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Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator
Examination||Verified Exam!!||, 2026/2027 -Question
Wildlife Damage Management Certification
Examination with Rationales||Newest Exam!!!
Recipe for Conflict - Answer-Hunters want more, home
owners and farmers want less
Ingredients for Damage - Answer-A wildlife species, a
damaged object, someone directly affected by actions of
animals and cares about the damage
N. W. C. O. A - Answer-Nuisance Wildlife Control
Operators Association (National Trappers)licensed by GA
DNR
Wildlife Damage Management source of info - Answer-
County cooperative extension service (Dr. Mengak), GA
Wildlife Resource Division, NWCO
Keeping GA wildlife as pets - Answer-GA Law allows the
killing of certain native species because of their status as
nuisance (rats, groundhog, armadillos, etc)
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Four wildlife control permits for certain nuisance situations
- Answer-Protect personal property, deer on airports, fur-
bearer control with management plan, wild pig control
What law protects birds - Answer-Migratory bird treaty act
(1918). May not pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, or
possess at any time any bird, any part, nest, or egg
Positive wildlife values - Answer-physical utility (food,
clothing), monetary (fur, hide, meat), recreational (bird
watching), scientific (research), ecological (role in
ecosystem), existence (right to exist), historic (connection
to nature)
Wildlife - Answer-Vertebrate or invertebrate indigenous to
GA or introduced by the Board
Wild animal - Answer-NOT indigenous to GA, not
domestic, hybrids of wild animal, wildlife domestics, and
offspring from all crosses - most exotics
Domestic Species - Answer-Traditionally in a state of
dependence, have been kept as pets or livestock
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Wild pig - Answer-Any hog living in a wild state -
ownership is not claimed, NO hunting season, but can be
taken during a hunting season (deer or turkey)
Commensal - Answer-Animal living amongst humans (rats
and mice)
Hunting - Answer-Taking animal for sport
Scientific Disciplines - Answer-Journals, Education, TWS
(wildlife damage management working group),
conferences (Eastern Wildlife damage conference and
Great Plains Wildlife Damage Workshop, and VPC)wildlife
damage management, USDA, Wildlife Services, APHIS
Overabundant wildlife is wildlife management that's gone
too far - Answer-Geese, White-tailed deer, beavers - over
abundant populations
USDA roles and purposes - Answer-Help people solve
problems & increase positive wildlife values
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Nuisance Wildlife - Answer-Wildlife that occurs in a place
where it is not wanted, causes damage to valuable plants
or structures
Mengak's 5 Rules of Thumb - Answer-1. When dealing
with wildlife, there are no rules
2. Animals can't read
3. There is no "magic powder" or "magic bullet". No magic.
Just hard work and perseverance. It is a process, not an
event
4. If it sounds too good to be true, it is
5. TREAT THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SYMPTOM
Remove any one of these needs, and wildlife will go away
- Answer-Food, water, or shelter - think of stool with three
legs
For Wildlife Damage Management, you need three things -
Answer-1. Wildlife 2. Something to damage 3. Someone
who cares
4 focuses of WS - Answer-Protect American agriculture,
natural resources, human health and safety (disease
Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator
Examination||Verified Exam!!||, 2026/2027 -Question
Wildlife Damage Management Certification
Examination with Rationales||Newest Exam!!!
Recipe for Conflict - Answer-Hunters want more, home
owners and farmers want less
Ingredients for Damage - Answer-A wildlife species, a
damaged object, someone directly affected by actions of
animals and cares about the damage
N. W. C. O. A - Answer-Nuisance Wildlife Control
Operators Association (National Trappers)licensed by GA
DNR
Wildlife Damage Management source of info - Answer-
County cooperative extension service (Dr. Mengak), GA
Wildlife Resource Division, NWCO
Keeping GA wildlife as pets - Answer-GA Law allows the
killing of certain native species because of their status as
nuisance (rats, groundhog, armadillos, etc)
,2|Page
Four wildlife control permits for certain nuisance situations
- Answer-Protect personal property, deer on airports, fur-
bearer control with management plan, wild pig control
What law protects birds - Answer-Migratory bird treaty act
(1918). May not pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill, or
possess at any time any bird, any part, nest, or egg
Positive wildlife values - Answer-physical utility (food,
clothing), monetary (fur, hide, meat), recreational (bird
watching), scientific (research), ecological (role in
ecosystem), existence (right to exist), historic (connection
to nature)
Wildlife - Answer-Vertebrate or invertebrate indigenous to
GA or introduced by the Board
Wild animal - Answer-NOT indigenous to GA, not
domestic, hybrids of wild animal, wildlife domestics, and
offspring from all crosses - most exotics
Domestic Species - Answer-Traditionally in a state of
dependence, have been kept as pets or livestock
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Wild pig - Answer-Any hog living in a wild state -
ownership is not claimed, NO hunting season, but can be
taken during a hunting season (deer or turkey)
Commensal - Answer-Animal living amongst humans (rats
and mice)
Hunting - Answer-Taking animal for sport
Scientific Disciplines - Answer-Journals, Education, TWS
(wildlife damage management working group),
conferences (Eastern Wildlife damage conference and
Great Plains Wildlife Damage Workshop, and VPC)wildlife
damage management, USDA, Wildlife Services, APHIS
Overabundant wildlife is wildlife management that's gone
too far - Answer-Geese, White-tailed deer, beavers - over
abundant populations
USDA roles and purposes - Answer-Help people solve
problems & increase positive wildlife values
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Nuisance Wildlife - Answer-Wildlife that occurs in a place
where it is not wanted, causes damage to valuable plants
or structures
Mengak's 5 Rules of Thumb - Answer-1. When dealing
with wildlife, there are no rules
2. Animals can't read
3. There is no "magic powder" or "magic bullet". No magic.
Just hard work and perseverance. It is a process, not an
event
4. If it sounds too good to be true, it is
5. TREAT THE PROBLEM, NOT THE SYMPTOM
Remove any one of these needs, and wildlife will go away
- Answer-Food, water, or shelter - think of stool with three
legs
For Wildlife Damage Management, you need three things -
Answer-1. Wildlife 2. Something to damage 3. Someone
who cares
4 focuses of WS - Answer-Protect American agriculture,
natural resources, human health and safety (disease
