Feral Hogs Are Tearing Up Texas, So Tourists Are Shooting Them from Helicopters

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“Legit question for rural Americans,” Twitter user William McNabb asked in August in response to a question about assault weapon use, “How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?”

The internet shortly exploded with feral hogs and the oddly specific invasion of 30 to 50 hogs became a viral internet meme. What started as a debate around one of America’s most polarizing topics — assault weapons — became many people’s introduction to a very different problem: Feral hogs are one of the most destructive invasive species in the U.S.

And Texans, in particular, come face-to-face with a lot more than 30 to 50 feral hogs, but it’s no laughing matter. That’s why they’re dealing with the crisis in a very Texas way, Helicopter Hunting.

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  3. I have family in nw india, these wild pigs used to be a big problem until tne whole city got together and stopped leaving scrapes of food out for tne cows. Tney all banned together and caught nearly all of them and gave them to the UK and USA bases. The locals are vegetarian because they are gugarati, ut the uk and usa cant get enough pork.
    I also love pork even if im Muslim, i allso love everything that the quaran szys Muslim people aren't allowed to do.. especially alcohol.
    Any Muslims out there agree 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  6. Yesterday I went off the beaten path in Slovakia with my bicycle, while trying to go around a fishing lake. Then I got off at a height next to a crop field, already at dusk.
    I rode about 100 meters, then suddenly stopped, because I saw about 6-7 boars in a pack on the field, about 30 meters away. They got alerted by my presence, then proceed to get out of the field and right onto my route and stopped there, not getting closer.

    They just waited. I had a rush of adrenaline mixed with fear and thought, "what to do now".
    Then I turned my front cycle light to blinking mode, switched my Bluetooth speaker (JBL Charge 5, can get quite loud) to max volume with punk-rock music (that'd been playing earlier on the trip), and prayed they would get out of the way, which they did and they disappeared in the forest in front of the crop field.

    Did I do right or just had luck?
    (I was unarmed and already exhausted from the trip at that point)

  11. 8:33 what? In my country they are a delicacy. Not everyone can afford to hunt or buy their meat. It's healthier and cleaner than a store-bought meat filled with antibiotics, drugs, hormones, etc. It's literally free-range ham. Yes, wild game has slightly different flavour, but you just have to learn how to cook it. We cook the meat slowly for 2- 3 h and season it with garlic, peppers, salt etc. before cooking. Great in soups, stews, chebureks etc.
    All animals, like humans, are subject to dirt, disease and parasites. Farm pigs live in more filth than wild hogs + wild hogs get to live decent lives compared to the average farm pig that doesn't even get to see grass and has almost no space to move.
    All raw meat should be handled safely. You need to learn how to safely handle and cook wild game. Also according to my country's law, wild meat must be tested for disease in certain situations.
    Dear people, don't just listen mindlessly, but research and think reasonably for yourselves! I wish you to learn to understand nature and have better lives! ❤

  38. Did she just say they have lies and ticks… um ma’am… they’re wild animals. Any animal that’s out in the wild has those. They’re still edible as long as you cook it right.

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