I am aware that they are considered a pest
but still think that killing sows is counterproductive
I hunt protecting crops for farmers (but not on a texas scale) we also have a year round season almost, a farmer can always just call it protecting his crops and hunt, the real season is almsot year round.
as boar used to be part of our fauna it can't be listed as invasive. they were gone for hundreds of years but escapees from penned areas escaped and voila, in 25 years we have gone from not shooting a single pig to shooting 100k last hunting year.
and sweden is 2/3 the size of texas, and half the country is pig free due to cold.
I have hunted in germany which holds a laaarge number of hogs
killing sows with piglets is always bad here and there.
I very clearly don't see a leading sow myth, very much true from my experience
a sow that has had a few piglets shot from her will stay away from those fields ime
piglets that starve to death isn't a good thing either, not that I care that much for the suffering but it can't be good to have carcasses rotting scattered across the land, trichinosis and so on
young pigs without a sow will breed EARLIER then pigs with a lead sow, hence counterproductive.
pigs without the lead sow wreck more -CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED-,
If I can get any higher on my horse I say that you americans should look to do more European style driven hunts
ditch the pitbulls, solohunts over a feeder and so on
it is just not effective enough, a bunch of dogs and you get one pig at a time? what is that?
I get that helihunting can be effectice and tbh looks helluva lot of fun
but hunt more communal
people in blinds all over the area
and dogs that just bark/drive the pigs or beaters
and get Franz Albrecht over there ASAP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ob0fgc0I7A
imagine him in a heli