Flintknapper
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FLAvalanche wrote:
Here is the fault in your assessment (as I see it).
I know you are an experienced hog-hunter as well....so perhaps this will resonate with you.
Hunting pressure does NOT equal fewer hogs! SUCCESSFUL hunting will result in small numbers of hogs being taken BUT the vast majority will simply move or change their habits.
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Addressed to everyone else:
Personally, it is not my endeavor to "swap hogs" with my neighbors. Moving hogs from one property to another does nothing to diminish their numbers, it only serves to give one person temporary relief.
Every failed attempt to kill or capture a hog results in a learning experience for that animal.
The idea that hunting pressure (if limited to shooting) would significantly reduce their numbers is laughable. Todays "hog hunter" must be smart and really know his quarry, otherwise....you'll just move them around and help educate the herd.
Yes, it can be argued that "every dead hog helps".....but only if the rest of them do not become harder to hunt because of someones sloppy methods.
I am sorry to labor this point, but sheer numbers of people in the woods and "try" is hardly a good plan of attack UNLESS those people are good, well educated, careful hunters....as concerns hogs.
Please forget most of what you have seen on T.V. about hog-hunting, its not that easy most places.
Lack of hunting pressure + diverse, adaptable animal + dwindling hunters = pig bomb.
Here is the fault in your assessment (as I see it).
I know you are an experienced hog-hunter as well....so perhaps this will resonate with you.
Hunting pressure does NOT equal fewer hogs! SUCCESSFUL hunting will result in small numbers of hogs being taken BUT the vast majority will simply move or change their habits.
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Addressed to everyone else:
Personally, it is not my endeavor to "swap hogs" with my neighbors. Moving hogs from one property to another does nothing to diminish their numbers, it only serves to give one person temporary relief.
Every failed attempt to kill or capture a hog results in a learning experience for that animal.
The idea that hunting pressure (if limited to shooting) would significantly reduce their numbers is laughable. Todays "hog hunter" must be smart and really know his quarry, otherwise....you'll just move them around and help educate the herd.
Yes, it can be argued that "every dead hog helps".....but only if the rest of them do not become harder to hunt because of someones sloppy methods.
I am sorry to labor this point, but sheer numbers of people in the woods and "try" is hardly a good plan of attack UNLESS those people are good, well educated, careful hunters....as concerns hogs.
Please forget most of what you have seen on T.V. about hog-hunting, its not that easy most places.