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Originally Posted by Rockstar
Mine is synthetic stock with folding bipod and a Monstrum 4x20 scope.
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Well, that rifle certainly works for him, dropped two pigs easily.
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Originally Posted by Skybird
And things like this do not happen that rarely.
Estimations for how many there are, range between 5 and 10 thousand. And that was years ago. Huntiong programs are beign run, but shooting inside cities is something that has the authorities on their toes.
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Jeezus, old naked dudes and wild pigs on the beach! That's just messed up.
Seriously, 5 to 10,000 is not too bad, but as you know, they reproduce rapidly, almost a quickly as rabbits. In a few years you may see a lot more pigs.
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Even though hunters and trappers are killing approximately 30 percent of the hog population in Texas annually, hog numbers are still growing by about 20 percent each year. Biologists and wildlife managers estimate that 70 percent of the hogs in the state will have to be killed each year just to maintain the population and even more must be killed to actually start reducing their numbers. Unfortunately, hog hunting and trapping are already going nearly full bore in Texas. Right now, these operations are taking less than half the number of hogs necessary to stop their explosive population growth and it's doubtful this can be achieved by those with trapping and hunting alone.
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There's an estimated 6-9 million in the southern US, with 2.5 million in Texas alone.