We have some land in NE Louisiana, and there are hundreds of them there.
I have seen a pack of up to 50 of them in a single gathering many times. Most of our land is timberland, so they really dont affect us. Still, people in the area consider them a nuisance, so we would shoot them whenever we saw them.
They are fuckin TOUGH! I have put, what most would consider to be "stop in thier tracks" shots on them, only to have them run off, and never found.
Ill also say, those fuckers STINK
Fur is always real oily, and the meat isnt worth cooking. Very greasy, oily, and almost like eating gristle.
Very unpleasant animal.
On a somewhat related note, one of the most disturbing sights I ever saw from my childhood was this.
My cousin and his friend used to hunt them at night, on horseback, and using Pit-bulls to corner, and "hold" them. The Pitts couldnt actually hurt them, but they could occupy and distract them.
I should mention, that the ones in this area are NOT the small, 100lb ones you see. We have killed some up to 300+lbs, and there are much larger ones about.
2 of the dogs had a large one cornered. My cousin, myself, and 2 other guys were with us. I happened to be the first one on the "scene"
The first thing I saw, and an image that has stuck with me my entire life was this:
Its obsiously dark, I come to the area, and there is a dried out ditch, I hear some grunting,and rustling, I came down into the ditch, and I see, a LARGE male, he has "gourd" the Pit with his tusk, the pit is STUCK on his left tusk, dead. He raises up his head, and looks at me, with an ENTIRE DEAD Pit Bull stuck on his tusk. He picked up his head, with the entire weight of the dog, like it was a feather.
Disturbing sight.