Hog hunters:
I just found out about this place on an island near Bainbridge, PA that is similar to a game preserve, in that they place hogs on the island and then bring hunters onto the island to harvest them.
The cost is $375 regardless of the size of the hog.
From what I can find, it is not much of a hunt more like just harvesting a pretty big (300 lb. or so) farm pig with your choice of weapon.
The outfit even has a nearby Amish butcher where they will transport your hog to. The meat cutter will do your hog for around $200 and you pick it up a couple of weeks later.
Reports are that the pork is vastly superior to store bought with bacon, sausage, smoked hams, etc.
Now on Youtube there are a couple of vids about the place. It is called Mohr's Widowmaker Island Hunt.
The vids actually made me feel like if I were involved, I would feel pretty stupid.
But . . . for that kind of money, to get that much supposedly superior pork, might it not be a financially wise means of harvest? I mean, just do not view it as sport, and dispatch the hog as humanely as possible and it is harvesting.
Thoughts?
Rmocarsky
I just found out about this place on an island near Bainbridge, PA that is similar to a game preserve, in that they place hogs on the island and then bring hunters onto the island to harvest them.
The cost is $375 regardless of the size of the hog.
From what I can find, it is not much of a hunt more like just harvesting a pretty big (300 lb. or so) farm pig with your choice of weapon.
The outfit even has a nearby Amish butcher where they will transport your hog to. The meat cutter will do your hog for around $200 and you pick it up a couple of weeks later.
Reports are that the pork is vastly superior to store bought with bacon, sausage, smoked hams, etc.
Now on Youtube there are a couple of vids about the place. It is called Mohr's Widowmaker Island Hunt.
The vids actually made me feel like if I were involved, I would feel pretty stupid.
But . . . for that kind of money, to get that much supposedly superior pork, might it not be a financially wise means of harvest? I mean, just do not view it as sport, and dispatch the hog as humanely as possible and it is harvesting.
Thoughts?
Rmocarsky