Do they do anything useful with the pigs they catch? I mean do they go to waste or what? Just kill em? What about the babies?
Most will be killed and left or buried because they arent a game animal. They are a nusiance/ pest. Some will donate to help the needy, but then you have the cost of processing. The farmers are already loosing money due to the damage the hogs do to their crops, so they dont want to loose more money. Also in order to clean and process wild hogs the state requires commercial operations that do that to be permitted. so again..cost is a factor.
Now some of the bigger hogs will be sold to (game preserves) which its illeagle to transport them to, But they will then the "game preserves" offer (wild boar hunting) for big bucks to cooperate idiots to come kill a big wild hog( normally northern idiots who dont know better with deep pockets)..thats been in a pen for a while..then turned loose so a pack of hounds can bay it up and the big rich idiot can walk up and shoot it. They really are proud of themselfs for killing a Big bad wild boar...LOL..
I say come to the swamps and crawl thru the palmetto islands with me and shoot um at 5 steps...thats hog hunting...:grin:
I just feel like there must be a more efficient way instead of just killing them. They have to be good for something. Just takes some creative thinking.
I just feel like there must be a more efficient way instead of just killing them. They have to be good for something. Just takes some creative thinking.
I agree it seems like a waste, they are very good eating actually..but the cost involved in processing them takes away from the donating due to lost monies.
If we had wolves, bears and other predators, the populations of all the ungulates would be in check naturally. But of course, we have exterminated all of them from most of the lower 48.
If we had wolves, bears and other predators, the populations of all the ungulates would be in check naturally. But of course, we have exterminated all of them from most of the lower 48.
Yes but at the same time..the hogs arent naturally here..they were introduced in the 1400's when the spanish came here and settled in Fla..
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