Re: Hogs from a helicopter
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I know from wanting to a be a heli pilot that a R22 can't hold much passenger weight and I'm around 230lbs now so I may have to trim down before I can go in it. </div></div>
This is true, my nephew does the same thing with his helicopter business. The R-22's are a great little chopper for this type of work and certainly cheaper to operate over the R-44. Here in Texas this is the norm if farmers/ranchers want to keep them in check in a effort to rid their land of hogs.
It is fun at first but you have to consider it's a job and the "fun" does wear off. Depending on the lay of the land/ topography,whether it's fields, trees, brush etc dictates what strategies are used. Hogs can be herded just like cattle and it works best when they can be strung out in a single file line.
Easy optic mounting, firepower and ammmo availability and cost make the AR platform in .223 very popular. Sometimes 12 ga scatterguns and buckshot are used but the higher cost and heavy recoil make it a second choice. Let me tell you you can really feel it after firing a couple of hundred rounds of buckshot in a day.
Hogs are a huge problem for the larger farms where crops and such planted. To put things in perspective, in the month of August Josh was hired by some rice farmers near Bay City Tx and killed 3000 hogs in about three weeks time. It's not cheap for this service considering maintenance, fuel, gunner and ammo cost but it's about the most effective way in really reducing hog numbers. I'll have to see if I can get some videos up and running.