turning hogs loose

I have been ridiculed for shooting hogs and leaving them in the woods. At the same time I have turned hogs loose or purposfully did'nt shoot them when I could have because I did not want to waste meat. Its not so much about the action its about the situation. Trust me if I have 5 hogs killed and passed up shooting a 6th because I did'nt have time to clean that many or a place to go with that much meat then its my business and no one elses, and I still did more for the landowner than charging 500$ an hour and lying about how many I killed. Some situations are different, around here people want the hog population under control and thats what I do. Not even the row crop farmers want them totally gone. Some places don't have the hog populations others do and some of those same places have lots of hog hunting pressur and no row crop agriculture. Hogs are just wild livestock, like it or not thats a fact supported by Texas Law. Its just like any other live stock...if a herd of cows got out and destroyed a corn crop thats a bad thing but it does not mean cattle are like fire ants, it just means they need a better fence to keep the cattle under control. In East Texas where row crop farming is rare a hog can roam around and not cause anyone financial burden as long as population numbers stay under control. As far as quail and Turkeys go, row crop farming, and housing developements have done more to get rid of them than hogs ever will. Just something to think about.

Waylon