For years we’ve been told that hogs are destroying crops and causing a gazillion dollars a year in damage in Texas. All I’ve ever heard about hogs is how destructive they are….right up until they develop a “safe poison” specific to the intended target. If the hogs are eliminated and no further crop damage is caused by hogs most of us would think that Texans would be pleased BUT we didn’t consider the money that’s involved. Whether the money comes in the form of crop damage payments or insurance, leases for hog hunting, daily trespass fees for access, the hunting and trapping products specific to hogs, guides, lodges, hotels and restaurants, etc, etc…. When that income stream is shut off we’ll see whether hogs were truly the devil they were portrayed to be or merely a convenient if not dishonest excuse for lining pockets.
The secondary problems we’ve all heard about…things like trespassing or slob hunters littering or ass wipes not closing gates or dumb asses shooting livestock will disappear with the hogs which SHOULD be a HUGE win for Texans…..it’s a WIN-WIN for Texans all the way around UNLESS the money involved is significantly more than we’ve been led to believe. 😉
PS…This is NOT directed at anyone specifically but it is an amalgamation of the arguments and gripes we’ve seen here ad nauseum through the years.
