Posted on 08/31/2011 10:10:30 AM PDT by waterhill
I’d think the state would go broke on hog bounties. Maybe we can get some stimulus for it? :-)
Wild pigs breed like rabbits. 4 to 6 pigs/litter, 1-2 litters per year. Live 5-10 years.
They’re a real problem.
1. Yes, a few counties have hosted individual bounties. I recall one county offering $10 for a set of ears.
2. Hogs can die of old age at about 10 or so years.
A healthy sow can have litters as large as 12, and its not uncommon to produce 3 litters a year. ( Thats 36 !).
This doesn’t include mortality rates due to predation.
Or maybe some type of sliding scale...$10/hog up the first 25..then $50 after that..or would people collude? ( NAH...)
Or prizes for the biggest....makes people wanna go after them
Seems to me there's some way to do this to make a profit...maybe a TV series...and accomplish a worthwhile goal..
To tell the truth, I know nothing about the science or economics of varmint bounties and I was just flapping my jaws er, I mean, offering my opinion.
I recall stories about the rattlesnake roundups..bounties were paid...
But it seems to me that where you have this obvious problem..a dangerous, destructive feral hog population...and lots of hunters...there has to be an economically driven solution..
maybe the state, and the most affected counties..contribute some funds...maybe charge a fee for the hunt permit..but also pay bounties, prizes, maybe have drawings...maybe a reality TV show....I'mm sure one of the hunting themed cable nets would buy into it...
http://feralhogs.tamu.edu/files/2011/05/FeralHogFactSheet.pdf
This guy has an interesting solution (trapping).
The predation includes humans and their dogs....
The best pork is fresh off tha tit. ( grilled whole )
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