A boaring job at Fort Benning - AP

[Yrys]

I don't think this would fit inthe U.S. military board...

Fort Benning puts a bounty on boars

FORT BENNING, Ga. - Maj. Bobby Toon is known as the Pig Czar at the huge army post on Georgia's western edge. He has been assigned to help rid Fort
Benning of its unwanted guests: an estimated 6,000 feral pigs that roam the 184,000-acre installation.The animals, common throughout Georgia, are known for
tearing up woodlands and farms. They are aggressive foragers, gobbling up native vegetation and endangered species.

"These pigs feed and breed," Toon said. "That's all they care about. I've been here off and on for 17 years, and I can never remember a pig population as big as
it is now." Since July, more than 900 pigs have been killed. "These animals can smell a turkey egg three miles away," Toon said. "They're also a danger to tortoises
and woodpeckers."

The former 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment company commander, who now instructs a course at the Maneuver Captains Career Course, has personally brought
down 68 pigs in the past year. He's not the only pig hunter at work.

About 2,000 people who are authorized to hunt on the post have been encouraged to go after the feral pigs. They must be active-duty, retired military or civilian workers
at Benning and must have a license from the base. The post is offering a $40 bounty for every pig tail that's brought in.

"We did a cost estimate with civilian contractors, but they wanted way too much money for the job," Toon said.

 

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40$ bounty for occasional hunting..... VS paying big bucks ONCE to rid the base of a problem?  Decisions, decisions.....
You want the process to go ahead quickly.  Going with a 40$ per tail bounty, they will never see the end of it.... no matter how much the individual hunters try.

 

[Panzer Grenadier]

They could make hunting the pigs part of the training program.  Actually hunting and killing something.

 

[The Bread Guy]

They could make hunting the pigs part of the training program.  Actually hunting and killing something.

....or using them for medical trauma training?

40$ bounty for occasional hunting..... VS paying big bucks ONCE to rid the base of a problem?   Decisions, decisions.....  You want the process to go ahead quickly.  Going with a 40$ per tail bounty, they will never see the end of it.... no matter how much the individual hunters try.

Then again, given the price of imported boar salami and boar smoked ham, could be some decent revenue generation for someone here.  I still remember when the Canada Food Inspection Agency people took my wild boar salami from me in Toronto after an uncle in Italy found someone who hunted the boar, butchered it, and cured the salami....  :'(

 

[Strike]

Why does "Lord of the Flies" keep flashing through my head?  ???