That's just it, you rarely see them until they get after you. Their entry holes are usually less than a couple of inches in diameter. When they are active, you can see them going in and out of the nest.
I think it's definitely worth it. We got our daughters involved in processing when they were pretty young, they used to love grinding hamburger and making sausage. You always know what meat you're getting back and how clean it is going to be. We also take all of the scraps when we are done and...
I don't miss getting into those rotten bastards working in the woods. When you are running a saw, you don't even hear them coming. Running a skid cat is like being stuck in a cage while they sting the $h^! out of you!
It does look like they changed the sale date to December 10th this year.
https://idfg.idaho.gov/article/2025-nonresident-deerelk-tags-will-go-sale-dec-10-2024?fbclid=IwY2xjawEplBhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHZRn-zM6cpvYH7j9IP2sXOA4LcSpGqs-iYogfI8URXnUkulYcIxMjcAGuw_aem_EZ9G_Gj2N23AcMumAXbw4Q
The legislature will be back in 25 to try and change NR procedures. Whether they get it through, who knows. IFG sets new regulations every 2 years, so 25 will also be the start of a 2 year cycle.
I used to show 4-H Hogs. The last year I showed, I think I was a junior in HS. By that time girls and small town mischief got in the way of training my pig. Show day rolled around and I had a wild hog straight out of the bayou! She ended up attacking the other contestants pigs. They booted me...