Message #430320

[Wmwendler]

People have been Barring hogs for a long time, long before silly hog hunting tournaments came about.  And long before most of these anti bar folks learned how to hog hunt on the internet.  In my opinion, these tournaments are bogus anyway, and the fact that many of them removed bar hogs from eligibility is just more proof of that for me.

There are plenty of places in Texas where Barr hogs are accepted by land owners.  Places where there are no row crops to destroy........Pine timber land, range land, ect.  Places like that where a deer lease is a big part of income off a piece of land and having big Barrs around is just another way to make a hunting lease on that place more valuable for the land owner.  Barr hogs are relatively common in those places.

There are also places where barr hogs are not accepted by land owners.  Places where row crops are grown.  Barr hogs are not common in those places because they are not accepted by land owners.  Cutting hogs or turning hogs back loose would get you kicked off a place quick in those places.  Hog hunters know that and don't do it if they hunt on places that fit that bill.  But not all places are like this.  Those guys that cut boars, and catch allot of barrs do so because it is accepted practice where they are from, even tradition.  If you are jealous of that....its ok.  But that's no reason to run someone down, or make your self look foolish arguing against it.  Trust me, people like Cward, and tshelly would not be able to hunt the kind of properties it takes to maintain the quality of dogs they have if they were   cutting boars where it was not accepted

Long Live Barr hogs.

Waylon.