Hog Wild

[R_Bert]

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/feb/09/bob-hodge-hogs-still-are-pests-despite-efforts/

[roverboy]

Good article. It looks like it won't be long before hogs are all around me. There's hogs about 2 miles form where I sit now.

Edited February 10, 2013 by roverboy

[TMF]

Seems like these land owners could make a couple bucks off letting folks take hogs on their land.

[Johnny_Utah]

Anybody know any land owners that want their hogs removed?

[DaveS]

Not for free I don't. Most I know are charging 250.00 to 500.00 to get on "the list". And others with hogs on their property don't allow hunting at all. It's a bad situation all the way around!

 

Dave S

[TripleDigitRide]

If they really want the hogs gone, it seems TWRA would ease the restrictions quite a bit more often. Why limit it to just a 10-day hunt?

[R_Bert]

If they really want the hogs gone, it seems TWRA would ease the restrictions quite a bit more often. Why limit it to just a 10-day hunt?

 

someone might filch a deer when they are not looking. 

[roverboy]

Hogs will always be a problem. They'll probably never be killed out of an area, once they get established. There's been hogs around Dale Hollow Lake for years, and they've been hunted hard in some places too. I think that there shouldn't be a limit on how many hunters a landowner can let help out. it should be his/her decision.

[DaveS]

someone might filch a deer when they are not looking. 

Or a Turkey, or a possum or a......

 

Dave S

[Dennis1209]

It doesn't make a lot of sense to me.

 

Seems wildlife laws, game wardens, the TWRA was created to regulate and control indigenous wildlife and protect the resource. Since when are feral and / or escaped domestic swine a wildlife resource that requires protection, rules and regulation?

 

What's next? Regulating the Starlings population and packs of domestic feral canines?

 

My old Pappy use to say, son, when you don't understand some reasoning, just follow the money...

[TSprint1]

"My old Pappy use to say, son, when you don't understand some reasoning, just follow the money..."

 

Or quest for control/power.  TWRA thinks we are here for them not them for us.

[R_Bert]

Or a Turkey, or a possum or a......

 

Dave S

 

Reminds me...Did you ever see the cans of "potted possum" ?  I had a buddy back in the 80's that was making a killing off of relabeled Hormel potted meat....until the USDA nabbed him.  He advertised "includes snouts and feet, gravel removed"

[DaveS]

Reminds me...Did you ever see the cans of "potted possum" ?  I had a buddy back in the 80's that was making a killing off of relabeled Hormel potted meat....until the USDA nabbed him.  He advertised "includes snouts and feet, gravel removed"

I seem to remember that. Been a long time ago...

 

Dave S

[10-Ring]

My old Pappy use to say, son, when you don't understand some reasoning, just follow the money...

 

That is some sound wisdom right there!  I will be reusing that if you don't mind.  Sounds like your pappy was a smart man.