Just curious who really hates hogs.

I understand why you could hate them from a landowner's point of view.

But I tend to look at them as something fun to shoot. I have one 120lb boar pig in the freezer that was made into breakfast sausage, another 80lb sow that was made into jalepeno and cheese hot links. It's all good stuff, no doubt.

I usually shoot at everyone I see. Some I leave laying, some I use for meat. I know it is a pain to see them demolishing corn at a feeder meant for deer, but a fence can usually fix that problem.

To be honest I think I'd really miss them if they were to all dissapear. The fact of the matter is that they are not going anywhere, so we may as well enjoy them now that we have them. You can't overhunt them to the point that they will be gone forever,.....

So anyone else, just kinda glad that they are here?

I hate them. There are suspicions that hogs are one of the reasons the eastern turkeys are taking so long to get reestablished in TX. Hogs have a tendency to destroy the nests of ground-nesting birds in general. It's likely that they'll eat the eggs when they find them.

They're really no good for landowners OR for our native wildlife.

So yeah, shoot 'em up, I say. They've been there too long and there really isn't any sort of widespread eradication program that's going to get rid of them...especially when there are folks out there who purposely release more hogs to hunt. Might as well get some meat out of them.

I don't necessarily hate them but I don't have any thing good to say about them either.

As a person who makes a living as a rancher, I detest hogs! The only good hog is a dead hog! They serve no useful purpose IMO. No, there is no way in which I'm just glad they're here! Yeah, I'd miss em alright, like a hemorrhoid!

I hate 'em with a passion. My attitude...Shoot 'em all, let God sort 'em out.

I'de be happy if I never saw signs of another feral hog.

I'm sure of it, I hate em'. They destroy everything from fields to fences to deer hunting.

Its not nice to hate.

I like hogs. I like shooting them with my rifle, pistol and my bows.

I like to take my dogs to run and catch 'em and I like knifing 'em, or watching some else knife 'em and I take pics,

I also like to eat 'em.

I like selling a good boar skull on Ebay and picking up some fast change. ( $50 for the last I sold )

Y'all go ahead and hate, me, I like having them around

Pigs and Cedar trees are the same....you can't kill enough of them!

I love shooting them LOL busted two boars last night with the old 7 mag and some nightvision.

I hate them - yes, I enjoy shooting them (much like shooting rats at that dump), but would gladly give that up to be rid of them. Hogs = Rats = Roaches, kill 'em all.

David

love hate relationship , hate the damage , love the hunt , I would miss em they are something to do while filling feeders in the offseason , if you keep em in check they can be managed .

I can see why land owners hate them but their are plenty of help to get them in check other than whineing about them and doing nothing.I like hunting them as much as deer and taste just as good if you know how to clean and cook them proper.

I think if TPW would get out of the way landowners could find a way to keep them in check.

X2 and throw in the fire ant for the trifecta. I do ever care to see another hog except in a pen on a farm.

x2 fun hunting and good eating

preston629 I own land but love to shoot them busted two big boars last night with my Gen 3 nightvision. LOL so if they hate ya they will have to hate me too.

Working in a Gun shop, I hear alot of Hatrid form landowners for Feral Hogs. The thing that makes me laugh the hardest is when I offer to come and shoot/trap them they want to charge 100.00+ a day to hunt/trap. So they must not hate them to much

I would understand if they had bad experiance with hunters in the past and only wanted people they knew, but to make a profit off a problem is funny.

I will be depressed if the hogs disappeared

you could get by shooting rats with a gamo inside feed barns

Hate is not a strong enough word!

Something to do in the off season, couldn't that be accomplished with Axis or Fallow Deer? I see the damage,which is bad, but I also do not like that deer do not seem to enjoy pigs company?

That sounds boring im no deer hunter so the pigs can keep on coming just as long as they leave the pastures alone!

hehe, I'm sure they'll get the memo to not root up pastures.

I don't hate them.... any more than grasshoppers or fire ants. Just another nuisance critter to spend a small fortune failing to control. Granted, they are a bit more fun to control than grasshoppers, and grasshoppers are horrible table fare, unless they're fried and dipped in chocolate.