Texas Losing The Feral Hog Fight

[Mongo59]

Point out to the kid's mom's that bees are a matriarchal society and to interfere with one would political suicide, then charge double...

 

[bgcatty]

Google Texas hog hunting, and you'll see why they're overrun with hogs. There are hundreds of places charging ridiculous prices for something that is such a problem. I have a hard time feeling sorry for them.

There is a whole industry for hunting these hogs and the industry charges absurd prices for hog hunts. I, too, have little sympathy for these alleged farm owners who cry that the pigs are harming their farms but gladly charge hunters hundreds and hundreds of dollars for a 3 or 4 day hog hunt and then limit each to a couple of hogs. Bravo Sierra on these “poor farmers”. Sorry!

 

[Mark 1911]

There is a whole industry for hunting these hogs and the industry charges absurd prices for hog hunts. I, too, have little sympathy for these alleged farm owners who cry that the pigs are harming their farms but gladly charge hunters hundreds and hundreds of dollars for a 3 or 4 day hog hunt and then limit each to a couple of hogs. Bravo Sierra on these “poor farmers”. Sorry!

Exactly. They should be paying the hunters for the service.

 

[Phase2]

Looks like Texas has taken a step in the right direction. They have removed the requirement to get an out-of-stater hunting license for people coming in to hunt hogs.

Texas Reforms Feral Pig Law - No State License Required to Hunt

 

[fullmetaljesus]

Well then, i may have to start researching this a bit more. This could be a fun trip.

 

[Ark]

I'm just sitting tight and waiting for them to head north.

 

[Mongo59]

Don't laugh but feral pigs used to be a problem in the southern part of Indiana...

 

[Thor]

Maybe it's time to take them off the list of animals requiring hunting licenses altogether and just name them a nuisance that can be killed anytime anywhere by anyone.

 

[rhino]

If "they" were serious about reducing the population of wild hogs, a bounty would be in place.

 

[Phase2]

Maybe it's time to take them off the list of animals requiring hunting licenses altogether and just name them a nuisance that can be killed anytime anywhere by anyone.

They are now.

 

[Hkindiana]

Don't laugh but feral pigs used to be a problem in the southern part of Indiana...

They STILL are. The DNR killed over 50 of them last fall on the farm adjacent to mine in Bedford.

 

[Sailor]

New York City called, they want me to pay $600 to come shoot their rats for them.....

 

[JettaKnight]

New York City called, they want me to pay $600 to come shoot their rats for them.....

Could head to NOLA and shoot nutria, instead.

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[Mark 1911]

I've seen this several times in this thread already. Texas is more concerned about profiting off the problem than they are about eliminating the problem. They don't want to eliminate the problem. It could easily be eliminated, but it's not about eliminating the problem, it's about the money.

 

[churchmouse]

They STILL are. The DNR killed over 50 of them last fall on the farm adjacent to mine in Bedford.

We used to hunt them off the family farm when I was a teenager. This is nothing new to Indiana.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

We used to hunt them off the family farm when I was a teenager. This is nothing new to Indiana.

I remember seeing home movies at our next door neighbor's as a kid showing them hunting hogs on horseback with bow and arrow. Not sure if it was from southern Indiana or Tennessee (where they were from) though. They were on horseback, not the hogs.

 

[churchmouse]

I remember seeing home movies at our next door neighbor's as a kid showing them hunting hogs on horseback with bow and arrow. Not sure if it was from southern Indiana or Tennessee (where they were from) though. They were on horseback, not the hogs.

Our farm was in Putnam county. They were there before the depression. The fencing back then was very sparce and the hogs used to get out and had to be gathered back up as the stories go. Not all of them were found so they lived in the huge wooded tracts between the fields.
We would get 4 or 5 every year.

 

[Rookie]

If "they" were serious about reducing the population of wild hogs, a bounty would be in place.

If they were serious, they wouldn't allow hog hunting outfitters.

 

[Mongo59]

The scariest thing I ever did on my own (not counting military service) was hog hunting in Florida. Underbrush has a whole different meaning down there. You can walk all day and never see anything below your armpits. Hearing them but not seeing them, that will remove all notions of being a tough guy...

 

[Phase2]

Looks like the pigs will soon be opening a 2-front war on the US. Apparently, feral pigs are approaching Montana from the north. Fortunately, they should prove a rich source of Canadian bacon.

Feral hogs from Canada may go hog wild in US