@ Tcolt - I shouldn't have to justify my position but here you go; I don't make a living at hog hunting as of now but I'm working on it because that is my passion, I work an 8 hour day as an Electrical Engineer for a global engineering firm, I hold 2 patents and I own Critter Catcher Wildlife Control. You see colt when you are driven in life you don't wait for things to come to you, you go after them. I do make extra income at trapping, snaring, & running dogs for hogs but I also handle several other animals and reptiles. I work my 8 hr job then I work 5 to whatever hrs. as wildlife control, so Tcolt life is all about what you make it, if all you do is bitch and complain then you achieve nothing. I work with my county commissioner, aglife department, sheriffs department, Texas A&M, Park and Wildlife, and private land owners. I attend county meeting to discuss the feral hog problems in my county, I get my name in the right circles, that's why I'm on this forum my passion for the sport and my dedication to feral hog control. The biggest problem I see with private land holders is they let some good ol' boy run dogs then he invites a bunch of beer drinking redneck buddys that trash a place then the land owner doesn't want anybody on it, this is a problem that effects everyone that hunts for hogs. I've been doing this a long time and seen a lot of people get out and come in and it will always be that way. I do know this, only jealous and insecure people have to bad mouth others to feel better about themselves and their lack of drive.
As for looking for a place to run my dogs, you will probably see that post again sometime but not anytime soon because I've signed 2 contracts with 2 developers on large tracts of land, yes for money that means I'm getting paid for hunting feral hogs. I posted for a place so I could keep my dogs in shape and keep their noses hot that doesn't mean I didn't have places to hunt just not any big enough to run my pack.
I was asking you to justify your position, I reread my post and it may have come off a little offensive and I did not mean it that way...I was just curious.
Good for you in what your doing, I wish you good luck on your new properties and with the show you have in the works.
I definitely am not a bitcher or complainer if that was directed right at me. We do alot of things like you are, with the cities and what not, and we do get paid to for hog removal and have special permission to hunt city parks and corp of engineers property with dogs.. Im a D1 college athlete, soon to be professional athlete... I know all about going and getting what I want.
