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the difference here is that the $3000 the farmer loses is part of his lively hood. it is part of what he depends on to live his life. the $3000 you spend on your dogs or whatever is all part of a hobby that you choose to be a part of. the truth is that we the hog hunters and the farmers depend on each other. they need us to help save their crops and we need them because they own the land we are so priviliged to hunt on. its a partnership that i would never put a dollar amount on. if you do try then you should go buy your own 1000 acre ranch plant crops on it and then do the comparison for your couple thousand dollars worth of dogs and equipment.
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TJR89, you said it right right there...
I agree one 100 percent.
The pig problem aint going no where any time soon. Hogs breed like cock roaches and fire ants. The only way to really control them right now is through loss of habitat and food source. The Government used to pay money for the ears of the coyote but that only controlled them. Yes, they raise a litter once a year of about five or so but sometimes skip a breeding cycle if the living conditions are bad. On the other hand wild hogs breed about 2.8 times a year and they probably average about 5 piglets each time and they breed before the age of one year. I can only imagine how controlling the hog population would become very expensive, and, anytime the eradication pressure lets up the pig population will only come back.
When I was a kid I was raised on a ranch and farm. I swore I would never be a farmer when I grew up and stuck with that. I can visualize how much worse off we would have been if we had to deal with a hog problem back then on top of every thing else. They have hogs in that part of the country now.
