Originally Posted by
super_hunt54
I grew up just east of Crossville and hunting Catoosa WMA for many years. It was one of the first reserves to actually think it was a good idea to release Russians to interbreed with the ferals that were already there. But years ago they had an actual "season" for them there. That didn't take very long to change from a 3 week to a 3 month season. Not sure when it went to year round but I know I used to take a lot of hogs from that WMA with a LOT of Russian genes. Killed quite a few that looked dang near pure bred Ruskies. Mean suckers ACTED pure bred too! Me and a tree became close personal friends more than once I'll tell ya THAT much

Yes, pure bred isn't always the best, is it.