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[Ekklesian]

I'd love to go to one of those outfits where you rent an AR-15 (if you don't have one), they take you up in a helicopter and blast little piggies. Not sure you come away with any meat but it's (cost) effective hog control.

Culling should be done by people who don't get a thrill out of it.

 

[aleshanee]

I think the lines are blurry depending on the hunter. Unfortunately, I’ve known a couple of “if it flies, it dies” guys. I go out of my way to avoid them. The actual killing part I’m not fond of, but I enjoy the pursuit and the benefit of the meat—whether duck or fish. Most hunters are the biggest animal lovers and conservationists you’ll find. Because I only get to hunt a few times a year, I’ve had entire seasons go by where I never shot my gun. I still enjoyed getting out in nature and the anticipation of a duck. I also still donate to Ducks Unlimited every year because they do more than anyone to help restore and purchase wetlands.

it;s a very unpopular view for those on the left... ...but had it not been for sport hunters - the laws they lobbied for - and organizations they started like ducks unlimited - certain species of animals now hunted during specific seasons under license would have become extinct in north america.. .. ..it;s a fact i don;t like any better than the left does... but sport hunters were the first conservationists - and the reason they wanted wild lands preserved and laws against poaching passed was so the land and the animals would be there when they got ready to go hunting.... .. the left with it;s animal rights activists and peta were late comers to the fight over preserving land and wildlife..... and in their view the very same people who started the whole thing are now their enemy......

 

[aleshanee]

I hunted wild boar once down in the Glades area. I ended up with a small one. A buddy and me processed it and cooked it in a variety of ways. It probably would have tasted a lot better if I’d done luau style. Anyway, it wasn’t really my thing. I just enjoy being on the water better. No offense to people who hunt boar. I actually respect that because they’re very invasive here.

not long after the beginning of the pig removal project we were actually told to focus on shooting the smaller pigs whenever possible.... the svelts... juvenile females that would be breeders the following year..... . the wildlife guys told us that was the best way to reduce the population of wild pigs quickly.... ......i;m not sure about that theory... .. and didn;t like the idea at all.....

but right after that meeting we were hunting up in ka;au crater and i heard them moving in the brush closeby. ... so i went there and shot one exactly like they described then carried it back to camp..... when my sister saw it she said... "aww - it looks like arnold from green acres... .."..... and i immediately broke into tears then started crying.... ..(i cried a lot easier back then than i do now) ... to make matters worse my sister started laughing...

but a few hours later when night fell we ended up cooking it for dinner... .. we did that with a lot of the smaller pigs we shot on those hunts....... 10 times better than any pork you can buy in a market.. . ....a few days after we got back she posted something on the old fff forum about it..... ...told the whole story... .. but that ended up being what got me started writing accounts of our pig hunts on the forum... ..i wrote quite a few of them back then... most people liked them....

one downside about hunting wild boars is you can just as easily become the hunted as the hunter... especially at night... .. they can be vicious... and once they go the attack they do not stop... ..you have to plan out the way you hunt them very carefully