East Texas farmers and ranchers, wildlife managers, trappers and hog hunters can agree feral pigs are invasive and destructive. What’s proven to be a lightning rod, however, is Kaput — ...

Charles Allen recently had me and Ron Spomer down for a multi species hunt in Texas. We had deer, ... Hunting wild hogs in Texas. TOM CLAYCOMB Outdoors contributor; Jan 6, 2025 Jan 6, 2025; ...

In the war to control the wild hog population in Texas, helicopter hunt operators and farmers with large tracks of land have an alliance. Large landowners allow hunting flyovers to help thin out ...

Back in 2003, TPWD estimated there were about 1.5 million wild hogs in the state. The department’s 2020 estimate of 2.6 million represents a 1.1 million-increase in fewer than 20 years.

Six machine gun-toting hunters strapped into a Bell 212 helicopter and lifted off from Coulter Airfield for a memorable ...

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 descendants ...

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 ...

Still, sometimes the dynamic that wild hog hunting creates can work against the goal of eradicating the species, said John McGlone, a Texas Tech researcher looking into wild hog behavior.

Texas' feral hog problem is costing millions in damages, leading to new population control methods—including high-tech traps and helicopter hunting.

This same line of thinking is what spurred Texas wildlife commissioners to approve similar regulation changes in 2022. The state now allows permitted operators to use drones fitted with thermal ...