Swine Invasion – Discussion at Field and Stream
I’ve mentioned before, many, many times, that I enjoy reading the Field and Stream Field Notes blog, co-written by Chad Love and Dave Hurteau. Sometimes, I’ll find that the entries aren’t all that exciting, and sometimes they are, but I check in almost every week day just to see what’s new.
Well, checked in this morning to find that they’re talking about one of my pet topics… the spread of wild/feral hogs across the U.S., and what’s being done about it. The post (read it here) is derived from a recent article in the Naples News, but the discussion it’s generating is worth checking out (they get a lot more blog responses than I ever will… not that I’m envious or anything).
Anyway, go check it out if you’re of a mind. It’s pretty much the same stuff I’ve been posting over here for a while, but it is interesting to see the variety of responses it’s generated so far.
P
Rest assured it the quality that counts, you get Holly, Hank Michael, and ME
The field notes commenters are (with one or two exceptions) a bunch of yahoos who could be found in any bar where the beer is flat and the waitress motherly. The only remarkable thing about them is they can switch the computer on and type.
Chad and Dave know a lot about swine, they’ve cast enough pearls before ‘em
Happy new year
SBW
December 29th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Besides a couple of intelligent comments (HeidelbergJaeger) who mentions the KQED special which we appeared in earlier this year!
And also, (j wallen), yours was the only well thought out comment over there Phillip!
More science based fact and “less” fear mongering supposition is what is needed to control an out of balance ecosystem!
Or, we could just send em’ some of our Mountain Lions from here in California
December 29th, 2009 at 6:47 am
Give hogs a break!
Tejon should have been environmentally ruined by probably the highest density of wild hogs in CA and yet the grasslands are healthy (you should see it in spring with its carpet of flowers) while the cows are happy, fat and contented (with apologies to that “contented cows” commercial).
Yes more science and less fear-and-doom mongering.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:36 am
http://www.forthegoodofman.com/feralhogs.htm
Man I guess they’re really spreading all over. This site has a topic on feral hogs in Missouri. MO hasn’t had near the problem as some other states, but as we all know they can reproduce at a crazy rate! I use my Marlin XL7 in 30′06 to do the cleaning up. Hunt feral hogs! Join the hunt for feral hogs in MO!
January 10th, 2010 at 7:33 am