Posted on 08/24/2013 3:24:02 PM PDT by rickmichaels
A few years ago, Jim Vich would not have dreamed of setting up an elaborate trap to catch wild hogs.
But that was before Oklahoma was invaded by a plague of pigs that devour crops, uproot pastures, destroy wildlife habitats, spread disease to humans and animals, kill trees and even knock over cemetery stones.
(Excerpt) Read more at torontosun.com ...
So you can sell them to farmers / slaughter houses for the meat. Plus, shooting on site isn't exactly effective if you are trying to get rid of an entire family of 20 - 50 pigs at a time - you want to get rid of all of them at once, otherwise, in few years, that could result in literally thousands of additional pigs if you don't catch them all. Looked up an example here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFUNXKATbJg
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