Texas approves hunting feral hogs by hot air balloon

[jason]

Texas' growing hog population causes millions of dollars' worth of damage to crops every year. Texas has an estimated two million feral hogs. Their high breeding rate and lack of natural predators has seen their population explode

The state already allows the shooting of feral hogs from helicopters, but that is expensive and has not been very unsuccessful because the aircraft often scare the animals away. Hot air balloons are quieter and offer a more stable shooting platform.

Full Story https://www.click2houston.com/news/texas/texas-approves-hunting-feral-hogs-by-hot-air-balloon_

 

[Roybrew]

Great for the hot air balloon industry. The Smokey mtns park employs some hunters to kill some of the hogs in the park. I heard a hunter they interviewed and he said it was realy rugged tracking them in the thick woods with rough terrain.

 

[dinosaur]

Ya' gotta love Texas.