Author Topic: hogs gone wild (Read 7898 times)

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **on:** March 14, 2011, 09:45:05 PM »

its a tv show that shows guys "handling" wild hogs. they make a big production outa live capture then haul em off. why? aren't they gonna kill em anyway? i sure hope so. are we so lame as a society that we have to pretend its about live catch then off em off camera?

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #1 on:** March 14, 2011, 10:01:33 PM »

My solution to hog overpopulation

Fly320s · « **Reply #2 on:** March 14, 2011, 10:54:55 PM »

That firearms show on Discovery, "Sons of Guns," I think it is called showed a hog being killed with a shotgun mounted on a 4-wheeler. Lots of good video of the actual shooting and the dead pig.

Boomhauer · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2011, 11:13:14 PM »

The only kind of hog hunting that impresses me is hunting (actually, more predator control than hunting) from a helo...there was a thread posted with an excellent video over at THR and several posters started bitching and whining about how "unfair" it was...they just did not get it.

Regolith · « **Reply #4 on:** March 14, 2011, 11:37:02 PM »

Quote from: Avenger29 on March 14, 2011, 11:13:14 PM

The only kind of hog hunting that impresses me is hunting (actually, more predator control than hunting) from a helo...there was a thread posted with an excellent video over at THR and several posters started bitching and whining about how "unfair" it was...they just did not get it.

I don't know...those guys that do it with nothing but a big knife and maybe some dogs are pretty damn impressive, too. I sure as hell wouldn't want to tango with a pissed off pig with anything less than a boar spear, and even then only if I get some kind of armor. Being gored by tusks doesn't seem like a fun time to me.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #5 on:** March 15, 2011, 09:06:08 AM »

I think that many of those shows they are capturing the pigs in populated areas where shooting them is a no no. A few on ranches.
Cracks me up, though, because a properly built figure 6 trap will trap many pigs in a night.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #6 on:** March 15, 2011, 09:08:52 AM »

the one was a 100 acre texas ranch and they get in the pen with multiple pigs to hog tie em one by one and haul em away alive. and i saw a backhoe on the property that woulds been my tool of choice after a quick shot

charby · « **Reply #7 on:** March 15, 2011, 09:57:10 AM »

Feral pigs are very harmful to the ecosystem, they are little bulldozers. I'm can see why they live trap them because pigs are smart you start killing them in front of other pigs, the rest of the herd disappears and becomes hard to kill.

There are no wild pigs here, just feral populations.

CSM Kersh · « **Reply #8 on:** March 15, 2011, 10:14:49 AM »

Three animals on the ranch where I hunt just South of Fredericksburg are on the shoot on sight list; stray dogs, cats and pigs.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #9 on:** March 15, 2011, 01:42:14 PM »

As my Pappy likes to say:

"I haven't had this much fun since my baby brother fell in the slop and the hogs ate him!"

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #10 on:** March 15, 2011, 02:15:42 PM »

Quote from: Regolith on March 14, 2011, 11:37:02 PM

I don't know...those guys that do it with nothing but a big knife and maybe some dogs are pretty damn impressive, too. I sure as hell wouldn't want to tango with a pissed off pig with anything less than a boar spear, and even then only if I get some kind of armor. Being gored by tusks doesn't seem like a fun time to me.

Dad's only intrest in hunting was after reading an article about hunting wild boars in the south pacific (can't remember the island) with pistols.

He thought that sounded pretty cool.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #11 on:** March 15, 2011, 02:45:31 PM »

one of the hogs killed on the show was killed by the guys fairly petite wife with a pig sticker. pig was hurting her dog she let the air out fast one stick to the heart

MechAg94 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 15, 2011, 05:27:06 PM »

I thought the guys using a dog to hold the hog ended up killing one also.

The whole time they were focusing on the hogs in the neighborhood being such a danger, I kept saying "Just Shoot Them!".

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #13 on:** March 15, 2011, 05:30:24 PM »

when they used a noose and then were worried it was too tight i was thinking ... why? noose it off the grond a 22 tween eyes and then next?!

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #14 on:** March 15, 2011, 06:59:47 PM »

They may be trying to keep them as fresh as possible before slaughter. Or just stupid liberal types that think that "euthinaziation" is somehow more humane than a .22 between the eyes.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #15 on:** March 15, 2011, 07:07:43 PM »

Quote from: JamisJockey on March 15, 2011, 06:59:47 PM

They may be trying to keep them as fresh as possible before slaughter. Or just stupid liberal types that think that "euthinaziation" is somehow more humane than a .22 between the eyes.

Can I +1 that? A lot?

The point of euthinaziating an animal is to kill it for its own good. Not for people emotional comfort. In some cases, for the ANIMALS sake, a bullet is a lot kinder then waiting for the solution to kick in.

sumpnz · « **Reply #16 on:** March 16, 2011, 01:29:12 AM »

I turned it off after about 10 minutes when I realized they were live trapping them rather than killing them outright. I can understand using a live trap to get the whole herd contained so they don't scatter when you shoot the first one. But then why not just mow them down inside the trap once you have them?

I mean, short of it being too hot to process the animals before they'd spoil I just can't fathom a logical reason for that.

Boomhauer · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2011, 01:35:20 AM »

Quote from: sumpnz on March 16, 2011, 01:29:12 AM

I turned it off after about 10 minutes when I realized they were live trapping them rather than killing them outright. I can understand using a live trap to get the whole herd contained so they don't scatter when you shoot the first one. But then why not just mow them down inside the trap once you have them?

I mean, short of it being too hot to process the animals before they'd spoil I just can't fathom a logical reason for that.

Who cares if they spoil? These hogs are like a plague of giant hooved rats. Hell, using anything less than helicopter gunships has, so far, proven ineffective against checking them.

Nick1911 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2011, 01:42:17 AM »

Quote from: Avenger29 on March 16, 2011, 01:35:20 AM

Who cares if they spoil? These hogs are like a plague of giant hooved rats. Hell, using anything less than helicopter gunships has, so far, proven ineffective against checking them.

I vote we get a helicopter gunship and see if that works.

sumpnz · « **Reply #19 on:** March 16, 2011, 01:49:56 AM »

Quote from: Avenger29 on March 16, 2011, 01:35:20 AM

Who cares if they spoil?

Those of us that like bacon.

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #20 on:** March 16, 2011, 02:19:02 AM »

Quote from: sumpnz on March 16, 2011, 01:49:56 AM

Those of us that like bacon.

He has a definate point.

Scout26 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 16, 2011, 06:05:46 AM »

Quote from: Nick1911 on March 16, 2011, 01:42:17 AM

I vote we get a helicopter gunship and see if that works.

Paging RevDisk, RevDisk to the white courtesy phone please.....

seeker_two · « **Reply #22 on:** March 16, 2011, 08:45:04 AM »

A lot of restaurants buy wild hogs and have them processed for food. It's a delicacy....which is kinda odd considering the wild hog population. I had the Roasted Wild Boar here Monday night....great stuff....

http://www.loveandwarintexas.com/Hill.htm

RevDisk · « **Reply #23 on:** March 16, 2011, 11:38:29 AM »

Quote from: scout26 on March 16, 2011, 06:05:46 AM

Paging RevDisk, RevDisk to the white courtesy phone please.....

Well, we don't make anything that's technically a gunship since the Commanche was canceled. We do make utility, cargo and VIP helicopters that happen to take GE M134E or FN M2...

BlueStarLizzard · « **Reply #24 on:** March 16, 2011, 12:14:54 PM »

Quote from: RevDisk on March 16, 2011, 11:38:29 AM

Well, we don't make anything that's technically a gunship since the Commanche was canceled. We do make utility, cargo and VIP helicopters that happen to take GE M134E or FN M2...

I don't think anyone around here would be too picky. Helocopter + machine gun = happy.

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Author Topic: hogs gone wild (Read 7898 times)