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Some places pay hunters for feral hog tails

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When wild boars completely overrun local farmland, the solution is turning hunters into freelance exterminators. Agricultural regions offer strict flat payouts for severed tails, essentially placing a literal wanted poster on highly destructive and terrifying wild pigs.

Some places pay hunters for feral hog tails
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