WOW!!! You can really get an idea about who here has ever owned property or hunted hogs. I happen to live on a fairly large(for the area) ranch/farm and have plenty of hogs doing plenty of damage each year. I'll take the hogs over a bunch of moron hunters shooting cows, dropping trash, and thinking they can bring their buddies any time they d@mn well please!!! IMHO the only way to get ahead of the hog population now is for the government(s) to offer a bounty. Its a trade off for me. A lot of time is spent repairing damage pastures but I have something to hunt whenever I want. I shoot them often but pass up on nursing sows as I don't believe anything should have to starve to death. We process every hog we kill. Its way more than we can eat so a lot gets given away. As far where to shoot them goes, I will always opt for the center of the shoulder. This usually drops them even if you don't clip the spine. Don't try it with your tacticool .223 though. I feel that they do compete fairly heavily with deer for food and probably come across the occasional fawn. They make a lot of tracks in a days time and they will eat just about anything. As far as the comments about the rich farmers getting what they get. Well, some guys are just making ends meet and if they can make a little money off the hogs I'm all for it. Charging a very low fee only ensures that you would get the worst of the worst and its hard to discriminate without repercussions.
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