Feral Hogs Are Tearing Up Texas, So Tourists Are Shooting Them from Helicopters

“Legit question for rural Americans,” Twitter user William McNabb asked in August in response to a question about assault weapon use, “How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?”
The internet shortly exploded with feral hogs and the oddly specific invasion of 30 to 50 hogs became a viral internet meme. What started as a debate around one of America’s most polarizing topics - assault weapons - became many people’s introduction to a very different problem: Feral hogs are one of the most destructive invasive species in the U.S.
And Texans, in particular, come face-to-face with a lot more than 30 to 50 feral hogs, but it's no laughing matter. That's why they're dealing with the crisis in a very Texas way, Helicopter Hunting.
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[@VICENews]

Did someone say 30 to 50 feral hogs? More like 6 to 9 million. Watch Next: Pigs Are Eating Las Vegas' Casino Leftovers and It's Saving the Planet - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKO1oaWQbahsack

[@EuDouArteHipHopArtCulture21]

dacealksne your parents didn't had condoms ?

[@konradnsa]

If it's businesses it's just businesses. No need for ideology for whitewashing greed. 2nd thought- This is product placement ...gescheft iz gescheft.

[@glopstar9100]

vice i love your content

[@james19X]

Old ass news

[@snoolee7950]

@@RgW00D Just like Switzerland. What is the problem? you shouldn't be so dumb. Every wealthy country has a healthcare system- except for the USA.

[@ajmb6081]

Europeans: This is the most American thing Americans: This is the most Texas thing

[@bryanmartinez6600]

Texans: YEEEHAAWWWW!!!

[@generalss3461]

In Cali we shoot them with tanks

[@davehouston6528]

@@generalss3461 Cali?you mean yall shoot them with rainbows and butterflies lol

[@grupoelementoazul1597]

Californias: *Mexicans still doing the dirty jobs*

[@codyparker679]

Its horrific in florida too

[@mohamadesmk]

“They are cute when they’re babies, i mean i was cute when i was a baby look at me now”

[@danishbutter1847]

:(

[@uchihaobito4580]

What happened if the pig come in shot you like that?🐖

[@loonflam8910]

Self Destruction 100

[@_luiss.j_8973]

When i was a baby i would probably still be able to kick ass

[@alejandrorobles1343]

@@uchihaobito4580 Stop with the utterly impossible, & dumb becuase of that, hypotheticals. Survival of the fittest out here 🤟🏾 like it or not

[@wayneanderson8034]

I had a neighbor named Billy who spent his whole career hunting feral hogs. The State of Florida paid him to hunt them at night on state park lands. He was a USMC sniper in Vietnam, so I suppose you could say he was well qualified for the job. He had one bad encounter, & a plaque with giant teeth on his wall. Usually, the hogs run when the 1st goes down. But one time, instead of running away, a giant boar ran straight to him. Billy carried 2 pistols for up close, & that time he had to use them after the boar got to him. He had giant scars on his shin where the boar attacked him. Imagine getting paid to do what many call having a good time. Billy passed in 2020.

[@jponz85]

What did Billy pass away from in 2020? Also sorry for you loss

[@wayneanderson8034]

@@jponz85 Liver failure. Billy was about 70 & had retired after a stroke. He spent his post stroke days drinking all day & it killed him. He was too weak to walk or drive so he spent most of the day on a mobility scooter.

[@jacquir8331]

Sorry for your loss.

[@ChristopherGuilday]

RIP Billy

[@MrGonzo861]

That sucks man Billy sounds like he was a real one, RIP.

[@wvahillbillyok]

I delivered bundles of newspapers to various carriers outside of Abilene Texas. On my return trip back , about four in the morning on a road with no lighting an 18 wheeler gave me the brights. I took this as a warning because we were the only ones on the road. I did not have to slow down because I always drive slow on this road. About a half mile up in the middle of the road was a deer being consumed by about four hogs. These hogs had to weigh 300 plus pounds. If I would of hit them no doubt some serious damage. I pulled up right in front and watched these huge hogs eat the deer. You could hear the crunching of the hogs eating the bones. I just imagined what they could do to a human. These animals are dangerous and will completely destroy a farmers field. They reproduce fast and will eat anything. Enjoyed the video

[@AZOffRoadster]

Have you watched the HBO series Deadwood? It's how they disposed of bodies.

[@imdavid4875]

creepy af.

[@wildestcowboy2668]

I would have got out and unloaded my 30'06 on the pig's. Here in Waterloo Alabama just out of muscle shoals the game Warden let's u kill them anytime!

[@jponz85]

Genuine question: do they normally attack and kill humans?

[@Irene-iu9sj]

@@jponz85 depends on their mood, and if you scared it,if it's a female with piglets, or an il tempered male,or,or,or......you better don't.

[@itsmeyourluck7302]

Imagine being a hog and hear "enemy ac-130 inbound"

[@JevonDS]

This is like nuketown for feral pigs lol

[@scrappyairsoft5852]

Enemy ac-130 above

[@jimbosupremo1531]

@@scrappyairsoft5852 "Enemy Chopper gunner on approach"

[@susiastary6714]

Gabiiiiiiio

[@jackgyver4683]

AC130 ABOVE

[@kinnertubbyson]

Europeans saying “This is the most American thing” is the most European thing.

[@BarnacleBoy42069]

Every time a european see's a gun: omg such 'murica!

[@YUE3899]

@@BarnacleBoy42069 In Europe there are hunters that are elligible to use a shotgun and have the authorization to kill animals that are overpopulating a zone. No need for them outside of that.

[@Isaac-ll7fi]

@@YUE3899 the U.N. is proud of you.

[@YUE3899]

Sure my mom is

[@junebug6686]

@@YUE3899 and thats why your crime rates are the way they are 😂

[@dr.spectre9697]

Believe it or not, im a city guy turned up state NY farmer, mostly tomatoes corn and soy. After speaking to some fellow farmers in western and central texas, I really understood their plight. Twice a year me and the guys get together and head to texas exactly to do this, I get to hunt a bunch of wild hogs (though i would never eat them) and I know im helping out fellow americans and their families.

[@ActionableFreedom]

Why wouldnt you eat them, its such a waste. Cook the meat to get rid of the "parasites" and dont eat the old male hogs. This is like America at its worst and most epic. The way you hunt them is epic, and seems fairly effective and fun. But that you don´t eat them is so wasteful.

[@onioncontrol]

Why don't you eat them? The meat is so much cleaner than most farmed pig. If you're not religiously forbidden I'd highly recommend at least trying hog meat.

[@NoNo-ng9sl]

This reminds me how people treat "trash" fish like carp, but they're eaten everywhere else in the world. I haven't eaten wild hog in a long time, but they eat them in Europe.

[@LoliPolice-bf7mw]

@@ActionableFreedom The meat has to be fully steralized and tested before eaten since wild hogs carry many transmittable diseases which are often deadly. If there is even a slight mistake in cooking the meat he may die.

[@nootjeuh]

in my country wild hog is a delicacy

[@cosmo2852]

I'm an Native Peoples as well and I respect animal life but the common sense and natural survival for humans is an obvious priority. I was invited to go to Texas for a hunt from a "good ol' boy" I met at a gun shop not long ago and I'm really looking forward to store up on some ham and bacon.

[@elliehill9165]

Did he kill you? Or did the hunt go well? 🤔…

[@cosmo2852]

@@elliehill9165 Sadly the contact I had became ill and put him out of the game for a bit. So now with that time has passed...there's like a waiting list now and the popularity of it has allowed all those companies to raise their prices to luxury vacation levels.

[@antonmarch2684]

We are all natives, everyone in his country. You think being native makes shining you like a big animals friend, filling your stomach to lower lip. I tell you, you're not better than any native or not native elsewhere in NY city, Timbuctu/Africa or any subways pedestrian in Moscow. You can't lie to your ancestors and a lesser extent God. As native you should know that it is not ok to kill animals for fun.

[@cosmo2852]

@@antonmarch2684 I didn't accept his invitation to go out and kill for pleasure. What...do you think that meat come to a market that you shop at...magically? I hunt and fish and I don't waste food. In Texas they have a hog infestation that's ruining produce fields and they've opened up the invites to all and everyone who I know who participated used, ate, shared and donated the meat...just like "I" do. I do respect life...even an ignorant, judgmental, self-righteous "Karen" like yourself. My ancestors didn't kill the Buffalo for sport, like that culture who hunted them for only their skins, horns and tongues...but they did enjoy the hunt. Just as someone enjoys their work that needs to be done. They didn't try to wipe out a culture to steal their land, enslave another culture, as well as torture...kill and trade the children as sex slave of that same culture. You have us confused with someone else...but reading your words, it's easy to see how confused, bitter and jealous of a life that you lead. You have my sympathy.

[@8GNTX1836]

Met a guy in Louisiana who hunts hogs every day. He gets the meat processed and donates it to homeless shelters and people in need. A very admirable guy.

[@GlitchedPepsi]

Its probably tampered meat

[@sujoypaul1874]

Or hire the homeless to do the job maybe

[@8GNTX1836]

@@sujoypaul1874 Unfortunately the local government (to my knowledge) doesn't do that. So this guy has taken matters into his own hands. That's what Americans do.

[@davidmaldonado9717]

@@8GNTX1836 you do know homeless have the Power to go out and get a job if you and I need to work why cant this literal leaches of american society dont work

[@zakizaki4168]

Does hé tell the homeless its hog meat ?? I prefer die of hunger

[@javantgarde]

These hogs literally have a six star wanted level

[@markgreiser464]

to be fair, they will absolutely kill a person and then eat them.

[@cwg73160]

They LITERALLY don’t.

[@yakovbrod9992]

@@cwg73160 True, more like 3 or 4 stars

[@cwg73160]

@@yakovbrod9992 You forgot to add a word that makes your statement make zero sense. “More like 3 or 4 POTATO stars.”

[@JR-ub2wt]

@@cwg73160 they literally do

[@treetop2842]

Turn them into pet food! Farm food for poultry and pork, Use their bones for gelatin, fur for brushes and brooms, skin for cheap leather, feed zoo and sanctuary animals, make items out of their teeth and tusks...so much more can be done with their carcasses

[@nadMoZzzg]

Can we hunt humans and do cannibalism already

[@fckmaga]

@@nadMoZzzg humans do that daily

[@jillthompson1248]

Shouldn’t feed animals themselves causes prions (mad cow) they can eat different animals but not themselves And Yes I know they do from time to time but as a regular daily food nope it’s a bad deal

[@dasmeme1487]

Wild hogs carry about 20 or so diseases that can affect humans. Most are transmitted during skin-to-skin contact with the raw meat. Otherwise I'd agree. Sadly they are a filthy, filthy kind of creature.

[@edgarcastro8986]

My dog would like some pork

[@Jkur2009]

And for everybody that says “AR15’s have no use for anything other than killing people” or “nobody uses AR15’s for hunting because they’re too powerful🤣” or “why do you need more than 10 rounds”, you need to understand that the AR15 IS USED FOR HUNTING ALL THE DAMN TIME. It is the gun of choice for most people when hog hunting. Large capacity mags are ideal because hogs are usually found in large groups so you need multiple rounds to shoot multiple pigs. Also, the reason they aren’t used as deer rifles isn’t because they’re too powerful, it’s because they aren’t powerful enough. The .223/5.56 round is much less powerful than something like a 7mm magnum that many people often use in a deer rifle.

[@jponz85]

I get your point, but people unfortunately are also using these high mag capacity ar15s to shoot other people in masses. That's the problem

[@Upsideround]

The reason they aren't used as deer rifles is because it's unethical. most states don't allow large mags for big game hunting. .223 at 100yds is plenty powerful and legal for big game in most states. It's one thing to go after invasive species and take out large groups vs one animal that should only take one clean shot or maybe two. But I saw a texan go on a kill crazy rampage firing into a herd of elk here in CO had a large capacity weapon that was illegal, got buck fever and just started shooting. killed 2 cows, a calf, and the one bull he had a tag for. Thats why AR's arent used for big game.

[@spacemanapeinc7202]

Also the AR-15 is incredibly lightweight compared to most rifles.

[@cristianmunoz2480]

People just don't realize how dangerous and invasive these animals are. A pack of wild hogs will tear you apart and eat you if you crossed their path.

[@emanuelrojas2]

They are like the Mad Max of Invasive species

[@curb3366]

Like ur mom

[@curb3366]

@@cristianmunoz2480 ur too poor for a bedroom

[@Phishyash]

lol Bic why you so mad 😳

[@anotherarmchairhistorian2831]

had one chase me and my grandfather up at tree once.

[@lukab.2881]

"We shoot the pigs, we feed the coyotes, we shoot the coyotes." -Texas

[@KingKunta_]

😂😂😂😂

[@celieboo]

Ikr! Like why feed the coyotes?

[@encouragingasset9060]

Classic!

[@skullyq1164]

@@celieboo it’s not necessarily feeding them, it’s more like using bait to get the coyotes to come near so they can kill them too

[@fasbulla.D.erkmon]

Why shoot the coyotes? Is it an invasive species as well?

[@AnarchoFeminist]

Coming from a state with a coyote problem, a problem brought in by someone who thought they would kill the deer, I agree with this method. Invasive species are a problem, especially those that hurt endangered animals. This is a win all around.

[@theshortwords3451]

We also an invasive species. We hurt other animals but also we protect them ,love them eat them it just we are the one who is the top. But Maybe someday we will become the prey of some higher beings. I hoped that human will not become livestock.We are just like those animals we do everything to survive and multiply. What we do to animals i hope will not happen to us.

[@andyc9902]

California?

[@InimeKai]

​​@@theshortwords3451e aren't invasive LOL homosapiens are very much native to this country and much of the world in general 😂 invasive doesn't just mean you're capable of producing harm, it means you're a non-native organism that is (generally) detrimentally introduced to a foreign environment. Humans are capable of producing harm (and good), but we are certainly not "invasive". And aliens arent going to swoop in an eat us, worry about realistic threats like global warming, not fictional ones

[@brdnrd]

There are no "coyote problems," just human problems.

[@brdnrd]

Dogs and cats and chickens don't belong here. Coyotes do. I didn't ask to be born. I haven't reproduced and I won't be around much longer, so I'm doing my part, thank you.@@myratsalad​

[@stevencaldwell838]

Many years ago the island of Hawaii would pay hunters to set up hunting camps and hunt boar and feral hogs… although the island is much smaller than Texas, the program put a huge dent into the wild pig problem!

[@minivanmilf4058]

This is actually a smart solution but also the most hilariously American solution at the same time

[@langhamp8912]

After doing this hunting with firearms from the air, we now know this was a poor solution. Firearms and other loud noises causes wild pigs to scatter into smaller groups, and these smaller groups are much more fertile. Wild pigs are now invasive in 41 states. The effective solution is to use a portable circle net that keeps the holler of pigs together, and shoot them all at once. And it's necessary to kill several million pigs per year just to break even.

[@redneckhippiefreak]

@@langhamp8912 or simply use a Suppressor...

[@Professional_Youtube_Commenter]

next, they'll sell the afghanistan decomissioned drones to these guys and then they'll just run 24/7 drones in the air and kill hogs that way.

[@langhamp8912]

@@redneckhippiefreak Suppressors have been tried, along with subsonic ammunition and suppressors, but pigs can and do scatter even from something as quiet as bow and arrow. Helicopter hunting is particularly prone to scattering pigs because the helicopter blades have supersonic snaps; helicopters scatter pigs within that noise radius. Note the video says "tourists" and that's exactly what you would expect to happen; they come into an ecosystem, bag a few trophies, and cause the rest of the pigs to scatter.

[@redneckhippiefreak]

@@langhamp8912 Meh, Fewer pigs is fewer pigs in the end.

[@alexoconnor142]

Never seen anything more American

[@ab-vr1nh]

Alex O'Connor i was looking for someone to say that lol

[@LordAlmightyIAm]

Me too

[@randomman9231]

@@HelloMF_7.62 Texans are just the other 49 states on a high dose of freedom

[@matthewrosso8569]

Don’t you mean, “more ‘Merican!”

[@explosivebean8328]

Random Man and don’t forget to add a little more yee haw and guns

[@TyeNee]

"Do you eat the feral pigs?" Everyone: Ugh. No. Bubba Ortiz: HELL YES I DO

[@hybridwolf66]

Unfortunately, Texas has made it really hard to poison with Warfarin. This would be very effective and easier to introduce into a larger population. The Warfarin bait used for wild hogs is 1/5 the strength of over the counter rat poison, so virtually harmless to any domesticated animals or non-targeted wildlife. "Warfarin hog bait has little effect on all other animals, including house pets like dogs-to be fatal, the average dog would have to consume 176 pounds in 1 day, or 13 pounds of bait daily, for 5 days." "TDA- WARFARIN FERAL HOG BAIT QUICK FACTS " PETA needs to step aside and let Texas decide what is right for Texas. These hogs need to GO! However we need to do it. Whatever it takes.

[@Jun-fm1kp]

When you’re just chilin and livin the Hakuna Matata life when you hear Fortunate Son

[@lhenaguevarra1044]

😬😬

[@hollis6210]

Jun Edenfield ha

[@danielmonge5299]

American AF

[@alexanderestk]

I S L A P like EPICO

[@snoopybro1512]

The hogs will start walking upright and fighting back.

[@kenyenmusic7548]

“Got up in the mornin. Got up in the helicopter. Shot a bunch a pigs.” That’s deep man.

[@K-Uno.]

BARS!

[@IDONTLIKETHATSHIT]

I guess you think, "Mary had a little lamb" is Shakespeare worthy.

[@joynermaidana2375]

Living life with a purpose.

[@asanmartinjr07]

Redneck Heaven!!!

[@tyronekozlowski8017]

That's Hoosier Haven!

[@gummi_shorky]

Bro!! This was my childhood. I remember, I’m like ten or eleven years old, and I’m watching this with my dad! This is amazing.

[@never2late454]

The part that gets me is the ranchers have them destroying property and complain to the state wanting something done but won't let hunter's take care of the problem unless they pay. If you really want them gone give open access to hunters without charging them and they wipe them out in short order.

[@ncrveteranranger5124]

This is literally like a side mission in some open world game Edit:Thanks for 5K likes

[@oldworldblu3s305]

Far cry

[@KevinHackett]

Yeah it’s called life

[@oldworldblu3s305]

@@KevinHackett fun fact the Spanish would drop pigs off on island so when future colonists arrived they would have food . This also led to native people getting European sicknesses especially in mainland north and South America

[@pintsizedpete]

@@oldworldblu3s305 Haha sounds like something from Far Cry 5

[@adrianalavez4140]

@@oldworldblu3s305 lol

[@YourRealDaddy]

Call of Duty: Farmer Warfare Edition

[@thatirishgamer1815]

😂

[@lycurgus9280]

Where hogs run wild

[@Cacowninja]

Kill 25 hogs in a row and you get a crop duster killstreak!

[@lycurgus9280]

@@Cacowninja 😂😂😂

[@cllcccic8270]

it will become a game someday, I'm sure of it

[@CaptainKapitan]

Helicopter? Gunner? Strafing Runs. _Fortunate Son intensifies_

[@dcroxby]

Not just a US problem. I just returned from a feral hog hunt in Queensland, Australia.

[@thestudentofficial5483]

Man it sucks that this side mission is exclusive to Texas server.

[@stitch684]

Not true, you can come to Georgia as well🤣🤣🤣

[@kevinsolomon959]

XD

[@BasedApricot]

They pay you to shoot coyotes in Utah

[@reconzero5699]

Nah makanya wkwkw

[@tomatoRAPIST]

True but Montana and Utah got the coyote dlc

[@dman8973]

If only people knew how dangerous these hogs really are. A lady in the outskirts of Austin was mauled to death a few months ago. Imagine opening your backdoor in a residential area and having a group of them charging at you. This isn't a joke for us down here.

[@keithdarnell5500]

any animal that is not supposed to be in an ecosystem is dangerous, one of the worst is ferreal cats. they kill everything they can, baby birds dont stand a chance with them, its the stupid idiot owners that let there stupid cats run loose all night or day that is the problem and of course the ones dumped somewhere

[@vxy357]

There was an attack on a woman in Dayton,TX. She too was killed by a hog.

[@evil8569]

vxy357 theyre talking about hogs, not cats, stay on topic

[@itzpayday1238]

@@evil8569 its the same topic. Feral cats are also invasive species that destroy habitats and deserve to die.

[@Cole-yk5zc]

Keith Darnell get a air riffle that’s at least 1,000 fps and shoot those murder fuckers

[@gregmullins6927]

We have a massive feral animal problem in Australia as well,I think it's time that Federal and State governments got together and planned the 100% annihilation of all feral animals with shooting,baiting etc.,pigs have to go first in my opinion.

[@gummi_shorky]

When I was younger, I thought that y’all was mean people that went around killing the hogs, that was mainly because younger me skipped the intro and got straight to the hog huntin, but older me watches the intro and I now understand that y’all ain’t the meanies. Maybe the hogs don’t mean to cause destruction, but they are invasive. So I understand.

[@thecursedGAMER1]

I’m from Texas and this became a bigger problem when a 60 year old woman was leaving her suburban home to go to work and was attacked and killed by these hogs

[@religionispoison6838]

What !!!!! No way

[@wisexrob7824]

@@religionispoison6838 yeah that's real talk she was attacked and killed stay away from them

[@scooper7428]

Adi Dahal I don’t understand your language

[@greenrangerdanger]

Some people are training huge dogs to kill hogs

[@alexandriab4171]

@@greenrangerdanger caucasian shepherds and canes.

[@RedboRF]

"If it runs, it's a hog. If it stays still, it's a well-disciplined hog!"

[@juliocaesaralcaraz9891]

Isn’t hunting fun?

[@mynamejev2489]

Julio Caesar Alcaraz it’s extremely fun

[@Mrbg123]

“Do you shoot sows and piglets?” “Sometimes” “How could you shoot sows and piglets?!” “Easy! Ya just don’t lead em as much!!”

[@dwainsw4076]

That’s what they used to say about Vietcong.

[@MostlyPeacefulNeanderthal]

Get some

[@kerrylloyd4215]

That was a very good and informative program. Thank you I needed to know that. 👍

[@jarheade3823]

If you saw the damage they do on our land in East Texas you'd change your mind really quick about cruelty to animals. And the very best weapon to use is an AR-15.

[@highlandactual]

"No one needs an AR 15 for hunting" The entirety of Texas:

[@tylerchiu7065]

Literally uses ar-15s for hunting

[@alexdelarge9876]

I use AR-15s for hunting

[@ianwilliams8628]

Why not ? I would

[@nightingaleseraph]

I prefer using a .45-70 because that’s what my grandpa used.

[@Ponchov009]

these things are not the same as a deer, you hunt a deer, hogs need to be exterminated. This is not hunting, this is the only real situation apart from combat that I can see the need of an AR rifle.

[@mr.melvin754]

The man who cages them, processed and sent to impoverished folks. Thank you. This is a double win. Helps starvation and the hog problem.

[@f.w.1318]

He actually keeps for days if not up to week at times and gives them fresh food and water, before processing, supposedly it flushes out the wild animal taste.

[@qwertyqwerty6099]

smiles.. n much better meat than industry raised pork..

[@Quadrenaro]

@@f.w.1318 Yeah, I've seen some nasty shit come out of a hog that lives on the wetlands of Florida. The only good hogs to eat need to be feed and watered for a bit before eating.

[@cs8715]

@@Quadrenaro idk about Florida hogs but the hogs in the hill country in Texas make nice gamey breakfast sausages without having to feed.

[@fckmaga]

@@Quadrenaro 🤣🤣🤣

[@ronwilson5476]

Former Marine here and big time hunter since I was a tike. Been shooting weapons since I was 5. LOVE IT! This looks like a blast to me but I do have a question. Are you folks getting any negative press over lead rounds in the dirt or is it a small enough amount that does not affect crops?

[@CoinCG]

"They are aggressive, they are disgusting, and they will try and destory anything they come into contact with". Lady you just described humans...

[@donutlovingwerewolf8837]

ah but the difference is, humans make the rules

[@CoinCG]

@@donutlovingwerewolf8837 True

[@mkay1957]

You are describing feral humans of the urban variety.

[@Dom-zo9gy]

word !

[@HustleAndBustle396]

@@mkay1957 Seriously the rural ones are the feral ones: sleeping with their children, eating bats, killing their fathers and mothers , then wanting to destroy anything that don't look like them. You sound like one of them. Those are the ones on Hitler's ranks! I see them in the Azoz brigades of Ukraine!

[@WorldsBestStuntMan]

"And if that don't work..use more gun." -The Engineer

[@ztxmariano2376]

ahh yes i see were all men of class

[@Jonathan-yu9ui]

I fear no man... but that THING, it scares me

[@vitamind2943]

Hogs in Texas be like: If you came were I came from you'd be fucking dead.

[@overlord-6644]

“I solve practical problems”

[@JasonC683]

thee guys trained to kill BLM protesters months later.

[@omxls]

I don't get why some people get mad at this, austrailia went to war with EMUS. edit: and they also lost.

[@nsq2229]

Lol true

[@Mihrock1]

Imagine there was an alien species far superier to humans in every way and they saw us as texas people see hogs. We would be so screwed. If people could think this way, the world would change.

[@wnchstrman]

Australia went to war with Emus, and the Emus won.

[@Mihrock1]

@Peter_Hudson i feel that there is always a more compassionate way of handling a situation if there is a will. Human beings right now are at the top of the food chain, having control over all nature and animals because of our ability to use tools. Every being wants two basic things, to survive and to reproduce. Early humans in the wild were always scared for their survival and hence they created houses and colonies to keep the wild animals out. We built societies so that we can survive. However when the first thing we wanted for ourselves was safety and survival, how did we become so blind to the fact that every being in the world lives for the exact same basic thing. The sign of a civilized society is how they treat their weakest member and right now our weakest members are these poor animals who just want to eat just like us. Yes they are destroying food meant for us, but even we grew crops on land that was never really ours! We humans marked our territory, cut down jungles and built homes and farms. Yes we need food and so do these animals and that's why i am saying there are more compassionate ways of dealing with every issue. You don't have to take someone's life. That's why i asked you to imagine if we were the weaker lot and we were more stupid but we still wanted food and safety. Wouldn't we be glad if our superiors were compassionate?

[@aidandixon6028]

@@Mihrock1 Don't copy past a message man, make a unique message for every person, you can use your own points again and again of course, but if you're trying to convince someone, you need to adapt your message to the person, all communication is a two way street, every positive change in opinion begins with a conversation between open minded people, but if either person is unwilling to consider the others feedback, then both people come out of it merely find more reasons to dislike the other. as an analogy a country surrounded by walls cannot develop trade routes nor can it influence anything beyond its own borders.

[@lawrencewillard6370]

Just did see this. In Australia, mid 70's, used a Gyrocopter to round them up from the wheat fields to the shooters. It worked.

[@JupiterEarth]

"They're aggressive, they're disgusting and they will try and destroy absolutely anything they come into contact with". Does not this make a perfect description of the human race?

[@Twistingmp4]

Lol a bit too literal with it

[@es0teric76]

In some circumstances absolutely, but ya know. If you truly have that thought, you can definitely help by "taking care" of yourself. Gotta practice what you preach.

[@melissahouse3488]

Precisely!!!

[@Tongonto]

"Okay, what species should we introduce to reduce the feral hog population?" "Hmm. How about... tourists"

[@AdmiralBonetoPick]

No problem. If the tourists start multiplying out of control, just give the ground-dwellers stinger missiles.

[@captaincancer7786]

People say this like a joke but if a dolphin is about as intelligent as a 5 year old, and 5 year olds can be child soldiers, there's no telling what the fucker's 'll be able to do once they develop posable thumbs

[@edgarsantanabaez]

Captain Cancer LMAOAOAOA

[@magnusqwerty]

How about Mexicans? How about Muslims?

[@SobaYatai]

Profile adapt overcome

[@londony3239]

My grandma lives down in Texas and I visited her and I saw a field that looked like it got bombed, I asked her and she said it was the pigs. Trust me, they can do way more than you think

[@KayDejaVu]

They make these hogs sound like a real threat. I bet they're not. 'They cause accidents'. 'They spread disease. ' smh

[@diosaaron9684]

@@KayDejaVu what the hell are you talking about

[@lgay1927]

@@KayDejaVu Well u are wrong. Hogs are a real threat. I bet u are not even in Texas.

[@krishanupaul2232]

@@KayDejaVu you clearly don't live in a place where farming happens a lot. Feral animals suck balls.

[@JungleLarry]

@@KayDejaVu Living in your palace of ignorance in downtown whereverthefuck must be nice.

[@sascotttx5145]

During a bad drought 3 summers ago, the feral hogs dug down 3 feet and broke open a PVC water line and it ran for almost a week before I went by that part of the ranch and noticed the mud bath. I started making chorizo out of the backstraps. It's so lean that you have to add oil when you cook it.

[@tofu3783]

Hogs: we gon eat Texans: not in ma town partner Hogs: 👁🐽👁

[@imperialguardsman5929]

America: * *declares war on feral hogs* * Australians and emus: 😲

[@jamesmiles5742]

🤦😱

[@epic9256]

Exactly they think it’s America only...

[@MaggotDiggo1]

Australia has a massive feral animal problem. Pigs, foxes, rabbits, buffalo, deer, camels, goats, pigeons, donkeys, dogs, cats, cane toads. The list goes on and on....

[@mattg8600]

I don’t get it, australia has declared war on emus before.

[@tWo-hu8mk]

Matt G yes they lost a war to Emu

[@justanmpowereddude5021]

“Got up this mornin, got in em helicopters, and shot a bunch of pigs” Yep, that dude is American 😂😂

[@MagnsATK98]

I randomly read that exactly as he said it lol

[@suzannehartmann946]

More like 'Merican

[@Mac-pi7kc]

@Kakashi Hatake A looser

[@RealAlexM]

@@Mac-pi7kc a looser?

[@tammymatt9186]

That might be the best tourism campaign commercial Texas could've ever come up with

[@tommyfred6180]

the moment someone is making money out of a problem. the problem will never go away.

[@Freedomcustom]

The problem isn't going to go away UNLESS u spend money and if someone is offering a service...

[@chanceysanders4035]

“You dont need an AR-15 for hunting” hold my beer

[@joaquinrobbins8856]

what about tanerite?

[@raularreola2887]

Chancey Sanders After I Hold Your Beer Rodeo Music Starts Playing. 🤣

[@nomoreheroesmd6577]

50 cal is the way to go😂😂

[@jojo-gg1iz]

The irony is AR’s were made specifically for hunting cuz they’re lighter, semi-automatic rifles that are convenient to carry all day if need be lol

[@treepeenbawlz1934]

You need it for school tho. For them feral kids

[@smackpopcrackysmak8337]

Me: well, there just hogs trying to live. *They even eat turtles* Me: Ight light em up boys

[@Jon-fc2rl]

I hope you realize some people see the hunters as the hunters see the pigs. Useless and dispensable.

[@cristianarreola8582]

Myself: Yeah boiiiii

[@eddycamachojr.8681]

*screams in Californian”

[@kenimaticjuggallo]

@@Jon-fc2rl well that's wrong, and the hogs aren't "useless" they're more "incredibly indescribably dangerous to the ecosystem"

[@Jon-fc2rl]

kenimaticjuggallo Read my comment again. I’m not saying the pigs are useless, I’m saying the people going after them are. Get it now? Some people view the hunters like the ‘hunters’ see the pigs. A complete waste. Take care..

[@JacobSantillan]

Face down a pack of feral hogs and you find out real damned fast why you need a 30 round magazine in a semi-auto rifle. A lot of people don't understand just how dangerous these hogs are.

[@anthonyn1157]

If I remember correctly they killed a lady a few years back.

[@Eamon597]

"I was a cute baby. Now look at me" 😅😅🤣🤣🤣

[@kusitinoratucoko498]

Hogs: *exists* Texan in a helicopter: So anyway I started blasting

[@fireshockgamer6734]

Texans: REV UP THOSE FRIERS

[@AngelHxze]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ryancoleman4151]

Kusitino Ratucoko lmao nice one

[@josephdoran8570]

Mini gun cleans it up 😎😎

[@hostishumanigeneris4472]

I shoot em all the time

[@eschdaddy]

I live in Texas... they’re not just destructive, they’re also dangerous. They will pursue you if they see you as a threat.

[@brittanyfinch8597]

They are wild, they should. We kill

[@k9officerft434]

@@brittanyfinch8597 their invasive

[@mdsabahuddin8251]

Good for y'all. They need to be killed

[@HyusKays]

Yeah.. They will freaking Gore your stomach and everything will fall out

[@everthingunboxpro3953]

Are they Like everywhere?

[@johnwright9372]

Feral hogs need control, but the last thing I would want in my moving helicopter is an idiot tourist waving around a rifle.

[@The_la_spotter]

I just went to a summer program where we got to investigate real fatal crashes and one of them was one of these helicopters going hog hunting.

[@Noodleydoo]

My friend Kevin owns property in Elgin, Texas and had a large pond behind his house that he would let me fish in. One day I called him to see if I could come fishing, and he said the pond was gone. I thought he lost his mind but it turns out he was right. Feral hogs came through and just destroyed it. It is nothing but a giant mud pit now. If you saw it and didn't know hogs destroyed it, you'd have thought someone took a backhoe to it.

[@laynehollis]

ever heard of eight point ranch

[@Noodleydoo]

@@laynehollis No. Why?

[@typo6616]

That's actually crazy, how big was the pond? Did your friend make/sustain the pond himself? Was it a natural pond?

[@canofsouls282]

@@typo6616 if it was enough to go fishing in id assume its pretty big.

[@HyusKays]

That's sounds like pretty big pond.. How many hogs does it takes to destroy such pond

[@andresperez8382]

“They are cute when they are little... I mean I was cute and look what happened to me!” Priceless!

[@yunggod9938]

Lol

[@bloodyskidderz2221]

🤨

[@marcoAKAjoe]

@@bloodyskidderz2221 lol

[@bombshell8876]

U r still cute in some people's eyes

[@ithought09]

shell doubt it (That's going In my career ending stuff folder)

[@JuniorMafia]

For the ones wondering why Wild boar is both from Texas - and not. It’s hard to remember that swine are native to Europe - not the Americas - because they’ve been here so long. Christopher Columbus brought the first eight pigs, intended as food, to the western hemisphere with his voyage to Cuba in 1493. The wild descendants of those pigs and others, estimated to number 6 million in 35 states, have been wreaking havoc ever since; annually, they cause $2.5bn in damage to crops, forestry and livestock producers. They can spread disease to both humans and domestic animals. With upwards of 2 million of these beasts in Texas alone, the state has become the center of a huge nationwide pig problem.

[@dolgionganbayar4478]

Every other animal species describing humans 0:18

[@Nazoto]

"They're cute when they're little no so much... I was cute when I was a baby look what happened to me" Self roast, those are rare

[@Kajichuu]

i was just thinking this~ i had the Michel scott in my head going "Boom! roasted." xD

[@Ockap1812]

Dad jokes 101

[@marcorill1670]

" those are rare", you mean, is rare to hear it from the people you know.

[@markusw7833]

:)

[@moonlandingagain3228]

These pigs are good for removing those you have liquidated, throw the corpse out to these pigs and everything disappears, 16-20 pigs must be used for a corpse, cut the corpse into 6 - 8 pieces, have a good day

[@finnsoup5789]

Adult Alligator: Haha, I'm the Apex predator. Americans with helicopters: Hold my beer

[@kingaditya-pubgmandmore3644]

*** hold my m15

[@ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869]

You’ll never get close enough

[@jah5886]

*Texans

[@good4ubella894]

8:33 what? In my country they are a delicacy. Not everyone can afford to hunt or buy their meat. It's healthier and cleaner than a store-bought meat filled with antibiotics, drugs, hormones, etc. It's literally free-range ham. Yes, wild game has slightly different flavour, but you just have to learn how to cook it. We cook the meat slowly for 2- 3 h and season it with garlic, peppers, salt etc. before cooking. Great in soups, stews, chebureks etc. All animals, like humans, are subject to dirt, disease and parasites. Farm pigs live in more filth than wild hogs + wild hogs get to live decent lives compared to the average farm pig that doesn't even get to see grass and has almost no space to move. All raw meat should be handled safely. You need to learn how to safely handle and cook wild game. Also according to my country's law, wild meat must be tested for disease in certain situations. Dear people, don't just listen mindlessly, but research and think reasonably for yourselves! I wish you to learn to understand nature and have better lives! ❤

[@mikelovestoride2367]

I have a Rifle so , How do i talk my wife into me getting a Helicopter?

[@rillo806]

Born, raised, and still live in Texas. These hogs are everywhere. U can actually make a living hunting them. I know farmers and ranchers that pay $50 a head to clear them off their property. Hogs and coyotes are a real issue here.

[@rillo806]

Canis Africanis no i like mexicans, great food, beautiful women, tequila, hard working, and culture. No issues there for me.

[@diegomeringer3953]

@@rillo806 thank you

[@Povertycab]

@Canis Africanis damn that was good.. genuinely funny joke

[@HardCorps88]

Call me I’ll go shoot!

[@shekharaakula6233]

so being a hunter in Texas is like being a modern day witcher, pretty cool

[@odellvanta]

He was a USMC sniper in Vietnam, so I suppose you could say he was well qualified for the job. He had one bad encounter, & a plaque with giant teeth on his wall. Usually, the hogs run when the 1st goes down.

[@MrDa47ve]

Damn…a helicopter, $2500 rifle, gas, etc., etc. Them hogs are seriously expensive!

[@alejandrolenin93]

that is the most Texas solution to any kind of problem

[@nuddin99]

@@r.r.r.4844 He was making a joke about texas and guns not texas dealing with invasive species, dont get your panties in a twist.

[@Dave-ng9mn]

Hawaii did it first.

[@delilah022809]

shoot it.

[@stonedraider708]

These feral pigs if you let them get too populated they'll come in and kill one of your children. Or even you.

[@kylelewis317]

By that you mean Stupid

[@rodneyparisien1997]

If the Australian’s had helicopters they would have won the Emu war

[@lukehefley4330]

And guns

[@jackalpaugh7426]

@James Mackinaw wrong, the emus would instead have flied because they are birds

[@paullydeux2266]

@@lukehefley4330 they had guns

[@MrWeliz]

If the Australians had guns they would have won the Emu war.

[@rikilamaru]

@@MrWeliz they had guns and the brought freaking military with machineguns and still lost

[@Not_ra3n_jk]

Man this video gives old people flashbacks when they went to Vietnam

[@retardedclown90]

Countless times I have ran up on a pack of them while surveying, You definitely see the damage caused by these things all over Texas

[@flamingbulletsgaming7204]

Hogs: start adapting to human hunting method* Human: uses helicopters* Hogs: 👁👄👁

[@danielcanales1445]

missed the opportunity for 👁 🐽👁

[@thrust_vectoring_spitfire]

Air Power™! Shocking & Awing since 1914!

[@JohnBlaze505]

Vice last year: "nobody needs to hunt with an AR15" Vice Now: "Hehe Helicopter go shooty shoot"

[@Oswald_Thatendswald]

if they didnt have double standards they wouldnt have standards at all.

[@JohnSoapMacTavish-tb6pk]

Vice has no credibility anymore. We just watch their videos for entertainment. Their political views are dogshit

[@gagebenson1791]

Obviously this is a special situation....

[@anon69_q]

@@JohnSoapMacTavish-tb6pk if you didn’t notice the difference is in the reporter

[@Jackasskidz4]

@@gagebenson1791 like the 2A

[@connortimms9704]

anyone else get a ad for vice news when watching this video

[@sardu55]

It's probably going to take some sort of combined effort with the trappers/hunters to set traps and work to clear out areas with some sort of large scale planning. Right now it's sort of a catch as catch can with independent operators doing their own thing in their own area.

[@hobbitfeet1637]

Government: "Why in Gods name would you need an M134 minigun mounted on your Jeep Wrangler?" Me: "Hog hunting.....And this is Texas."

[@JDBajaBlast]

Yes

[@Eltern10]

To fight tyranny. I don't like the question for "need", why does anybody need a car with 1000 hp? No one does, but this is America and you should have the freedom to own whatever you want.

[@JDBajaBlast]

@@Eltern10 my brother looks at you with disgust as he hauls 5 tons of gravel up a mountain in his truck with a 50 cal machine gun strapped on top

[@Eltern10]

@@JDBajaBlast I don't get that. Why does he look at me with disgust? Seems that he enjoys his freedoms.

[@JDBajaBlast]

@@Eltern10 He enjoys his 2500 HP and looks at anyone who dares disrespect it

[@elgrandej2802]

Vegans: "How can you kill an animal like that?!" Texans: "If you put enough holes in them."

[@tompeled6193]

Speciesist

[@nutmagnet22]

Hot lead poisoning

[@joshuaaguilar2854]

😂😂😂😂

[@mr.r080t3]

“They ravage your salad, doesn’t that p**s you off?”

[@Mihrock1]

Imagine there was an alien species far superier to humans in every way and they saw us as texas people see hogs. We would be so screwed. If people could think this way, the world would change.

[@alan30189]

There’s a guy on KZbin who traps the hogs and then he’ll grab one live and put a tracking collar on then release it. He finds out where it goes to hide during the day. Then he goes hunting for them in their den. That’s a good strategy to get the ones that stay away from traps. The one that he releases, takes you to the wiser hogs.

[@Eamon597]

I see this as a win win situation. Farmers' crops are safe, and the coyotes get free food. And lets not forget the tourists are having the time of their lives shooting at live targets from the air! How cool is that?!😄✌

[@themomorain]

My dad once hit one of them with his car. It just ran on. These are freaking tough animals.

[@misterx1342]

Friend mine also hit a wild hog in his car a few years ago. The hog died but his car had some damage on the front.

[@thiridal283]

These animals are tought af and although I am from Germany, I believe that hunting them from the air is one of the savest things you can do. Depending on the species, these animals can slice you up if you don't watch out. Especially if you don't get a clean shot on them that doesn't kill them instantly they might just turn around and attack you.

[@themomorain]

@@thiridal283 Yeah as soon as my dad called the local hunter he also said: whatever you do dont get out of your car^^

[@Megsducks]

Super tough animals. Literally. Their skin is thick and armor like, and that’s on purpose. You typically need to use several high caliber bullets to take one down.

[@themomorain]

@@Megsducks I wonder how they taste. I mean they eat about everything. I’d imagine the meat is pretty tough aswell^^ Warhawks are pretty common where I live but I don’t feel like they get eaten very much. There is probably a reason for it.

[@zabrikvid]

"Black Hog Down"

[@jonfontes1537]

Hahaha

[@johnmcleinramoso3851]

Made my day HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@rovat6285]

“Chalk 4 move to the crash site of HOG 2-4”

[@truamerican1405]

That was dumb lol

[@monishvj5172]

xD

[@Luiz97994]

a question with the help of the translator. Maybe it seems naive... out of curiosity, with that many pigs, aren't there opportunities for new breeding ventures for food? Have the price of bacon dropped or are they still the same in your markets? =´D

[@RandyBoBandy.]

I’m genuinely shocked that Vice didn’t base the entire video off the opinion of a Harvard professor in Boston. They could’ve told everyone how horrible they are for shooting hogs. Wow.

[@arrowhead9000]

I think you're a bit too obsessed with the "culture wars" buddy

[@mack2718]

"They're cute when they're little, not so much when they...I was a cute baby. Look what happened to me. They get ugly when they get bigger." lol

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Hrmmmmm yeah.

[@hassanharry5779]

Laughs

[@wuahwuahwhore]

He fine as hell tho

[@drumdude46]

You mean...just like Humans...

[@mack2718]

@@drumdude46 yeah according to what he said

[@c4ble472]

“Anyone who runs, is a Feral Hog. Anyone who stands still, is a well-disciplined Feral Hog!”

[@acrispywaffleiron4014]

War is hell

[@cameronjellison2085]

You should do a story bout me some time!

[@dellstudio10]

@@cameronjellison2085 Why would I do a story about you?

[@leahall]

I love the smell bacon in the morning. Smells like breakfast.

[@cessna1022]

amen, god bless america🙏

[@saifis]

I always wonder, how do you retrieve all the lead that gets stuck all up in the farm soil? you don't want crops growing with lead in the soil right?

[@boygenius538_8]

Maybe non lead bullets. And a few bullets in all those acres isn’t that big of a deal.

[@BigSmoothy1626]

A guilt free purposeful holiday.

[@keith8880]

I'm disappointed in the lack of Ride of the valkyries playing as they shoot the hogs.

[@harryt2284]

DA DA DA DA DA DAT DA DA DAAAA

[@jeepcommiehunter176]

Thats the flight of......

[@donalano5135]

Some napalm would be helpful too!

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

@@donalano5135 I love the smell...

[@donalano5135]

@@tooleyheadbang4239 of napalm? :D

[@kalaharisurfer1994]

Tourists:"How can you shoot female and baby hogs?!?!" Texans: "Easy! You just dont lead 'em as much!"

[@blitzblutz]

Get some!

[@MetalAgainstMetallic]

Any hog that runs is vietcong. And hog that doesn't run, is a well trained vietcong.

[@cheater-beast-3604]

Cause I’m hungry

[@TheThethinker101]

@@MetalAgainstMetallic viethog*

[@Andrew-or9jt]

It’s easy you just don’t lead them so much!

[@enoshsubba5875]

Why does this look like a GTA Mission.

[@CraigArndt]

Not only do they destroy the land, they are nasty nasty critters. You don't want to get in between one.

[@recember]

this looks like a fun first date idea

[@greasycheeks8220]

I took my first date there. My cousin loved it

[@wranglerspace3658]

@@greasycheeks8220 that's funny I get it

[@topshelfruns2039]

Dude go too a baseball game :) stuff her with hot sausages and peanuts :)))

[@xatryalaxamana]

@@greasycheeks8220 nice

[@downbytheriver501]

That's an excellent idea. Now I just need to find a date.

[@trentcooper1271]

7:17 "They're cute when they're little, not so much--I mean I was a cute baby, look what happened to me!" Had me lol'ing

[@robslade2571]

That was classic.

[@yahir8226]

Mans just said “lol’ing”

[@klord3677]

Blake Ubersox GRAMMOR

[@mikewhocheesehairy4000]

Wtf... never in my entire life have I heard a more cringy ass term

[@illuzanaerenduill]

This is the first time I heard the phrase "lol'ing"😂..wtf is that phrase

[@twogamer7149]

You need a drone equipped with a remotely piloted rifle.

[@no15e48]

bro they've been going call of duty mode on them