Barrs

OK, I've tried to read all the post and I'm trying to be open minded about this topic. It seems as though hairs are being split here. I understand that in many areas the barring of hogs is taboo and carries many repercussions for any caught practicing the act. However, that rule does not stand for all nor should it penalize those of us who have access to these animals. Simply put a hog is a hog is a hog. The absence of testicles should not make a barr any less acceptable than a boar or sow; my dogs work just as hard to find and catch them, and they still add lots of pounds of meat to these competitions that feed the hungry which is one of our main goals at the end of the day.

I honestly haven't seen a VALID argument for the removal of barrs from the competition. All I really see so far are complaints that not all have access to the added weight a barr may or may not offer to their stringer. For ,me this simply is not a persuasive enough argument to decide that removing barrs from competitions is worth while. To do so would be the equivalent of Bassmasters refusing all female bass from weigh-in because they may have eggs in them which adds unfair weight to a fisherman's total.

If there are those who feel barrs are that unfair to the competitions, then my suggestion is this, set a separate category for the barrs and let those of us who have access to them compete with one another at least.