Wild hogs have inhabited North America since the middle of the 16th century. Brought over as domestic stock by early settlers, America’s earliest farm pigs escaped their enclosures and became feral in ...
Feral hogs are the most destructive and costly invasive species in North America. They are also one of the most numerous and widespread, and while it should be said that hunting doesn’t effectively ...
KOUNTZE, Texas (KTRE) - The Feral Hog Trapping Program is underway at the Big Thicket National Preserve, which covers parts of Jasper, Polk and Tyler counties. This is third year of the program that ...
Would you rather shoot hogs from the air or engage in a hog hunting competition on the ground for a $500,000 prize pool? If you live in the Palmetto State, you may soon be able to do both. Hogs are ...
ONEIDA, Tenn. (AP) - Officials with Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the Obed Wild and Scenic River say hog hunting season has opened. Previous: Hunters voice concerns after wild ...
The most invasive species in the US has created an industry of semi-legal poachers. “I’m an outlaw,” Dimas “Pompi” Rodriguez told the Guardian of working as one of Florida’s feral hog poachers, a line ...
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 of ...
Across this country, feral hogs are causing problems. Who knew? Wild pigs cause more than $2.5 billion in damages each year when they root up land and crops. So I guess farmers knew. Some states ...
As Isaac Fisher walks in his pasture near Chattanooga, Oklahoma, he sees tracks and patches of grass that have been rooted up. When he visits his milo and wheat fields, he sees the same bald patches.
Lawmakers in Mississippi are considering a proposal that would legalize the use of drones to hunt, trap, and kill wild hogs on private land year-round. It’s one of a handful of recent national efforts ...