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RyanTBH
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« on: December 12, 2011, 02:58:39 pm » |
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In my opinion and from my experience with managed ranches, the hogs keep the deer away from the feeders. They will bully them away from it, and I have seen it with my own eyes. That is one of the big dilemmas for us hog doggers. The landowner doesn't know any better. They figure, JMO, that the dogs will chase the deer, and that they will stay off the land for good. From what I have seen, deer are territorial and will continue to run and bed the land although they may not be able to feed as they please. They will fight for their right to feed on the protein and corn feeders that were put out for them. The hogs just have numbers, and the deer cannot compete. I have watched pieces of land that we hunt, and it never fails, when you start taking hogs off the land on a regular basis, with dogs, and you continue to go out and manage the property, the deer show up on the property a lot more often. I wish there was some way to prove this… then it might be easier for us to help the people that are being so skeptical. Running hogs with dogs, from my experience and observation, is the most effective way to get rid of a feral problem. I will add though, that is for pieces of land that you cannot take helicopters on. That seems to be most effective, but to me is a waist. All the hogs they shoot just lay there and wait. There are people who do not have meat in their freezer, and I would rather help them out that kill 100 hogs in an hour. JMO I am going to look further into this, and see if there is anyone who we can contact to get this ball rolling. This should be our right, as hog doggers, just as it is to deer and other types of hunters. Equal rights across the "board" (IMO). How many people on here would actually pay for a permit to hunt said land?
I would!!!
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