Landowners, farmers and ranchers across Texas have at least one common enemy: The bands of feral hogs that rip through their land, causing over $500 million in damages each year. These ...

The distribution of wild hogs in the U.S. in 2024. Map credit: USDA The core of America’s feral hog population is in the South. Texas alone had an estimated 2.6 million hogs in 2020. In many Southern ...

Behind us, the cargo bed held a kennel containing six dogs he had trained to track feral hogs ... hunt wild boars on horseback with a nine-foot lance; the Raj hosted an annual tournament. In Texas ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - You may not see them every day in East Texas ... s a lot of rooting by feral hogs going on this time of year,” says professional trapper Byron South. “In broad daylight I saw ...

Feral hogs are a problem across Texas, especially for ... “We can’t sport hunt from the helicopter,” Cary said. “We’ve got to give wild chase. We have to go out and find them.

According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), wild pig species are mostly found in southern states that range from Texas ... hunting and trapping for euthanization as common ...