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I 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 tr

I 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 4y ago
Some 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 4y ago
I don't think your appreciating the scale of the problem - check the article - the numbers are _enormous_
whartung 4y ago
This 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.

newsclues 4y ago

Some 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 4y ago

I don't think your appreciating the scale of the problem - check the article - the numbers are _enormous_

whartung 4y ago

This 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.