USDA, getting it done! They killed 250 in the last 2 days in Hardaway and Autaugaville out of a helicopter. Pretty productive!!

Scroll down this page to first video!
https://www.facebook.com/BachAndDevosForestryAndWildlifeServices/?ref=bookmarks

Seems not to be that interesting but total is 335 confirmed killed and 65 more solid hit but not able to verify dead as of today-Thu, Fri and Sat. One more morning tomorrow. 153 confirmed kills in Hardaway in 4-2 hour flights and 182 confirmed kills in Autaugaville in 7-2 hour flights. Seems like the best way that I have seen so far to put a dent in the pig population. Close to 400 kills in 3 days of gunning!!! Another video on the page.

That is a good lick but it will only work in large ag fields or wide open marsh land. I've wanted to try it but the price to go on one of those hunts is extremely high for my taste. LoL

The hardaway site had pretty much some clearcuts and small greenfields with the rest wooded, pine and hardwood. They killed more than half in the woods. The Autaugaville site had more open land. That was kinda the experiment to see if it would work in wooded environments - it did great!

58 more this morning in 2 hours flying makes 240 confirmed kills for Autaugaville. Well over 450 dead hogs in 4 days killing.

That killed 300+ in two days last year around our old place in Mississippi. 18 year old CRP/WRP. It'll put a dent in the population in a hurry. Glad to see them taking action here in Alabama.

That is wacking and stacking damnit boy.

Good job!

I wish I had been in that chopper.
I bet that is fun!!!

Looks fun! I saw where you are catching some flack on facebook from the "professionals"!

Everyone watching wished they were in the chopper
Regarding the "professionals", it has been my experience that those who's first instinct is to scream "liar, liar" only do it because they lie regularly themselves. They think others would lie like they do. I have had both negative and positive posts from the hog doggers, its a personality issue, not a technique issue!! Anyone who wants to see hogs gone from the landscape should support ways to do it. And there are lots of good ways! Dogging, trapping, night shooting, etc, and choppers!

Not all of them! LOL

I have fun hunting and killing hogs!
And, so do most of my friends.

And, I bet that is a fun way to do it!!

I know the spot they were at in hardaway

Sounds like something the special forces could use for training.

What was the cost of flight time and pilot?

I think that's awesome!
The comments from a couple of those guys are more entertaining than aldeer. It sounds as if the dog hunters are angry that someone else is killing "their" pigs.

Hogwild- what are these guys upset about? They charge for wild pig control and this is taking their business away or what? I thought you might have some insight from a dog hunting viewpoint.

ive done it in south texas, itd be hard to doit on a broad scale here in bama but down there its so flat with no trees its easy. but even there if you buzz property a couple days in a row pigs learn the sound of tha chopper an they'll quit jumpin. an it takes awhile for them to forget to. so you can kill a lot quick but its less and less everytime until eventually youll just go out and want see any, then you think you gotem all land an go kill 7-8 more cornin roads. its like a never ending story. tho some people doit commercially an I heard one fellow selling hunts an I think he said its like $1k per hour.

It's more than $1000 a hour. The hunt I called about was $1800 per hour with no lodging or meals. I would love to try it but I can't see paying that much for a hour.

I am uncertain of why they were upset?

Maybe they just felt like it was 'their' hunting area and they were killing hogs they could hunt?? Kinda like deer hunters getting angry with farmers for using depredation permits??

Or, they were being fed some false, or conflicting, info concerning the numbers of hogs killed?

I am not real sure?