This is nothing new really Matt. It's just getting bad enough now for Hunters to really take notice since the hog population has soared over the past 10 years. I noticed the drop in Deer population 2 years after Tennessee decided decades ago that it was a smart idea to populate Russian strain hogs to the Catoosa WMA. Stupidity at it's finest. Wherever hogs were, deer weren't. But, like most folks around there, we enjoyed hog hunting and Tennessee had a pretty liberal limit on hogs at that time and a hell of a lot of deer. But now the hogs have proliferated so deeply into the state it's getting ridiculous. And if I remember correctly, in 2011 I believe, the allmighty stupidity of the TWRA decided to stop the hog hunting and try to trap and relocate!!!! I swear the officials just seem to get stupider as the years go by!!! Hogs are some seriously smart and wary animals and they pick up on traps quicker than just about any animal on the planet. All it takes is one lead sow picking up on the traps and you will have a whole generation of hogs being educated by her. It's a well known fact that trapping hogs doesn't work over the long run but all these tree hugging saps just can't seem to get the message. The ONLY way to get rid of a hog infestation is extreme hunting pressure and killing every last one. There can't be a "controllable" population since they can reproduce so young and so many piglets with each litter up to 2 times a year.