A Component Ensuring Air Gun Future Development - Super Pigs

[wgd]

Brook told the Associated Press that even when 65% or more of a wild pig population is killed every year, the population will still increase. The success rate for hunters is only about 2% to 3%.

This is an interesting article in today's USA Today. I knew it was a big problem in the southeast and southwest, I believe we've all watched killing and trapping videos. But Canada coming south, whoa. And I'm hearing/reading of invasions into MN, PA, CA MT, to name a few states, wow. Mabel, grab my gun

Is America ready for 'Super Pigs'? Wild Canadian swine threaten to invade the US

Feral hogs in U.S. cause about $2.5 billion in agricultural damages each year and authorities fear Canadian 'super pigs' could spread destruction.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Ranchibi]

Brook told the Associated Press that even when 65% or more of a wild pig population is killed every year, the population will still increase. The success rate for hunters is only about 2% to 3%.

This is an interesting article in today's USA Today. I knew it was a big problem in the southeast and southwest, I believe we've all watched killing and trapping videos. But Canada coming south, whoa. And I'm hearing/reading of invasions into MN, PA, CA MT, to name a few states, wow. Mabel, grab my gun

Is America ready for 'Super Pigs'? Wild Canadian swine threaten to invade the US

Feral hogs in U.S. cause about $2.5 billion in agricultural damages each year and authorities fear Canadian 'super pigs' could spread destruction.

www.usatoday.com

That's crazy! Happy Thanksgiving and maybe we should have pork instead of turkey....cull some of those super hogs!

 

[Losmeister]

The success rate for hunters is only about 2% to 3%.

whaaaat?

that many people cant shoot straight???? or...am i misinterpreting this datum?

 

[wgd]

It’s true, well documented. Those trappers on YouTube are much more efficient killing machines. Catch the article in USA TODAY, Super Pigs.

 

[rob_g]

The biggest problem is the intelligence of the hogs. They learn from their mistakes

 

[Treefrog]

whaaaat?

that many people cant shoot straight???? or...am i misinterpreting this datum?

Like Rob_G said, hogs are smart. I've spent a lot of quality time hunting wild boar. Never did get one... So this looks like a good opportunity for some quality meat.

The only time my Grandad ever whooped me (as a kid) was when I climbed up on the side of the pig pen. They will kill and eat you if they get the chance.

Cheers,

J~

 

[Losmeister]

Like Rob_G said, hogs are smart. I've spent a lot of quality time hunting wild boar. Never did get one... So this looks like a good opportunity for some quality meat.

The only time my Grandad ever whooped me (as a kid) was when I climbed up on the side of the pig pen. They will kill and eat you if they get the chance.

Cheers,

J~

Thanks for the response... I guess I watched too many success vids that it distorted the reality of selecting a good spot and being quiet enough not to spook em and a good shot enough to bag one...

 

[Losmeister]

maybe we should have pork instead of turkey

my thinking precisely... but on a more global scale... this seems like an industry... dual purpose...providing quality food while reducing biosphere degradation

 

[maxtrouble]

Steve has some good advice on hunting hogs.

A Guide to Hunting Wild Pigs

There are two competing narratives about wild pigs in America. The first is from landowners who are quick to cite the growing abundance of wild pigs that are wreaking havoc on their properties by causing extensive crop and landscaping damage. The second is from would-be hog hunters who can’t...

www.themeateater.com

 

[rcs9250]

The biggest problem is the intelligence of the hogs. They learn from their mistakes

Gen X did their best to dtop that with humans.

 

[Treefrog]

Steve has some good advice on hunting hogs.

A Guide to Hunting Wild Pigs

There are two competing narratives about wild pigs in America. The first is from landowners who are quick to cite the growing abundance of wild pigs that are wreaking havoc on their properties by causing extensive crop and landscaping damage. The second is from would-be hog hunters who can’t...

www.themeateater.com

Thanks for that, Max.

As one that's spent more than a little time going through western NC laurel thickets with a .308, this rings true.

"While the private land hunter in Texas is shooting pigs from a weather-protected blind near a timer-controlled corn feeder, the public land hunter in North Carolina or California is trying to get the drop on a bedded pig by crawling silently through nearly impenetrable brush with the breeze to his nose. While the former hunter might have the advantage, the latter hunter gets to know that he took on a tough task and gave it his all."

The whole article is worth a read even if you don't hunt hogs.

Cheers,

J~