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You have to wonder why they don't use this as training for military units. The military helicopter pilots could use the training, and this would also provide g
by tomohawk 3y ago
You have to wonder why they don't use this as training for military units. The military helicopter pilots could use the training, and this would also provide good training for snipers and door gunners. There wouldn't be concerns about people doing stupid things as US military personnel are good at following orders.
- jcims 3y agoThere’s orders of magnitude more supply than demand. Farmers are rolling with helicopters and truck mounted mini-guns and suppressed sniper rifles with $18k thermal optics and it’s just not keeping up.
- gonzo41 3y agoI don't think they are actually trying hard enough. As Homer Simpsons put it "We've wiped out entire species before, we can do it again" --- helicopters and truck mounted mini-guns and suppressed sniper rifles with $18k thermal optic. This all sounds like people wanted to spend money on those things rather than humping around shooting day in day out to suppress the threat. Also it's an activity that costs money. So what's cheaper than dealing with the problem. Scaring it onto your neighbors property.
- newsclues 3y agoSome species actually breed more when under threat from hunters. Not saying you can't wipe them out, but it's hard, even with expensive optics and firearms. I like the idea of training military marksmanship hunting pigs, but there is a difference in environmental damage between a rifle, and machine guns.
- biorach 3y agoI don't think your appreciating the scale of the problem - check the article - the numbers are _enormous_
- whartung 3y agoThis is already being done, but not on a wide scale basis. You can actually, legally hunt the hogs from the air with automatic weapons. People have done it. But it's really expensive, and not particularly efficient, nor is it methodical. Hawaii has this problem as well, not the scope that Texas has, they have teams of professional hunters that go out at night to hunt them. Folks want them gone, but at the same time they don't just want anyone running around on their land either. Some places in Texas have a bounty on them, $5-10, but you I don't know if you can just leave them to rot in place. With price of ammunition and gas, plus all the rest, $5 isn't necessarily a profit making enterprise. I don't think anyone would want be around an area where 100 hogs were slaughtered and left to nature for composting. The ecosystem may well be able to reclaim only so much.
- bambax 3y ago> as US military personnel are good at following orders History begs to differ.
- newsclues 3y agoThe military is a large organization. While there are some important and famous instances of people not following orders, most people in the service, follow orders most of the time. Do you really think in the history of militaries, they tend not to follow orders well?
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoI’m not sure why one would think it’s mistaken to say this. Even if there are many instances of personnel disregarding orders, that’s only interesting as a talking point because of how it differs from the norm.
- thom 3y agoThe historian Hegesander tells us that the ancient Macedonians wouldn’t allow men to recline at symposia until they had speared a boar without the use of a net.
- dmoy 3y agoRelevant: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
- philwelch 3y agoAustralia tried something like this with emus once, it didn’t work out well ;)