Wild hogs are causing great damage to natural wildlife habitat, privately managed food plots that are put for deer and turkey, farm ponds and livestock water holes.  The frequency of wild hogs in agricultural areas has damaged sugarcane, rice, corn and even cotton from walking in the fields. In some areas they damage fences which cause livestock to escape. They also compete with other wildlife for food resources which results in preying on young domestic animals and wildlife. These Wild Hogs carry diseases that can affect pets, wildlife, livestock and people. 

   The estimated Feral Hog population in the United States is over 4 million and still growing.  So what can we do about this? Are you going to be the person who has hogs or the person whos getting rid of them? Trapping and hunting are the most popular methods of reducing the hog population. Although you’ll never get rid of them for good, this may eventually keep the population controled. The best time for trapping is from October to March. The reproductive maturity is as early as 6 months old having litters of up to a dozen piglets, sometimes more. Sows have litters one or two times a year. Sometimes in the south a gator or snake will snatch a piglet, but the sow is a good protector. Most states have declared open season on wild pigs year-round with no limit on the number that can be bagged. 

Texas - Need a license but theres no bag limit or season. Van Zandt County, Texas, has put a bounty on the heads of wild hogs. The county pays $7 for each matched pair of ears from feral hogs. In one month, the county wrote checks for 568 pairs.

Tennessee -  Allows hunters to kill as many wild pigs of either sex as they wish on private land, with the owner’s permission.

Louisiana - No license on private land. No bag limit. No season.

The Missouri Department of Conservation pleads with hunters on its Web site: “If you encounter a feral hog while hunting deer or other game, shoot it on sight.”

Arkansas - Public land - open hunting season - subject to methods allowed for hunting season AND Private land - year round - with owners permission

Georgia - PRIVATE LANDS: No closed season; no limit. No hunting over bait, from a vehicle, or at night with a light over 6 volts. A resident Hunting License is required to hunt feral hogs for all resident hunters 16 years old or older, except when hunting on land owned by them or their immediate family (blood or dependent relationship) residing in the same household.

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