Yes, the feral hogs debate was the House at its finest. No other parliamentary body in America could have produced that debate. Where else could you hear a hog hunt described as economic development? This turned out to be another urban-rural fight, with Sid Miller and Gattis warning of the property damage done by feral hogs and Thibaut insisting that selling seats on helicopters to hunters amounted to sport hunting. Gattis got over-the-top angry about this, as if the Second Amendment was at stake. And the free enterprise system. Miller joined in. “Don’t you think farmers should make a profit?” They warned that the hogs were everywhere, even in the Harris and Fort Bend County suburbs. I have to say that this was not the best argument for the helicopter hunts. I don’t think I’d like to be out in my backyard barbecuing steaks with somebody blasting away from a helicopter overhead.