Thread: Pork.......it's what's for dinner!

Originally Posted by D10

It sounds like folks were getting hosed down there back then. How did the gov justify it and get away with that?

The government can do pretty much whatever they want. Probably not as easy today as it was back then, but if they want it and you have it, they can get it. They wanted it for a defense plant and it was built, but wasn't completed until after WWII ended. It did bring jobs and prosperity to our area that is still out there today, but the old family land of many people is gated off and guarded. I think families were paid a fair price for their land, but the time table they were given to move is where the hardship was. Not much time to completely relocate a family. GTT

Originally Posted by NIMROD

The hogs we have are feral hogs that were brought in and released . They are bad for the enviroment . Years ago Arkansas was free range and folks ran out livestock . They were never all recaptured . Has been some hogs in the US for centuries from early explorers . Now most new infestations come from hog hunters transplanting them .

I think you're correct NIMROD. In most areas, hunters did transport them to give them some other game to hunt, then the population exploded and now there's a huge problem. I always heard that the hogs around Ouachita and Calhoun county were from those families who lost them in 1943. Calhoun County is called "Hogskin County" and the city of Hampton celebrates it's Hogskin Holidays in the Spring.

Regardless of how they got here, THEY'RE HERE and rooting and tearing up everything! GTT

Originally Posted by GoTennTitans

You're welcome. My great-grandpa had a little country store that he had to leave. Just pick up and leave it! On top of that hardship, the government rationed gas and the family couldn't just make trip after trip moving their goods. You had to make your gas count. They were very unfair to my family and others around Camden, Bearden, and Hampton. Move it by this date or you lose it!

Anyway, back to the hogs........glad to get rid of them! GTT

GTT- I'm in a lease off of Smead Bearden down there... The hogs are crazy and only get worse every year. I talk to the old fellas that have hunted there forever and cant imagine what it used to be like before all the government facilities came to town.

Most of the old fellas probably don't remember it either. My dad is 74 and they had to move out when he was around 2 or 3 years old. He does tell tales from the mid 1960s when the government opened up some of the main gates and allowed the public to come in and hunt on parts of that land. Dad says there were huge bucks everywhere and old farm ponds full of fish! My uncle bought a 1965 GTO convertible brand new after he graduated from the U of A in Fayetteville and he and my dad did quite a bit of spotlighting in those days. No one could catch them in that GTO! I remember that car, but it's long since gone.......those days too, and most of the people. . GTT

The biggest deer I have ever seen have been in that fenced area across from the fire training academy...

Originally Posted by Stubby

The biggest deer I have ever seen have been in that fenced area across from the fire training academy...

Yep. A friend used to work out there at Atlantic Research and he always saw big bucks and turkeys behind those fences and gates. Now imagine those gates being opened to the public.............sounds like fun! GTT

I used to hunt a lease down in Camden. I remember the first time sitting in a stand and hearing one of the missle engines being ran. This was in the early 90s. I thought it was WWIII happening before I learned what it was.