Originally Posted by BrentD, Prof
....I believe that shooting hogs is outlawed in at least a few more states. Missouri for one, perhaps Oklahoma for another. I have heard something about that on the grapevines. I've also heard that it is as much about busting up the sounders causing increased fertility in the same way that shooting coyotes increases population growth rates. I have not looked into the veracity of these claims, but they are at least plausible in the lack of data to the contrary.
I like the way a scietific mind thinks. Metoo, I heard a bunch of things, without data to the contrary.