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Originally Posted by charlie_the_tuna

thought I saw the word "hunt" in there somewhere. now i'm no hunter but is that how you pig hunt? isn't that the very definition of 'shooting fish in a barrel'? that don't seem very sporting to me. I've seen some of those videos where a couple guys let some dogs out of a truck, the dogs tree a cougar and the guy walks up to the tree and shoots the cat. also, not very sporting.

Charlie I couldnt agree with you more....In my mind it was just about as coldblooded as I could have handled the situation. But it was necessary....

If you read in my post you'll see that I "fair-chased" this pig for over a year. Now that might not mean much to some but it actually means that I woke up at 5am at least 10x to hunt him exclusively and I also stayed out till midnight and past about as many times trying to catch him walking out. He just never cooperated. He didnt cooperate for any of us guys on this lease. He was just that crafty so I used the trap as a last act of desperation. It didnt make me fell good to dispatch the pig as much as it did resolving a problem that has lasted for a year, cost me prob close to $1000 and was under no circumstance gonna go another year. This pig will also provide enough food for my family for close to 6mths as well and nothing went to waste. I hope you can understand my position with this animal and rest assured that I will always prefer to "hunt" my game over trapping it.