Catch & Release: Pros and Cons

Pretty simple subject to me.

If you are on land that you can cut and release hogs on why not do it if you don't need the meat? All you are doing is making big trophy meat hogs for years to come.....

If you are on land that you are required to kill or remove everything you catch then that is pretty simple......... kill or remove everything you catch......

Im not seeing the confusion with this......

As far as pros and cons of releasing hogs go I cannot really think of any cons.......the whole "releasing hogs makes running hogs" notion is nonsense in my opinion. Regardless of if a hog has been caught previously or not, if a hog wants to run he is going to do everything in his power to run and thats just how it is, put the best combination of dogs you have on his tail and run his ass til he gives out......... I wont go farther into that as it is not the topic of conversation.

As far as Pros go I can think of quite a few but the top 3 in my opinion are as follows

1) barr hogs are the best tasting critters in the woods bar none.
2) Trophy hogs........... would you rather catch a 220lb boar or a 350+ lb barr?
3) Healthy and managed hog population, if you don't kill em all you will always have a spot to catch a couple. 4)

Like BA_IV post over two years ago .................... you can't catch Barrs unless you cut boars

Now if you are in it purely for the sport and don't care about managing a hog population or eating many hogs or if you are in a position where you are not able to catch and release due to landowner wishes or any other factors then none of what I said really applies to you and by all means kill em all.........I wont knock you for it! However if you have a mindset like myself and my hunting buddies then you will understand where I am coming from and why we catch and release every chance we get.