21. HB 716 2nd Reading

Passage; May 11, 2011; Journal Page 2214: 29 Yeas, 2 Nays

YCT Yea.  HB 716 will allow landowners to sell helicopter? based hog hunting trips.  Feral hog populations are in? creasing rapidly and causing millions of dollars in proper? ty damage each year.  Helicopter?based hunting offers one promising option for feral hog eradication.  Opposition to such a measure suggests that some officials har? bor misinformed assumptions about hunting, hogs, and profits.