This was exactly my thought. Most people skimmed over the part of the article that talks about the insane amount of water used annually by these fucking wastes of space. No golf courses should fucking exist, they carve out hundreds of acres of land and wipe out tons of local flora and fauna, all so a bunch of old rich fucks can get drunk every day and hit a stupid fucking ball around.
Good, I hope they tear it all up. Golf course use an insane amount of water, even when they're located in the desert or a place where droughts are common.
At our golf course they actually embrace the animals. Everyone is just stop playing if there's a possibility of hitting a deer, the pig holes are just additional bunkers, they closed a hole because of many nesting birds. If you wanna play in nature, you're just a guest.
I live in the general area, and yes, javelinas are a constant problem for everyone. Most peoples' yards are fenced off for that very reason.
If you're wondering what a javelina is, it's what the rest of the world calls a peccary. It looks like a wild boar. Also, don't try to get bacon bits off of it; they've got a scent gland that instantly destroys the flavor of the meat if it's pierced. (Even if the scent gland is left intact, it's a toss up as to whether you'd be able to stomach that meat.)
Nah, just research. "They're pigs, right? Why don't people just cook them and eat them?" A few Google searches made the answer abundantly clear. (Also, javelinas just plain stink. It's a skunk-like odor, and who'd want to eat whatever is making that smell?)
What's shitty about it? It's just an abandoned mining town tourist trap with artsy hippies living there. I mean it's not a place where you'd probably want to raise a family, but the landscape is beautiful and there are a few good restaurants and bars there.
I've always enjoyed my time there on a couple of roadtrips, but maybe you know something I don't.
In a desert state like Arizona, a golf course is an abomination from the word go. Let nature have their way with it: They provided a wet paradise in the desert, and the animals come to make use of it.
They are mean, especially if the piglets are around. I've been charged by them. Its pretty common for dogs around here to get maimed by them. You can smell them from like 200 feet away, too.
Oh. No. searches but boy do they sure look like it.
If only those poor desperate club members had ar-15s with 30-round magazines, then they could stop all these feral hogs from killing their children putting green!
Javelina hides were shipped east and to Europe for gloves and hairbrushes in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
javelina have been considered a sporting game animal in Texas
Seems like there might be some cross-over options here. Come for a round of 18, pull out the 5.56 iron for dinner and a souvenir set of club covers.
Joking aside, maybe don't put massive fields of greenery in a water stressed environment. Local herbivores might just show up and eat said greenery.
1, hunting is controlled. You need tags, which there's a lottery for. This golf course is without a doubt working with Game and Fish, but seeing as javelina have been making problems all over the place, hell my little town has a squadron that runs rampant through town every fall, they've got other matters to handle.
Oh, and everyone who makes out the southwest to be like the Sahara are full of it. The golf courses ain't great, but the ones in Sedona are far from problems