Originally Posted by Magnumdood
Texas never did have them on a game list; they were a giant PIA from the beginning. The ranchers and farmers in the county I worked in asked the Sheriff to instruct us to shoot any hog or coyote, day or night, and either leave it there or take it with us (In a patrol car - riiight). Those big ones root up holes that break tractor axels and livestock legs. There a blight on the land in Texas, yet, you find the same thing down there. Hog hunting leases have surpassed deer hunting leases. Texas is 98% fenced private property, and the ranchers and farmers are cashing in on people's desire to hunt hogs. The only ones worth eating are the small ones. Those big monsters smell so bad you'll clear a house out trying to cook the meat.


They've created havoc here as well. They have a habit of ruining foodsouces that game animals such as deer & turkey and etc. need. Folks were catching them and relocating them to other areas to hunt. The birth rate of these hogs is so high, it doesn't take long for them to get out of control. A few years ago TWRA started issueing AR's to officers to shoot yotes and now hogs on sight.