Posted on 02/19/2009 6:11:41 PM PST by llevrok
I don’t know about TX, but in my state, wild hogs are property - owned by the landowner.
Shoot them from any orientation you wish I’d say.
The Bubba Air Cav arguement is silly.
Where to we sign up for the charter flights? I’ve always wanted to “strafe” something.
What they gonna do when another Hogzilla appears? Gunship?
Good Piggy,,, 
Gunna Need Mo'Beer!...;0)
Bubba isn’t going to be able to afford the $200/hr that a helicopter would charge.
Too bad Ashely Judd isn’t a more practical woman like her mother, Naomi Judd.
“TX Lawmaker Wants To Allow Aerial Wild Pig Hunting”
Funny this should come about the same time as the “Porkulus” bill...this one however makes sense. These feral pigs know no bounds when it comes to mating, mounting anything that is not moving....and the squealing is deafening at times.
Here on the Big Island of Hawaii in the south east (Puna) we have a big problem with these wild ones.
The solution to the problem as I see it is to put our minds together to come up with some outstanding recipes. The guy who
mentioned ribs started it all off. Anyone else game?
Sorry for the bad pun.....just couldn’t resist.
Mahalo
"According to the 2008 Texas Wildlife Services report, $119,300 worth of damage was reported in Coryell County last year by wildlife, the vast majority of which was by feral hogs.
"We strongly believe that the actual crop damage was many times that," Firth said. "That number only includes what damage was actually reported to the county by ranchers."
Firth added that unless the county can find a more effective way to control the feral hog numbers, additional crops and livestock could be affected. The explosion in the wild hog population is a statewide issue. According to the Texas Department of Agriculture, Texas has the largest feral hog population in the United States with nearly 2 million wild hogs.
"Their numbers are continuing to increase because of high reproductive potential and the lack of natural predators," states the TDA Web site. The Texas AgriLife Extension Service estimates $51.7 million in statewide damage every year.
Currently, government trappers legally hunt wild hogs in Coryell county, hoping to reduce the numbers over time. The trappers killed 674 hogs and 220 coyotes in 2008, according to the TWS report."
If PETA has an issue with this, then I want PETA to trap these creatures (sure) and move them to their neighborhoods. They can deal with it.
Anybody wanting to aerial hunt around here is welcome.
“The solution to the problem as I see it is to put our minds together to come up with some outstanding recipes. The guy who
mentioned ribs started it all off. Anyone else game?”
Actually, the young ones are very tasty split down the middle and roasted. They would probably make good Kalua Pig.
I have eaten feral hog and thrown the bones to my dinner’s siblings, who ate everything but the squeal.
(they really do eat virtually anything, which is why they are so destructive)
This is outrageous, and totally unacceptable!
Only extraordinary Texans should be allowed to hunt from helicopters!
Gotta use slugs. Slugs have been known to bring down brown bear.
Obviously there IS a reason to own over 100 rifle launchable grenades.
The doctor that was arrested recently was just gearing up for some hunting.
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