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Thread: Warthog that drop, then run.
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02-02-2020, 15:08 #41
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Re: Warthog that drop, then run.
Sorry about that
As the old saw goes -- NO good deed goes unpunished
Perhaps make it a lottery -- so that there is some work / luck involved ( be appreciated more ? )
Perhaps one should have set up a "vetting" procedure first -- test out these "hunters"
Send them out into the field on the first day with a "chaperone"
Make invitation to -- next years "free" hunt -- depended on the way THIS years hunt is conducted ..
I am afraid some -- city dwelling South Africans can become a little "trigger-crazy"
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02-02-2020, 15:39 #42
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Re: Warthog that drop, then run.
I do a good job of shooting them, correct, however I do not do a good job at controlling their numbers.
Warthog are not like springbok which you can chase around in a camp and shoot them all out, they run and they are gone, you might not even see them again that day, that is why you don’t see pro’s doing it.
Nature requires balance, right now we have no predators left, so there are 2 enemies for warthog, a natural enemy in the form of drought, and the unnatural one in the form of humans. Farmers shoot “at” hogs they can see, they don’t shoot at the 99% they do not. Even if you get a pro in, the pro cannot be stationary, he will have to move around, and, he will be shooting at moving animals as well, and despite skill or profession animals will be wounded.
So one of your questions as to why the population boom, that is merely an imbalance in nature, a manmade one.
Will a bunch of hunters control their numbers?
Never, it might work here and there but not everybody is a T-stone, you get regular okes as well, along with the mentioned clusterf@cks.
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02-02-2020, 16:21 #43
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Re: Warthog that drop, then run.
The most effective way to cull a lot of warthog quickly is from a helicopter with a buckshot loaded shotgun. I had the opportunity once to shoot hogs from a helicopter, and as long as they can't reach their holes they can't really get away in open terrain. Helicopters are expensive though.
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05-02-2020, 12:20 #44
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Re: Warthog that drop, then run.
Can they not be baited at a hide like Bush pig ?
I do know just the aircraft though ...
The -- DRAGONFLY
https://www.bydanjohnson.com/workhor...rial-work-lsa/
Yes I have flown in one -- incredible machine -- for slow flying // Very quiet // two-up Pilot and gunner
Perhaps we will come and shoot the warthog for you ( and others )
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05-02-2020, 12:22 #45
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