I seen a sickening sight today

[howie1968]

I  went  to  put  out  some  corn  for    mr.tolar   the  guy  whp  has  a  ranch  where  i  hunt  pigs,  when  he  told  me  that  his  neighboor  was  clear cutting  some  land  and  he  shot  and  killed  8  pigs  thern  just  drug  them  off  and  left  them  included  is   one  of  the  big ones  i  have  been  chasing  for  3  months  now.   i  went  to  the  location  and  sure  enough  8  dead  hogs  with  maggots  on  them.   I  realize  they  are  destructive  and  all  but  i  know  at  least  10  hunters  on  this  forum  that  would  love  to  have  the  oppurtunity  to hunt  them   not  only  that   but  tons  of  kids  would  get  alot  of  memories  out  of  hunting  pigs  i  just  wanted  to  get  some  of  yalls  opinion  to  this   i  am  not  a  farmer  so   i  dont  know  if  it  is  wrong  or  right  from  that  stand  point  this  guy  does  not  even  have  a  farm

[DennisB]

No, it don't seem right, Howie.  I'd of paid a modest fee to drop over and take care of those rascals.

[markc]

the guy doesn't realize the $ he could make by allowing hunters to come out and hunt hogs.  THat or he may be like alot of ranchers.  They hate feral hogs, they don't want the liability of strangers hunting their land, so they would jsut as soon, kill em and dump them.   Maybe you can buy the man a cup of coffee some cold morning and talk it over with him.  maybe he will allow hunters to come out and hunt, rather thanshoot and dump the critters.   Might be worth a try.
markc

[howie1968]

that  is  a  great  idea,  i  think  i  will  do that  at  least   start  oiff  with  bowhunting  or  something

[AKA Craig]

Thats not right, I have lost my place to hunt for about 6 months now , adn people like that are just taking it for granted, when we could go out there have fun and put meat in the freezer. Does anyone know of any private land around the Kaufman area?

 
                             Craig :x

[Bornhuntin]

It seems awful wasteful from a hunters point of view. But  some landowners seem to give little concern.

    Craig,

   Call the Kaufman County Chamber of Commerce and get a list of hunting leases in your area.

[The Trap Maker]

You all are right. And I stand behind each and every one of you. BUT there is THE OTHER SIDE... Not knowing were or why the rancher killed the hogs I will try to give the other side.... Here in Northern Calif. there are a lot of feral hog. A lot of ranchers have started allowing hunters in to hunt for a fee. The hogs are doing a lot of damage to privet land by rooting up land used to graze livestock as well as fence damage. No  rancher likes to find a half eaten new born calf or lamb. As you boys well know the feral hog will eat just  about anything that stands still. Here on the 3 ranches that I have to hunt there used to be more turkey hunting then one could wish for.  How you may see only one or two birds. The hogs are eating the turkey and quail eggs. The deer heard has suffered do to hogs killing fawns and eating the acorn crop in the fall that carry tha deer over in the winter. The coyote is even being inpacted no by the hog eating dead animals .
 Now a hog or two is one thing. But when you come across a herd of 40 or so sows and piggelets.  You are looking at the amount of  feed that they rooted up durning the night. Your have to feed hay to your cows becaues there is no feed... You should see what a herd of hogs can do to a walnut orchard and the irrigation system in one night.. You get rid of the problem.
  Now the rancher can sell hunting rights. But taking hunters out takes time from the ranch chores. But here lies the other problem... The hunter... Now 99% of the hunters are good hunters. But that 1%that puts a sower taste in the ranchers and his fellow ranchers mouth.... The hunter that go out at night and cut fences, hunt with there ATV and trespass also causing damage to tha land . Spooking livestock through fences and shooting livestock for what appers " the hell of it"...
 
  Like I said I do not know why the rancher killed the hogs... But maybe at the time it seemed the path of least resistance to take care of a big problem. It may not be lack of concern.  Just tired of lossing money.