pens on his property. The hogs are separated into four pens determined by size and sex of the animal. Since hogs are a nuisance animal in the State of Florida, they can not be set back into the wild. Typically, the captured hogs are either taken to a Certified Feral Swine Facility/Ranch/Preserve that is licensed through the State or to individuals for meat for table fare. If you would like to watch Billie’s demonstration (or any other Master meetings, special guests or seminars) please visit kpmaster.com/kptv/
If you see hogs in Kings Point or people around the hog traps please report it immediately by calling 813-812-7559 or email master@kpmaster.com to report the activity. Despite a poor economy, Kings Point continued to grow in 1992, with an additional 170 new units, bringing the total units to over 2,875. With the increase in number of new homes, three new Associations were added, bringing the total to 76. Things looked bright for the future of Kings Point with the addition of the Manchester and Nantucket sections. A satellite swimming pool was constructed in the Nantucket area for the use of all Kings Point owners.
Kings Point - The Early Years (Part 2 of 3 part series)
Part 1 was included in the August 2022 Edition of The News of Kings Point which can be found at kpmaster.com/communications Source: 2019 COA - Directory
Community. The single-family home design in Quail Pass was the first of this type of home offered. New sales brought an increase in the number of Associations in Kings Point to 83 and occupied units to over 3,100.
A new special tram was purchased to accommodate the needs of the handicapped residents was delivered in December of the same year. Phase IV of the community road rehabilitation program was
With completion of Manchester II and IV in 1993, Kings Point had grown to over 3,000 units with 78 Associations. With the devastation caused by Hurricane Andrew, on August 24, 1992, our Master Insurance Policy, formerly held by Allstate, was not renewed, however, a new policy was secured. The old street signs were replaced with attractive, legible, wooden signs with white letters and green background. New native landscaping was added to the Kings Point Boulevard median as a community inhancement. The following year (1994) was the introduction of still another style home within the Kings Point
If you have old photos during the devlopment of Kings Point that you would
like to share, please email them to master@kpmaster.com
completed, providing an asphalt overlay for the Associations of Andover and Bedford. During the summer and fall of 1994, The biggest issue within the Sun City Center and the Kings Point community was the 674 Beautification Project, which provided maintenance for the landscaping from S.R. 301 to Cypress Creek. Not all the Associations within Kings Point were required to pay for the maintenance of this landscaping and the Federation was working on a solution to share the expense throughout the community. In 1995, the putting greens were to be replaced on the Cypress Greens Golf Course, providing the same type putting surfaces for all holes on the course. Then In 1996 a radar traffic control had been added to the security at Kings Point & The bridge crossing Cypress Creek was expanded from two lanes to four. The Oxford Condominiums' land development was completed. Nantucket 3 was completed, as was construction of Nantucket 4 roads. The number of Condominium Associations increased to 86 and we had grown to over 3,800 units.