Originally Posted by
SportsmanNH
Easy solution . The state should reduce the amount of compensation he receives by the amount he charges hunters. If he gets caught lying about how much he is pocketing from the hunters , then he loses all compensation and gets criminal charges brought against him for defrauding the state. Sounds like these ranchers are freakin scammers. Why are they getting compensated for anyway ? Sounds like they want their cake and to eat it all too .
Most ranchers receive nothing in compensation from the Ag department. The damage hogs do does not really effect raising cattle much. Farmers on the other hand can get hammered by a big population of feral hogs. They receive the compensation and really don't want dummies out there riding around on their planted fields. They also can kill hogs on their own or let people they know shoot them. The funny thing is you guys think hog hunting is just a walk out there and shoot some kind of thing, which does occasionally happen but not often and especially not often in the day time. Night hunting requires a set of skills many don't have and the $150. a night often pays for corn in feeders and someone who has to babysit said hunters all night or at least drop them off and pick them up in the morning. As for your so called help shooting one or two won't make a dent if the hog population density is actually enough to cause the farmer real problems.