But what is the hog population now compared to what it was twenty years ago? What were the landowners attitudes about barring or catch and released as opposed to now? I'm pretty sure I would fall under the description of a "weekend warrior" hog hunter, and I'll tell you right now that I'm just doing what my landowners want, which is the most important thing when it comes to keeping a place to hunt. What do you think would happen if I had somebody call me about hogs tearing up this or that, and I want out there, caught a boar, cut him and turned him loose and the landowner found out? It better be a set of nuts worth mounting because they probably just cost you a place to hunt.
If my original post was read and properly interpreted I DID say that I understand where hogs should NOT be released on destructive properties or farm land.... Meaning places where you are brought in to remove an Kill hogs.
Jeez I understand not to go against landowners wishes, that's how properties are lost. we dont just cut everyhog where we catch him an cut him back loose. We have properties where it is forbidden to leave with anything dead.
In general though our group of hog hunters work the hogs like livestock. That's also why we catch 20+ barr's a year.
We will stick them and kill them in certain situations when the action is called for or required!
Thats fine if it works for you, BUT DONT FORCE YOUR STYLE ON ME! Thats the problem...Sticking hogs is good for the eco system farmers cattle deer etc etc etc. I personally work 6 days a wk and have church on sunday and 2 kids, I simply dont have time to do anything but get the dogs on a lead and get home, and to the pleasure of the landowners I hunt for kill more hogs by not wasting any time messing with a caught one AND THERE ISNT A DANG THING WRONG WITH THAT!
