re: Bears in Louisiana

I think lot you baws totally missed my point about bears and my objection to having them.I still think they are a nuisance animal and I don’t want them around,cattleman don’t like them because the eat their cow feed and will kill newborn calves.Corn farmers don’t like them because they destroy corn.They get into people’s camps and tear them up.
I don’t have cows,I don’t raise corn and I don’t have a camp,so they haven’t affected me.
What I do have is a hell of a lot of wild hogs that are destroying my land and ruining the enjoyment of my property.I have spent a lot of money on habitat improvement,food plots etc.My deer population is a fraction of what it was before,turkey population is nil(I’ve never shot a wild turkey,never wanted to but I like having them around).Hogs eat turkey eggs,root up my food plots I established specially for turkeys.Used to have lots of box turtles, rarely see them anymore,hogs eat them.I have a maze of roads I maintained to ride around on my golf cart,wife and grandchildren enjoyed it,hogs keep my roads rooted up to the point they are nearly impassable in places.
I have shot hogs,hunted them at night,snared them and was making no progress.I finally bought this high tech hog trap,cost me $8700.00 plus trailer $2200.00 to move it around and have made some progress with that.If bears move in and start eating my hog bait it’s all over.I was eagerly anticipating approval of the sodium nitrate poison Australia is using but it is not likely to be approved in areas where bears are.I think poison is the only viable solution to getting hogs under control but we should eleminate that option because some bears might get harmed.Give me a break!
To suggest I’m not a conservationist because I don’t want bears is totally stupid.I was happy with deer,turkeys,squirrels,rabbits,birds,etc-If the bears are going to interfere with my hog traps hell no I don’t want them and they will interfere if they move on my land.
I hate hogs with a passion,they are a scourge on the earth.They eat all the acorns and pecans the wildlife could be eating,carry numerous diseases,destroy turkey nests,pollute the water,contribute to erosion.I sat in my deer stand several day and saw not one bird of any kind,used to see numerous birds.Only thing I can figure is birds are drinking out of hog wallows,getting sick and dying.
Note to cowboy fan 89- bears are not predators,they are opportunistic omnivores,they will kill and eat a fawn if they find it but they don’t actively hunt.They are more scavengers than anything.We are not lacking predators in Louisiana,we have coyotes,