True ‘dat. You’ll hear the farmers complain about the millions they loose. But, you tell one of them you’d be happy to come kill some and he’s going to tell you $500 for the first hog, $250 for those that follow. And$ 125 cleanup fee per hog to use his water hose in the barn while you butcher it.
It’s their land. I respect their right to say no to a person requesting permission to hunt. But, if they’d find themselves a couple dozen folk that would come every year and kill 5-10 apiece, their hog problem would all but go away. But, that ain’t going to happen at the prices they charge. So, the hogs thrive instead.
I’ve said it before, the farmers need to spare the BS about all the damage the pigs do until they help themselves by returning the favor. The best way to do that is having people willing to shoot ever hog they see right in the face. And, the best way to do that is openly invite and help those people accomplish it without limiting the amount of hogs they’ll be willing to kill. With limiting high fees.
Before anyone flames my backside for being so frank about the situation, look at what happens when you attach a hunting value to hunting species. No animal that creates problems of the proportion that hogs do, hasn’t already been killed to extinction. However, every animal on the planet that requires a few to hunt and kill, is thriving or protected to ensure hunting numbers of them exist. It’s the monetary value placed on the hog by the same farmers claiming to want them decimated, that is ensuring it never happens.
Life has its nuisances. Poor farmers. Yeah right.