Millions of hunters across the country love hog hunting for both food and sport. Though feral hogs provide excellent table fare, there have been concerns with hog diseases — both those wild boar can contract and suffer from as well as those diseases that they can carry and not suffer from. And the concern is [...]
My buddy and I always enjoy getting out a popping a few caps, but nothing beats a successful night of hog hunting in Texas. That is exactly what we ended up doing on this mild winter night. We knew that a herd of feral hogs had been coming into an earth tank regularly, but we’ve [...]
Feral hogs are not native to Texas. As most landowners know, wild pigs can cause a lot of damage and wreak economic havoc around farming and ranching operations. The blackland prairie ecoregion of Central Texas is well known for providing quality soils for crop production, but feral hogs negatively impact the farming operations found there. [...]
Sportsmen across the country enjoy hog hunting because it can be a lot of fun as well as challenging, and the critters make good eating. But what do you know about feral hog diseases? Researchers in Texas warned Central Texas farmers, ranchers and hunters to use caution when handling wild game after finding evidence of [...]
One of the things I look forward most each spring is the opportunity to head out feral hog hunting. Cool weather combined with green grass and typically a lack of hunting pressure for several months means feral hogs will be out moving and feeding during daylight hours. And knowing that hog movement is occurring during [...]
Any time I can get out hog hunting is a good trip for me, so I took off a day to make the most of my hunting lease. A group of young pigs have been hitting one of the hog feeder fairly often. Last week, I set a hog trap that is about 60 yards [...]
Question: Here is my hog hunting plight. My lease has a strong hog population. We have hog sign all over the place. However, I’ve yet to see one during daylight. Saturday morning after my hunt, I poured 160 pounds of corn around my bow stand. Saturday evening, nothing. When I went back Sunday morning: POOF, [...]
Reader Submitted: I’ve been reading about the viciousness of our resident grizzly bears we have in Texas, otherwise known as feral hogs. I have heard, as I know all of you have, about my friends-cousins-neighbors-nephews-mail mans-brother that was attacked by a pack of demon-possessed pigs while hog hunting or filling his bluebird feeder or whatever. [...]
