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Plus who wants their land to look like the other free places our "sportsman" frequent?

i.e. your local park pond, esp. after a TPWD trout release is littered, the banks of the local lakes are trashed !!

No Thanks!! As Bad if not worse than HOGS.

But that is another topic.

I agree Sig!!!!

Hunters will never make a dent in the population of hogs, it doesn't work. As far as landowners having such a bad problem they should beg hunters to come hunt them for free. LMAO way to much liablity.

I rather let the army run training exercises with Apache Helo's..

I view Hogs the same way as yotes... As soon as Yotes stop leaving half eaten calves in thier moma's then I'll start caring about where my bullet hits them... as long as it hits them.

Everyone elses Ethics VS Mine... Whatever

The point is a deer hunter who sets in a stand less than 30 days a year is not going to protect any investment by killing hogs. If a farmer is truly that worried about his land then he can hire a professional trapper, the helicopter, or attempt to keep them off the property. So the BS in this thread is all the hunters trying to protect the investment of the land owner comes down to an excuse for making a poor shot and unethical harvest.

I shoot hogs that I never intend to eat, they do destroy pastures, and it wouldn't bother me if all of them were eradicated. Just make a clean shot in attempt to put the animal down.

As a human being you own an animal a shot that kills it as quickly and as humanely as possible, no matter if you are killing a coyote or a deer, a hog or an elk. The thing that sets us apart from animals is our humane treatment towards all living creatures.

I guess we can clearly see those on here with hog problems, vs those that like to occasionally shoot a pig for meat.......

It doesn't matter why you are killing the animal that should allow for a less than ethical shot. Shoot every one of them just do you best to try and drop them in their tracks. And if you know someone who can use the meat then make an effort to see that the animal isn't wasted.

sounds exactly what i would say... all i can say is buzzards need to eat too... i shoot deer so that the are DRT.. why? cause a. im gonna eat that deer, and b. cause i dont feel like tracking or loosing my meal... as for hogs? a. i shoot them cause the tear up everything, b. populate faster than some forien countries,c. they kill fawns and eat the natural foods for the species native to this area, and d. i shoot em in the gut so they arent laying in my field with my cattle where disese may spread.. i would rather them run back into the brush where i dont have to look at them... does that make me an unethical hunter? i dont think so ,cause game animals i take ethical shots... as for hogs i consider myself and ethical and efficent exterminator... a. they die, and b. the haul themselves off....

IMO it does make you unethical. So your cows don't go in the woods where they can come into contact with the disease?

nope cows are in grass pastures... any other questions.. and besides i dont hunt hogs.. i just kill them so i guess i could be a unethical killer how that be?

LMAO Greatness

Agree on the shot.... but if the landowner wants the hogs shot, then do you have an "ethical" obligation to shoot them for him?

Heavy hunting pressure may not eradicate the hogs, but it wil vacate them... I disagree with the idea that hunters are not making an impact, every hog killed is a plus in the battle, be it done one day a year or 365.23.

I just dont know what to say about that post. I hope you are not passing those beliefs on to future hunters(Children). And yes that does make you an unethical hunter in my book. Sorry I just couldn't stay off after that post.

If you want to be an ethical hunter strap down your trash and corn sacks so they wont blow out of your pick up on the way home.

As far as hogs go as long as its legal its nobody's business what you do on your own property or lease with landowner permission / direction.
People shoot deer all the time that run for quite a ways before dying. If a pig runs 20 yards or 2 miles after being shot so what, dead is dead.

Kill each and every one of them. Line up 50 and shoot or try to shoot where one bullet will kill them all. Leave them where they lay. But, when you pull the trigger, you should try to make a shot that will put down whatever animal you are shooting at as fast and as humane as possible. Don't pass up any shots, but you should try to kill anything you shoot as quickly as posssible.

This is not directed at anyone. Just an observation of some of the posts. As hunters we are a minority, there are a lot more non hunters and non gun owners than there are hunters. A lot of money and effort by the anti hunting groups and hunting could become like it is in Europe or other parts of the world.

God help the hunters if PETA and other animal activists see some of these comments. There is more negative propaganda in this thread thna some of you realize. I am on my downhill slide of life, but with some of the attitudes I see, hunting as I have known it will be extinct before some of you reach my age.

ok I want to add my 2 cents worth. I have trapped ,hunted, and eradicated hogs for years and every time its feasible have had my share of tamales.Most kills have been with a .22 placed between the eyes unless using dogs then a .44 mag 6 inch barrel handgun worked well. All shots made by me have been to the head around eyes or ears for a quick clean kill.If they are not too big I clean them and eat them or know someone who will . This way crops ,fences,hunters,and the hungry are all happy .I also do my best to drag off or bury all carcasses to prevent other problems.A good size pit in the ground helps and makes buzzards and crows happy along with a new place to get more hogs out of the way.

I agree they impact them but very seldom is there amount of pressure to Control them.

3 months 3 weeks 3 days- with up to 3 litters with 8-10 piglets is a lot of hogs and fast.

Normal hunting just doesn't have the resources to get it done. But thats another agruement.

Funny a good friend use to be a hog buyer now back with the TAHC..

In meeting in S.TX the only way they have truely found a way to control has Helo's.... Landowners loved it... Until the Yote population expolded b/c of the hogs left in the field. Anybody know a effective way to pick up a 100 hogs shot in random place over 1000's of acres of S.TX brush country.. Me neither

Ah: Another cormorant Bait station mentioned by dairy queen crowd,,In thought theres no difference,hog,cormorant,fire ant,zebra muscles,asian carp,,All similar predatory species< then again mabey the hogs will eat all trash,cormorants all the trout,muscles clog up water intake,,Govt will declare it golden passport only or Endangered habitat of rare shootable minnow,, and litter would be limited to crack pipes an sharpies,an split bamboo sportsman,,may your wicker basket flow over,,

A good atv and short length of chain makes things easier for that you lazy flyers should know .

In some places yes, others, Not so much... Thier isn't a suit thick enough to protect you from that brush

If theres that big of a problem I have trapped as many as 15 at a time in one trap.

Yelp but every professional hog trapper will tell you its only a mtter of time before the ones not caught become HOG TRAP PROOF

Who is responsible for almost everything you mentioned? We are. Some dumbass brought the pigs over here. someone introduced the carp to our waterways. Someone sells dope to make a buck. For the most part we are responsible for all of these things being here, or at least helping them spread.

that does more harm than good a lot of times.

Just saying there are ways to eradicate and keep the balance that is also cheaper.