More Hunters Wanted: Texas is Losing the Fight Against Feral Hogs

The cure for the bacon shortage.

The problem is the private land that is charging an arm and a leg to hunt it.

On my list of "stuff I'd really like to go do but probably never will."

camper4lyfe said:

The problem is the private land that is charging an arm and a leg to hunt it.

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Yeah, its like
Land owner, "Help we're over run with wild pigs!"
hunter, Can I come over and shoot a few?
Owner , Sure, it's $250 per day and $100 per hog
hunter What, why so much?
land owner, Hay I gotta pay for the pig food don't I?

Pigs have become a VERY big business in Texas.

As the pig population soars, so does the cost to hunt them. Even so, they are expanding, it's a growth industry.
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Robin

If it was a big "problem", landowners wouldn't be trying to make a profit off of it. I wouldn't mind paying a little bit, just as courtesy to use someones land, but if people are actually trying to charge what people are reporting then no way.
I'd gladly pay 50-100 bucks for a whole day, unlimited number of hogs.

I also don't agree with people asking to get paid a bounty to kill hogs. (slightly off topic)

I've been told the old wild boars taste like shit, nobody wants the meat..

Bustedknees said:

I've been told the old wild boars taste like shit, nobody wants the meat..

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supposedly the younger, smaller hogs are good for the table.

Pay people $500 bucks a hog head. They'll be extinct in a week.

No bacon on a wild pig.
Robin

Canadians are paying exorbitant prices on meat right now.

Choot da hog
Dress da hog out
Freeze da hog
Sen' dem to Canada, eh?
Hav sum pulled pork, ya hosers!

Robin said:

No bacon on a wild pig.
Robin

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Bingo. Feral hogs have little to no pork belly. Bacon is a farmed pig thing.

Sixbennetts said:

Canadians are paying exorbitant prices on meat right now.

Choot da hog
Dress da hog out
Freeze da hog
Sen' dem to Canada, eh?
Hav sum pulled pork, ya hosers!

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That’s because the Canadian government keeps a quota on everything so they keep the prices high.

Robin said:

No bacon on a wild pig.
Robin

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Say it aint so!