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feral hogs with primitive gear?
D. Tiller:
Hmmm!!! Food on the hoof. Tasty to boot! Why would you want to eradicate them? Kill em, butcher them and sell the meat on the internet!!!! ;)
Hillbilly:
Tiller, hogs are one of the more destructive invasive species-they're fun to hunt and taste good, but they can tear hell out of an ecosystem and starve out/eat native species in a hurry. Here in the Smokies, the Park Service has spent umpteen thousands of dollars trying to eradicate or at least thin out the European wild boar population in the GSMNP. They have killed and trapped over ten thousand hogs just in the national park in the last twenty years or so, and the population is still growing and spreading. There are a lot of threatened habitats and rare/endangered species that the hogs are really taking a toll on. They'll eat almost anything they can catch or get to-plant, animal, whatever. The Russian boars are really hard to hunt here in these rugged mountains and thick woods, too-almost impossible without dogs. They are almost completely nocturnal. they stayed holed up in the rhododendron hells in the daytime, and come out at night to feed. I've seen acres of ground rooted up in only a couple nights, looked like you had taken a plow to the ground.
Kegan:
I think we need to do our part- the Primtive Archer Hog Hunt and BBQ ;D!
D. Tiller:
Anyone ever tried an Indian(asian) drive to force them into the center of a circle to eradicate. Bunch of people surround and arrea and start banging on pans or whatever to drive animals to the center. As they close in they bunch up and are easy pickings!
mullet:
I'd feel like a Dumb A##. ::)
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