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Originally Posted by fabsroman
GOB,
I'm not going to disagree with you, but I'm not going to agree with you either. Things always seem so black and white. Kind of like how we used to have tons and tons of Bison. What happened there? Market hunters almost made them extinct. There used to be an over abundance of waterfowl too, until market hunters brought some of them to the brink of extinction. With waterfowl, we still have years where the entire season on them is closed (e.g., Canvasback, Pintail, the Atlantic canada goose).
With the feral hogs and the seaweed, I would say no problem because they both seem like pests. However, what happens to the price of pork once market hunters enter the scenario? Will the price of pork go up or down as the supply steadily increases? I can tell you the answer to that. The price will go down. So, what happens to the pig farmers? They will get less and less money for their pigs, and will do the same thing. Up and quit and let the pigs run free. Now, what happens after the market hunters wipe out the pigs and there are no more pig farmers around? I guess we can hope that more pig farmers will get back into the business. I'm willing to bet that these smart people are being tugged by the pig farmers and the current feed regarding the pig hunting and seaweed harvesting respectively.
In today's world, nothing is very simple, and very few things are black and white.
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Well Fabs..as far as the wild critters in this country you should know better than what you said. As was pointed out with the Buffalo that was a governmental decision that brought the natives in this country to their knees along with other measures. As far as the ducks and geese..Fabs market hunting has been outlawed nearly 100 yrs. That isn't what is affecting waterfowl numbers...and you do know it. Breeding areas have been lost in large measure to urban sprawl and modern farming practices. Wintering areas too. Got any resident geese in your area?? Yep..I know so.. I also remember when there were no geese in Md..probably less in the winter than live in Prince Georges county now. Then farming practices changed and geese faired well. Then they took a turn for the worse with bad nesting years. Yep..we kept shooting them..but with a bit of luck they will come back.
As far as feral pigs..or grizzlies or wolves....only when man makes ridiculous laws do we have real problems. Feral pigs are a big problem in more areas than Texas..but especially bad there. Wolves in Wyoming are turning into a real problem.. The Elk herds are being affected tremendously by the wolves and grizzlies. With the new crop of calves at a survival rate of 3% or less..guess what will happen? And the grizzlies are not afraid of people. We just had another grizz attack..and a mountain lion attack etc etc. Hate to say it Fabs but there are many black and white solutions to many black and white problems..Seems like too many gray areas are created by politicians. And must I say... too many politicians are ...Lawyers
