Dog hunters don't eradicate hogs. They catch a few and keep the hogs on such sporadic patterns it makes it nearly impossible to trap them. The forest service allows dogs for hogs all summer, as well as high-powered rifles. It sounds like a good idea in theory, but the amount of participation during the hot, humid, tick and snake infested summer in mountainous terrain is minimal. There is no difference in hog damage or reports from forest service and WMA lands. If hog dog hunters made a difference it would be apparent. We are actively trapping entire sounders and conducting strategic shooting operations at night. We are doing what we can. The powers that be have enough information to make informed decisions, and opening a WMA up to dog hunters and year round rifle hunters for hogs is not going to happen. Research has shown constant disturbance is counter productive to trapping effort. Right now we are catching 12-22 hogs per catch in traps. That's removing entire family groups at a time. Instead of catching a few hogs here and there. Hog hunters can probably catch as many as a trapper if you look at the numbers on a per day basis, but they can't strategically remove every hog and move over the landscape catching hogs and removing every individual.