Good Grief! 12 men even with night vision will not make a dent in the hog population. We’ve been fighting back feral hog’s for the last 30 years here in Texas and we haven’t made a dent. They breed faster than we can take them out. We shoot on sight during the day, we hunt at night with spotlights. We trap and yes many Texas hunters are already equipped with IR and night vision scopes. There’s even a booming business of hunting hogs from helicopters. The wife and I did that just over a year ago using full auto M4’s, that was a blast! We got 122 hog’s that day and we were using Red Dot sights, 2000$ a day but we ate and drank well.
What I’m saying is it’s a war you can’t win! I carry a Panther Arms LR-308 daily in the truck and I’m all over the ranch and I manage to keep them somewhat under control. The most I ever got out of a sounder was 10 before they got away. Now if you’ll give me Claymores, A-10’s and a few Apaches equipped with 2.75’s and Hellfire’s I might could get rid of them, Oh and about 50 thousand pounds of soured corn.
They put up a full tactical response when the hogs hit our state boundary and pretty much stopped their entry. That being said, I’m going to plan a hunting trip to either OK or TX with my son before he graduates. Not sure I want to spend the money for a helicopter hunt but it sounds really fun.
I don’t do it but I have friends that charge 250.00 a day for all you can shoot hog hunts and have a steady stream of hunters waiting to get on. Helps keep the hog’s under control and they make a little money to boot. My passion is chasing Whitetail Buck’s with a bow but during the off season I go after Feral hog’s with my recurve’s and longbow’s, keeps me on my game.