First let me stress that I am totally in support of helping farmers solve Anything that takes away from their livelyhood. I have hunted hogs with dogs over 30 years and feel like I have at least a small amount of knowledge in this subject. I would like to know/who supplies the suggestions for the solutions to the hog problems and where the devestating damage is happening. I have hunted Dooly Co for 30 years only to find that the last 3-4 years that there is hardly enough hogs around for me to stay in the business. 3-4 of the best veteran doggers have quit hunting and myself and several others right now are wondering how much longer we can stay in it because it just isn't worth the expense to keep hunting. I have went from catching over 200 hogs a summer to 75 if I'm lucky. What I see is where the hogs are plentiful is where the land owner/ farmer don't allow any consistent hunting. There is no need for any assistance/ money or government involvement in this issue or any other issue in our lives that we are capable of handling on our own. I know there are farms the hogs are doing damage but there are dozens of hunters, both doggers or shooters that are BEGGING TO DO IT FOR FREE. What I see is advice in a lot of these issues are being given by somebody that "just happens" to have a business that sells the product that is just what the program needs...When somebody or group that is making decisions that effect something that I live to do , I get very upset. I don't know of one thing the government has ev er told us we need that ended up making our life better . I think more opinions and suggestions should be taken from more than a select few that 5 years ago couldn't even spell Wild Hog....