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Hardwood83:

--- Quote from: bradkoll on February 04, 2012, 04:29:21 PM ---2 things on my bucket list:
1. Blackbear hunt with a handgun
2. Hog hunt with a handgun

Wish I knew where to find people down south that want them taken care of. Everywhere I have seen wants you to pay THEM to eliminate THEIR problem... More of us Yanks would help if they didn't charge for help down yonder...

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Yes, it sure does seem that way, I've thought the same thing. There probably are places where that (no fee) is an option but would require a lot of legwork to find. Believe it or not, on that recent hunt in Georgia the guide told me that some local guys that run dogs get upset with him for killing so many hogs, shrinking the pool for them. Idiotic, but we're all selfish, for instance I want lots of big deer around and I don't think much about the car accidents or crop damage caused, etc.

To answer your question, I suppose there are a number of issues that play into that: 1) Casual hunting really doesn't do much at all in controlling the hog numbers so why bother. You can google the specifics, but I believe you have to kill something like 75% of the population annually just to keep it level. They are prolific breeders especially in favorable environments. So popping a few hogs occasionally isn't statistically relevant to controlling them.  2) It's not likely anyone will open up their property to strangers with firearms. Liability reasons, etc. 3)Most important, enough people are willing to pay, so why not? Those of us up north without local hog populations or all those urban southerners in Dallas, Atlanta, Orlando, etc. helps the hogs pay for the damage they do. 

Also depends on what kind of hunt you want- merely access to land that has pigs or a guide, lodging, feeders/dogs, etc. Obviously those cost something. Ain't no such thing as a free lunch.

I have hunted hogs a number of times since 1997 and am willing to pay since it is much more convenient and successful then trying to arrange a DIY hunt in a strange place.

Btw first pig I shot was a big sow in a sugarcane field near Lake Okeechobee in South Florida. The pig ATE SUGAR for a living. It was the best meat I have ever tasted.

Burnsy87:
Damn, illegal here?  I'd love to go hog hunting.. coyote hunting would be cool as well.

bk09:
Sugar fed pigs  :o... Sounds incredible

Wesley D:

--- Quote from: bkoenig on February 04, 2012, 05:12:21 PM ---I would be willing to pay a reasonable fee for hog hunting, but an awful lot of the ones I've looked into are outrageously expensive. 

I may have a contact down in Texas through my job.  My boss and I were thinking about going last year but it didn't pan out.  Hopefully we can make it work this year.

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Hey Koenig, forget little Texas pigs, we should go hunt Russian boars: http://www.boarhuntingtn.com/russianboar.php!

They look almost like what I imagine Wargs to look like in Correia's MHI books.

bkoenig:
Ok, but only if we can hunt them with spears.

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