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Post by greybeard on Jan 12, 2020 20:18:21 GMT -6
Transporting and deer feeders have a lot to do with the spread of feral hogs. Not here I don't think. Maybe farther out in the hill country tho. Just too much cover and food in the National forest and plenty of water everywhere. Trinity, San Jacinto, Sabine and Neches River bottoms are all but impenetrable for most folks. (National and Sate Forests here in E. Texas aren't the wide open, easy walking reserves they are in some other states....big trees growing in dense thickets for the most part) Feral hogs have been here in my area for at least as long as I can remember. I clearly remember my uncle having a close call in the early morning fog in 1961 when we were driving to my grandfather's funeral. A whole sounder ran out in front of us on a little 2 lane road and he barely got the car stopped. Funny the things you remember... I don't remember the funeral service at all but I remember the hog thing vividly. |
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Post by randy on Jan 13, 2020 6:03:05 GMT -6
I seen about 25 hogs on a field just west of me tonight. Best way to deal with a large sounder like that is with a large trap. When you can take out a whole sounder at a time is when you make progress. |
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Post by bulltrader on Jan 13, 2020 21:28:34 GMT -6
Call the helicopter guys Allen. I watched them shooting hogs just west of you on the Canadian River in April 2018.
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Post by Allenw on Jan 14, 2020 8:12:57 GMT -6
I've been on that same field and had bunch after bunch run by me about five years ago. They got a plane out and shot about a hundred in a couple afternoons. They're coming out of the river bottom off the wildlife management area. They'll get shot up before long. Nothing unusual this time of year to see bunches like that.
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Post by d2cat on Jan 14, 2020 10:57:32 GMT -6
A few years back there seemed to be an outcrop of feral hogs in this area. I was talking to a Ks. dept of wildlife guy and he said they were getting some of the harvested hogs to test their DNA. They had the suspicion guys were going down south, getting trapped hogs, and bringing them up here to release for hunting. I never heard of the outcome of the test.
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Post by greybeard on Jan 14, 2020 11:39:21 GMT -6
The regs you see on line in Texas are somewhat confusing (outdated) but as I understand it, as of Sept 2019, feral hogs are now an exotic, un regulated species and a hunting license is no longer required EXCEPT on public lands. Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 317 into law on May 31, 2019, permitting any landowner, landowner’s agent or lessee to take wild pigs without a hunting license. There has been some confusion on this topic regarding the old regulations. Prior to the bill, wild pigs had to be actively depredating or causing damage, in order to be taken without a license by either a landowner or a designated landowner’s agent (Figure 1). While many would offer that wild pigs are always causing damage, or at least are about to do so, the new changes serve to remove doubt as to what is legal and what is not. Now, the legalities of proving depredation have been removed along with the requirement of proving one’s designation as a landowner’s agent. Also, simply leasing a property now qualifies an individual to take feral swine without a hunting license. In fact, it doesn’t even matter if you are a non-resident traveling to Texas to harvest wild pigs. No one needs to purchase a hunting license to hunt wild pigs on private lands. The only scenario where a hunting license is needed is when hunting on Texas public lands. nri.tamu.edu/blog/2019/june/hunting-license-no-longer-required-to-hunt-wild-pigs-in-texas/Contrast that to what is stated on Tx Parks and Wildlife website and you can see the confusion. Feral hogs are unprotected, exotic, non-game animals. Therefore, they may be taken by any means or methods at any time of year. There are no seasons or bag limits, however a hunting license and landowner permission are required to hunt them.
tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/nuisance/feral_hogs/
You do NOT need a hunting license to hunt feral hogs on private property (including leases) in Texas, nor do you have to be a Tx resident. Come on down folks...kill 'em all. |
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Post by randy on Jan 14, 2020 17:35:43 GMT -6
Plenty around here to keep me busy Greybeard. Not as bad as they were.
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Post by 3LT Farms on Jan 14, 2020 17:42:34 GMT -6
Only reason I'd go to Texas to shoot pigs instead of shooting them here would be to do it from a helicopter. Zero chance you'd be able to see in the swamps around here from above. Can't barely see in it on the ground.
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