Originally Posted by
MudderChuck
I'm a passive sort, but I'm only going to take so much. I don't like bigots and bullies much. Him implying I'm anti liberty and against freedom isn't only way off the mark, it is pure hogwash.
***Geez, I saw nothing like you're mentioning (bigots and bullies, anti liberty, etc.), but rather a simple statement how the USA system is set up with CRP payments if a person applies for them. CRP ground here in the USA that takes farm land out of production appears to be very similar to what you mentioned in Germany and if it wasn't for the vast CRP lands here in the US we would be in deep dodo for both upland and waterfowl hunting!
The off season ends here the first of May and then there is five months of season for most edible game. Good game management makes for a long hunting season. Like I said, the Germans do some things right and some things wrong, why not benefit from their successes and learn from their failures.
***We also have long seasons for some birds and animals that are doing well. I don't disagree that everyone should learn from others and it's a two way street you know!
In some places Hog hunting is forbidden in the States. I know the why (in detail) do you? It's simple really, If you shoot the biggest Sow, the sounder may scatter and may not reorganize for days, weeks, months. Game management wants to trap them (as many as possible at one time) so they want the sounder to stay organized and cohesive, so they outlaw hunting them. Our solution is to shoot the mid sized animals, leave the smallest and largest. The German way of hunting Hogs.
*** I have no idea why you brought up hogs on this pheasant thread other than to possibly show the difference in German and US ways and apparently talk down to me! However, to answer your question, yes, I am quite up on hogs and what the various states here are doing. Most want every hog killed because of their destructive ways and diseases they can spread, especially to domestic stock. I would offer that shooting any hog in a group of them smartens them up quickly and turns them nocturnal no matter what one you shoot. That is a big reason several states are now either outlawing hunting them completely so a bunch can be trapped at one time, others only allow shooting them when engaged in another big game hunting activity, and yet others like Texas are doing everything to get rid of them. That includes aerial gunning now in areas where it's safe to do so.