General Tso
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I agree 100%!
Shoot hogs on sight, even when not hunting?
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Flintknapper
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Same thing could be said of Cockroaches.
Doesn't matter though, (in Texas) both are here to stay.
kyle1974
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I Kill everyone I can... you *cannot* kill them all, but as long as you try to, their numbers might stay somewhat in check...
shoot them all and let the fireants and buzzards eat.
shoot them all and let the fireants and buzzards eat.
General Tso
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Statements like this are why there are people that are "anti-hunter".
Did you read the rest or you just agree with they don't bother anything. The average pig will cause $1400 in damage in its lifetime. Multiply that by the 3,000,000 or so hogs we have in Texas and you have a real life issue. I undetstand some not minding them and that is thier right, but for the few that just pretend they are neat little creatures you are kidding yourself. The same guy I referenced ealier has a huge farming operation with his family. Thy estimate between 35-50k in lost produce labor and repair each year. That is some serious coin to be losing and if he needs to feed the vultures more power to him.
General Tso
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I hope we get some in NW Ohio. Free pork! Sounds like they are easy to hunt. Easier than deer anyway.
Flintknapper
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General Tso wrote:
Ummmmm, that would be a big "NEGATORY"!
But if any of the "Anti's" want to come and remove some of the cute little piggies from my property, I'm all for it.
Ummmmm, that would be a big "NEGATORY"!
But if any of the "Anti's" want to come and remove some of the cute little piggies from my property, I'm all for it.
General Tso
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The way these guys on here act, they breed like rabbits, and they're gonna overrun everything! So they should not be hard to find.General Tso wrote:
Ummmmm, that would be a big "NEGATORY"!
But if any of the "Anti's" want to come and remove some of the cute little piggies from my property, I'm all for it.
schlockinz
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You'd be impressed with how hard they are to find. I've gone a year with never seeing one, but it looked like the fields got tilled nightly.
After that year of not seeing them, its now not uncommon for me to find thirty at random times, usually when I have nothing more than a pistol on me.
After that year of not seeing them, its now not uncommon for me to find thirty at random times, usually when I have nothing more than a pistol on me.
ClickClickD'oh
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Yup, schlockinz tells it how it is. The dumb ones are easy to find and kill. Problem is, that just educates the rest. Then you end up with smart pigs who are pretty tough to hunt. In the end, you end up going in the heavy cedars where they sleep.
There's nothing in hunting that quite compares with the rush when you stand up a 450lb pig at ten feet.
There's nothing in hunting that quite compares with the rush when you stand up a 450lb pig at ten feet.
22-rimfire
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Feral hogs are one of the few animals that many ranchers in Texas will actually let a non-lease holder take.
Feral hogs become very smart. They are smarter than whitetail deer by a longshot. If I recall, the are the next smartest animal below humans. They might be down a few notches, but believe me, they are very smart and very adaptable to their environment and conditions.
Feral hogs become very smart. They are smarter than whitetail deer by a longshot. If I recall, the are the next smartest animal below humans. They might be down a few notches, but believe me, they are very smart and very adaptable to their environment and conditions.
schlockinz
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I'll argue that the average feral hog is much more intelligent than the average human in the US after they've made it a few years (the pig, not the human).
But, that might not be saying too much.
But, that might not be saying too much.
kyle1974
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statements like mine aren't why people are anti hunting....frankly, I"m sick of people who are concerned what anti hunters think.
what's next, you're going to tell me about the anti fur trading groups?
I could care less what they all think...
what's next, you're going to tell me about the anti fur trading groups?
I could care less what they all think...
General Tso
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t george
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I donno where the numbers came from but I was always told that in order to keep the population steady you needed to take at least 80% of the population per year... and thats just to keep up...
I hope not. Ohio is one of the top 10 states for hog production and a feral population increases risk for brucellosis and other problems that can completely stop export(think mad cow disease scare). The economy is bad enough as it is.
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General Tso, I give far more credibility to those who live on the land than I ever would to those who don't. It's the difference between doing something compared to reading about it.
On balance, the negatives of feral hogs far outweigh any positives. I've seen it on my own land about ten miles south of Cuero, Texas. And I've listened to the very-hostile complaints from adjoining landowners.
If you're not farming your land and you're not raising livestock on it, it may be neatsie-poo to have hogs and maybe find a sucker who'll pay money to hunt them. Otherwise? Again, "Cockroaches".
Never forget that the ad valorem tax man doesn't care whether or not you have a crop failure. He wants his cash money and tough luck to you if you don't have it. What, you're gonna get a Willie Nelson FarmAid benefit to save you?
Hogs in a farmer's crop field are the same thing as me walking into your house and loading up out of your pantry and refrigerator...
On balance, the negatives of feral hogs far outweigh any positives. I've seen it on my own land about ten miles south of Cuero, Texas. And I've listened to the very-hostile complaints from adjoining landowners.
If you're not farming your land and you're not raising livestock on it, it may be neatsie-poo to have hogs and maybe find a sucker who'll pay money to hunt them. Otherwise? Again, "Cockroaches".
Never forget that the ad valorem tax man doesn't care whether or not you have a crop failure. He wants his cash money and tough luck to you if you don't have it. What, you're gonna get a Willie Nelson FarmAid benefit to save you?
Hogs in a farmer's crop field are the same thing as me walking into your house and loading up out of your pantry and refrigerator...
kyle1974
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Cuero?
holy cow... I used to live in cheapside when I was a little kid.. back in the late 70's, early 80's. small world.
holy cow... I used to live in cheapside when I was a little kid.. back in the late 70's, early 80's. small world.
We shoot on sight out at the ranch. I guess living up north some people don't realize the damage they do and yes they breed like rabbits!
Shooting on sight every time is all we can do to keep them in check. 20 years ago we had only a few pigs, lots of quail, lots of deer and even lots of rattle snakes. Today we have a huge amount of pigs, the quail are all but gone and the deer population is down; heck we don't even see that many snakes anymore. the pigs do a lot of damage and I have seen pig herds take out an acre of crop per night in the peanut fields.
Shooting on sight every time is all we can do to keep them in check. 20 years ago we had only a few pigs, lots of quail, lots of deer and even lots of rattle snakes. Today we have a huge amount of pigs, the quail are all but gone and the deer population is down; heck we don't even see that many snakes anymore. the pigs do a lot of damage and I have seen pig herds take out an acre of crop per night in the peanut fields.
AKElroy
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I shoot on sight. I have harvested when they are clean shot, but I have no guilt in letting them rot. Irony is, it is likely the rest of the sounder bone picking the carcass anyway.
Just got back from Van Zendt co. Hunted all day sun and mon. Saw all kinds of tracks but nobody fired a shot. Owner said he expected us to get 40-50 pigs a day. Don't know where they were. One of our guys gave the owner a hard time about going out with little pig feet and made all those tracks before we got there. The 2 he had mounted were shot from his house. How convenient. If anyone has a problem with pigs, I have friends that may be interested in clearing some out. Let me know. Cliff 208 375 8694 after 10 am Boise time.
General Tso
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I agree with what you're saying, I just hate to kill things just to be killing them.
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