Posted on 06/12/2019 4:36:22 PM PDT by marktwain
Governor Abbott has just signed another pro-liberty bill, this one about pig hunting. Texas has a problem with feral pigs. From smithsonianmag.com:
Wild hogs are among the most destructive invasive species in the United States today. Two million to six million of the animals are wreaking havoc in at least 39 states and four Canadian provinces; half are in Texas, where they do some $400 million in damages annually. They tear up recreational areas, occasionally even terrorizing tourists in state and national parks, and squeeze out other wildlife.
Texas allows hunters to kill wild hogs year-round without limits or capture them alive to take to slaughterhouses to be processed and sold to restaurants as exotic meat. Thousands more are shot from helicopters. The goal is not eradication, which few believe possible, but control.
The pig in the picture was shot in Texas a few years ago. I was required to purchase an out of state Texas hunting license to shoot the pig and harvest the meat. At the time, I and my companions groused about the necessity of buying a hunting license in order to help Texans control their wild pigs.
It wasn't that the cost was excessive, though it seemed counter-productive. It was the extra time and difficulty taken to obtain the license. Sure, it was only a stop at a WalMart. But when you are on a tight time budget (I was still working for Uncle Sam at the time), the extra time in finding the place to get the license, going there, and then going through the process to get it, was irritating.
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Hey now she wasn’t a very nice woman but that’s no way to refer to my ex.
I have a problem with both Manafort and Flynn’s situation.
Flynn has been destroyed financially as near as I can tell, and Manafort has been misreated in jail and prison.
Nah, the government has abused it’s authority with both.
Yeah, but how do you tell them from a democRat at distance?
You can only shoot one or two hogs before the sounder splits up.
The only way to control the hog population is to trap the entire sounder at once.
https://mdc.mo.gov/wildlife/nuisance-problem-species/invasive-species/feral-hogs-missouri
I go out 2-3 times a week at night with hi end night vision and several mags for my AR. Shoot as many as I can and leave them laying for buzzard food.
Tonight I will be out again hoping to run across the bunch that plowed 10-12 acres of good grass
Breakfast sausage!
Never should have needed a license in the first place.
I’ve never shot a feral pig
Some tell me they can be eaten if cleaned properly and BBQ’ed / slow cooked. Others tell me they can’t / shouldn’t be eaten.
What’s the final word?
Calling Ted Nugent!
What caliber rifle does one use to shoot feral hogs?
The swine have less mud.
In the eastern states the bear population has exploded. But when these SOB start coming through they can destroy everything. Everyone who thinks they are true environmentalist these pigs will challenge that.
Now see, I would have thought it was the other way around.
Oh well...
“:^)
Just out of curiosity, why can’t they be eaten?
That doesn’t make any sense.
If you think about it, they are more natural then the industrial “farm” stuff we are getting.
The smaller ones can be eaten, but the bigger males get pretty rank inside and out.
That being said if you want to eat it its not poison. You may want to add some sauce.
We used to do the catch dog/knife thing when I was younger and stupider.
They're fine to eat. Although I don't mess much with the mature boars. STANKY things. Ya hafta be careful handling them. Don't be like my neighbor's doofus friend and clean without latex AND keep cleaning after he cut himself. I also don't let them come in much contact with me (think heaving 210#'s worth on the 4 wheeler). Better to drag.
Outside of that treat as lean pork and enjoy. Had some this morning. d;^p
Younger males are GREAT-tasting pork IF they “dress out” at about 75# or less & the sows are GOOD pork for BBQ, stews/chili and/or making sausage at ANY weight.
NOTE: The BEST “Texas Red Chili” that I’ve ever had in 72 years is what one of our TX Master Naturalists calls: INVASIVE SPECIES CHILI.
(I bet that you cannot stop with ONE bowl of 1/2 Axis deer & 1/2 feral pork chili.)
Don’t believe the NONSENSE that you hear by NON-hunters and/or read on “The Worldwideweird”.
Yours, TMN78247
IMO, 6mm or above is BEST for hogs, though some people, whom I know, use .223/5.56 NATO with “mixed results”.
Personally, I prefer my Remington Model 760 in .300SAV (loaded with 180 grain JSP) for hogs over 100#, as at 72YO I really don’t enjoy trailing wounded hogs in our South TX brush.
That said (AT CLOSE RANGE, like out to 25M), I’ve shot numerous small BBQ pigs with a .357 MAG pistol.
Yours, TMN78247
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