stinger wrote on 09/03/13 at 14:50:40:Not a a issue out here in the northwest. Are they pretty common in that neck of the woods? Are they good eating or too tough? Out here in this politically correct, sissy part of the world, people would be lining the street taking photos and if you shot one you would be all over the front page of the newspaper and the lead story on the nightly news.
Good eating and tenderness depends on their diet, climate and terrain. South MS swamp pigs are inedible unless you are truly desperate. They make good gator bait though... if you are lucky enough to draw a harvest permit. Didn't bother this year, even though there are huge bull gators at our vacation place in Bay St Louis MS. 2 record gators caught out of the MS River this past weekend.
Common? Depends on your locale, hogs are a plague/scourge in central and eastern TN, fairly rare in my section (30-40 miles north of Memphis).
I'm originally from the Tacoma WA area. You want to see the city sissies there go bonkers? I'm allowed 3 does per day, in three different seasons. And one phone call to the Fish and Game folks lets me hunt year round, no bag limits, since I live on a working farm with its own pecan/walnut nurseries. Heck I don't even need a duck stamp...