Feral Hogs in North Texas - A Growing Urban Issue

[@allencallender2205]

They came over the line into New Mexico from Texas. The Game & Fish dept declared a 365 day open season with no license required. Texas requires a license. Now they are no longer considered a problem in New Mexico. I believe Texas is more interested in selling licenses than getting rid of hogs. Texas ranchers are selling hunting rights. I have never paid anyone to hunt them in New Mexico. They just want to confirm that I know the difference between a cow and a hog. They usually ask me to stop by on the way out and let them know how many I shot. No problem.

[@gorila1958]

Allen Callender I thought just was reading on TPWD there is not a license required to hunt hog in Texas you can hunt year around as long as it's outside city limits area ??

[@kenbailey8679]

+Ricardo Estrada you have to have a valid hunting license to hunt anything in texas,even frogs turtles snakes,etc.

[@georgecarrera18]

Ken Bailey not hogs

[@txaggievet]

Why are we in Texas still requiring a license to hunt them? We should have open season, all year long, with no limit and no license. It seems we are more concerned with collecting that fee than solving the problem right now. Spending all this money on experts and studies when the answer is simple.

[@cierakitty]

Do not need the license if you are protecting life, pet or property....called Austin that is what they told me...good enough for me. They will kill calves, dogs, cats, even humans are not safe from them and it takes nothing for them to get mad

[@carlguyer]

One note of correction : The most abundant, widely spread and destructive invasive species stands on two legs....

[@TheSkierdude88]

Agree, kangaroos are the worst.

[@no.1spectator39]

True 👍👍👍

[@mreps4629]

fuck wild kangaroos.

[@rkba4923]

I don't pay to hunt/shoot pest species! If they want my help in thinning them out, I'm willing to help and supply my own ammo but I will not pay to help someone rid their property of these pests and neither should anyone else! Otherwise, just let the hogs destroy their properties. Same for Coyotes and Prairie Dogs.

[@tjones8719]

especially if they trailered them in and released them so they could ‘hunt them’....

[@tjones8719]

jason mcallister ...shut up dumb ass

[@bobbyjones7922]

If you pay, someone will eradicate them, this is America.Its all about the Benjamin's........

[@shawnpa]

If they are a threat, shoot them.

[@franciscoharo5921]

You got that right, I would love to help any rancher or farmer, I got my rifle and plenty of ammo, if you want my help just call me! That simple.

[@Maddogs27]

Call Jager Pro, they are experts at trapping and removing hogs. Might I also add that they have a 100% success rate.

[@jeanh9329]

When they tear up grass like that, what are they looking for? Truffles?

[@FlySwann]

We need to get word out to people that we need folks to hunt them. And we need the state to allow rifles for hogs in all the public hunting areas instead of just archery and shotguns. I don't think anyone in the government taking this seriously.

[@richardcogbill6791]

Sounds like the officials are doing little to nothing about this problem. "We're monitoring the problem." Need to have a twice a year Texas Pig Hunt and BBQ festival to promote tourism in the urban areas. Sustainable food source until they're gone. Maybe there is some kind of birth control or sterilization drug that can be put into hog bait. The problem being as bad as it is already, it's just a matter of time before they become a real nuisance and danger crossing more major streets and highways at night.

[@diyoregonnowtexas9202]

Start releasing trailer loads infront of Pelosi's house and in Seattle, San Fran, Portland, Ferguson, Chicago etc. Lots of good rehoming spots.

[@organic4050]

Thankyou. I live in Seattle and I agree. They need to release loads of those hogs here in Seattle. And downtown Seattle as well.

[@jamesj5696]

Hogs were and still are spread by hunters. They didn't fly into isolated areas of Michigan and Minnesota. The Texas problem was also spread by hunters. The urban expansion is not the problem, the pigs were brought into many of these areas.

[@uralbob1]

One auto loading rifle (AR-15 for example) + one responsible hunter + one or two nights = one sounder gone. That would be a start. Invite the hunters in, permit them so you keep track of what's going on, and monitor results. Also, provide low cost processing for them.

[@uralbob1]

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[@20somthingdrifter11]

Call all Hunters across the USA, Texas needs you!

[@msdaisy6949]

No!!!! Texas is completely capable of getting rid of their own hogs. Its PRACTICALLY its own nation, its so big. They can do this!

[@davidbass3395]

The United States has roughly 6,000,000 feral hogs and Texas has between 2,000,000 and 4,000,000.

[@vonrickgraham480]

Wolves bring ecological balance across the spectrum.

[@diredayz2228]

We need Red wolves and Mexican grey wolves back in Texas!!!

[@davidhodges2050]

And black bears they eat a lot of pigs

[@barryfernandez1204]

Then, down the road, in the future won't you then have a wolf problem ?

[@MrRRW555]

Too many rules and regulations. Waste your time with task forces, meetings, rules and so on. Meanwhile they will breed faster than you can kill them.

[@msdaisy6949]

Spotting them, seeing their damage.....all opportunities to eradicate the problem. Texas! Take care of it!

[@JohnDavis-yz9nq]

I never laughed so hard in my life at the man in the yellow shirt. He said they had set a trap but haven’t caught anything. We are monitoring the hogs he said. Lolol. We are communicating with our neighboring cities. Lolol.

[@redsammy7789]

I agree, all these people are clueless, yellow shirt guy said we are monitoring them and if we see increased activity we will put our trap back out, first of all they are increasing as you were talking and one trap is not going to cut it.

[@rkba4923]

How's the problem today compared with when this vid was posted in 2013?

[@whackamolechamp]

Its pretty bad. A woman was killed by one recently in South East TX outside a home. I saw a pack of them today hiking off of US 380 in N TX near Little Elm.

[@bibarel4665]

Bryan D did they have erect wee wees when they killed the woman?

[@vonrickgraham480]

One question did you guys shoot all the wolves?

[@peterstanton253]

Describing the problems you have with feral pigs and emphisizing your endeavour to a humane approach to a solution may be admirable to a point. The main factor is that the creatures are prolific in having babies. Quad erat demonstradum.

[@maryfrederickson9400]

My neighbor (at my ranch) raises peanuts one year then rotates to cotton the next . Unfortunately in the peanut years the wild pigs can tear up unbelievable amounts of peanuts in one night. They then cross over to my property to reach a river to drink. I now have to go armed all the time because of them. And yes, they can be very aggressive and dangerous!

[@jayjdietrich]

You do have a silver bullet! People who know how to run a true perpetual trap. It's no secret how to build one and how to keep it running. You just need to trust those who know and let them do their thing. And it takes some money to build that trap and keep it running. A lot of money, labor, time and patience.

[@The2guard]

Not sure how northern wolves would do in the heat of the southern states, or if hunters would leave them alone or, but I wonder if relocating some of the overwhelming wolf population of Western Canada into some of these areas would work. Wolves along with cougars are wild hogs only real north American predators. Wolves would take them out. KNow this would be a problem with ranchers but maybe not as much as hogs.

[@paulmcmanus9603]

Sorry to say that would never ever work. According to Texas Agri officials, there are estimated around 2 million feral hogs running wild just in Texas. There are a couple of different hog species. The feral hog is just descended from a farm hog that got loose somewhere along the line. Hogs are absolute expert escape artists. They can scale a fence that is 6-7 feet high easily....I have seen pics of them doing it. Feral hogs have a sense of smell that is 10 times as sensitive as a bloodhound....they can sniff out corn kernels buried 12 inches below ground. Hogs have intelligence that is very high on the animal scale...higher than dogs for instance. Hogs reproduce as many as 10 piglets 3 times a year...THAT IS 3 TIMES A YEAR. Hogs will sniff out an eat all birds that nest on the ground. Did you know that hogs love to dine on snakes?? Oh, but won't they get bit you say?? Snake bite does not bother hogs...besides hog hide being very tough, a hog does not have the typical blood veins & arteries anywhere near the skin surface....blood flows using capillary action. Lastly, feral hogs carry all kinds of parasites, bacteria, worms, and other diseases that will kill legitimate farmers livestock. Then there are the Razorback hogs that are bad ass...and mean as hell too. Another story though.

[@msdaisy6949]

Dont mess with Texas! Get em, boys!!!

[@TheSupremeDunk]

Ms Daisy welp Texas is getting fucked with by hogs

[@jevyoung8885]

Who are the one that do the most destruction on earth, The humans or hugs???

[@carygoforth2739]

Ive never witnessed a hug doing any damage.

[@bucklyopotato605]

cary goforth, a man has popped my back with a hug. He only went 30% don't underestimate hugs because that will be your downfall.

[@turanhayati1]

Why not making a ditch around your field with a dipper dredger. 1 m depth should be enough.

[@HBhelpinghand]

It's a good game animal for a hunter. so let the hunters hunt them.

[@davidbrandenburg8029]

are they crazy wild hogs taste good!

[@juliansilva7213]

I go a big sow in Hutchins

[@thedistillers27]

the growing urban areas are the issue. You can't expect animals to vacate certain areas they lived in or passed through for generations.

[@yeulakho6574]

.. they said huge problem.. but every where in TX you go hunting.. they charge you tons of money to hunt them.

[@tjones8719]

it should be made illegal to charge for hunting these vermin...it violates the whole purpose...

[@foster3316]

Good news, they are easy to trap and remove. Bad news, they always return.

[@mulligatawnysoup9281]

They look really nice. People are a bit too squeamish.

[@TheDoug9901]

you have the resources but you lack the will to stop hogs. TOO MANY people making money from pigs to get real serious. A fleet of helicopters working together in a grid fashion and drive them not just one and chase them around.

[@corymattson6350]

Hog populations are expanding because people want to hunt them and they move them around

[@jerrylansbury9558]

22 lr quiets work great !

[@Andolini73]

I bet they taste gooood!

[@dustinfisher29]

Andolini73 Acctually they eat so much waste and rubbish that u really shouldn't eat their meat. Here in Germany we have the same problem. Wild boar are living inside Berlin all year round, finding food on garbage dumps, sewers and gutters.

[@atomicwedgie8176]

Those are just politicians.

[@ohMikkel]

I bet you do too

[@alechendrix9367]

dustinfisher29 I’m pretty sure our pigs are a lot cleaner lol. There out in the Wild not in the city

[@Bluemilk92]

They're good, but they're not pork. If you're picturing pork, lemme tell you wild swine ain't pork.

[@jonboylee1636]

It's easier to say than do, but if the issue of wild boars are gonna affect your guys states and Land for future reference s. Then ask your state government to have up to 10,000 hunter's across the entire state's and have helicopters and bikes and March south to north east to west and do a pig culling .. Instead of complaining. You guys are meant to be smarter than the rest of the world come on now.

[@renealonzo9994]

I feel like bacon tonight!

[@ssanduskyy]

What a bunch of winers

[@Evveffentide]

Hell hogs

[@jrperes2021]

We havent caught anything in the trap... You are using the WRONG trap!!!! do some professional investigation- there are many good companies out there in Texas that do fine work and ARE successful!

[@GoetzimRegen]

The problem are not the hogs, the Problem is that we are not living with the land anymore. we humans, the ultimate Apex predator, are sitting in rooms and watching Video. So he is not doing his Job, too be a predator. (Beside this; eis there the possibility that we humans are an exotic invasive species in america?) The Job to be a predator is a 24 hour Job, not what we call now a day a Job. As Long as we not accept the implementation of the predator Job in our culture, we can not solve this Problem without the help from outside. So why not let those Boys and Girls solve the Problem for us, that are willing to do the Job as a predator 24 hours a day: Lions, Tigers, Leoprads Wolves, Cougars?

[@agcd2196]

I thought they were describing humans.

[@humildes8887]

Mateo:7 [6] "No des lo Kadosh a los perros, ni le eches tus perlas a los cerdos. Si lo haces, las pueden pisotear bajo sus patas, volverse y atacarte a ti. Proverbios:11 [8] El justo escapa de la trampa, y el perverso viene a tomar su lugar. Eclesiastés:3 [14] Yo sé que cualquier cosa que Elohim haga durará para siempre; es imposible añadir o quitar de ello; y Elohim así lo ha hecho para que la gente tema delante de El. [15] Aquello que era ya está aquí; y aquello que será ya ha sido, pero Elohim busca eso que ha pasado. [16] Otra cosa que observé debajo del cielo: Allí, en el mismo lugar del juicio, estaba el impío; allí, en el mismo lugar que la rectitud, estaba el piadoso. [17] Yo dije en mi corazón: "A los justos y los perversos los juzgará Elohim, porque hay un tiempo correcto para toda acción y para toda obra." [18] Referente a lo que la humanidad habla, dije en mi corazón: "Elohim los juzgará, para que ellos vean que por sí solos ellos son bestias. [19] Después de todo, las mismas cosas que suceden a la humanidad, suceden a los brutos, la misma cosa - así como uno muere, así el otro. Sí, su aliento es el mismo; así que los humanos no son mejores que los brutos; puesto que nada importa de todas maneras. [20] Todos ellos van al mismo lugar; todos ellos fueron formados del polvo, y todos regresan al polvo. [21] ¿Quién sabe si el ruaj de un ser humano sube y el ruaj de un animal va hacia abajo dentro de la tierra?" [22] Así que yo concluí que no hay nada mejor para una persona hacer que tener alegría en sus actividades, que esa es su porción asignada; porque ¿quién lo capacitará para ver qué pasará después de él? Malaquías:4 [1] "Porque el día viene, ardiendo como un horno, y los consumirá, y todos los perversos y todos los extraños serán rastrojo; el día que está viniendo los prenderá en llamas," dice YAHWEH-HaElyon, "y no les quedara raíz ni rama. [2] Pero ustedes que temen a Mi Nombre, les nacerá el Sol de justicia, con sanidad en sus alas; y romperán en saltos, como becerros soltados de las amarras. [3] Ustedes pisotearán al perverso, serán ceniza debajo de las plantas de sus pies en el día en que Yo designe," dice YAHWEH-HaElyon. [4] "Recuerden la Toráh de Moshe mi siervo, de acuerdo como le ordené en Horev, aun mitzvot y reglamentos para todo Yisra'el. [5] "Miren, les enviaré a ustedes a Eliyah el Tishbi, antes de la venida del gran y glorioso Día de YAHWEH. [6] El volverá los corazones de los padres a los hijos y el corazón de un hombre a su prójimo; a no ser que Yo venga y golpee la tierra con destrucción completa."

[@saxonn2984]

what is this guy talking about hawaii? pigs bin here in hawaii for hundreds of years!

[@richardcogbill6791]

Yes and the government allows the locals to hunt them in the Hawaiian homelands areas and a few other parts of the islands where they are a problem. You can see pig hunt videos on youtube.

[@bsc1959]

Have an open season on them..!!

[@20somthingdrifter11]

So well need Hunters and Pit masters from all over the country.

[@shrikeravenhawke]

+bsc1959 there is an open season on them in Texas.

[@cierakitty]

We do.....they will kill calves, dogs, cats, even charge humans and attack for no reason, yep...my land...my rules....by law yes we have a right to protect

[@hollyfleur6144]

this video is both irritating and scary. all these government people are talking out both sides of their mouths. they're never going to do any real work to stop the hogs from taking over. it's a shame to watch the finacially loses for farmers and families. keep safe everyone and good luck.

[@leezaslofsky4438]

The cooperation among so many, many agencies is heartwarming! It reminds me of the police press conferences after a criminal has been captured: half the time is taken up with mentioning each and every police agency, sheriff, parking enforcement agency, dog catcher and the guy who gave out free hot dogs at the high level meeting where all these agencies cooperated the hell out of each other. Didn't anyone ever hear of streamlining? Reorganizing? Developing a strategy that covers a large area, instead of two dozen small ones, each with its own boss? The "cooperative" , let's all have another meeting approach is a gift t the hogs. If one agency figures out how to get rid of them, they just move over to the next one and keep on rooting and farrowing. It almost seems like the disastrous response to the big snowstorm that hit Texas, killed people, took out the electricity, and showed up the Texas way of governing as totally useless. If, that is, human survival is considered important.

[@hollyfleur6144]

@@leezaslofsky4438 you're sure right about all of that!

[@andyp1031]

Gotta start eating them

[@mustaffa1611]

just whip up a specie specific bio-weapon

[@ethimself5064]

A-10 BRRRRRRT

[@thehotBOXYoutube]

Bacon

[@Franklin2027a]

引进3000华人， 半年打完，吃完

[@0patience4flz]

call the right department.

[@anthonyagnelneri4076]

CATCH EM AND SHIP THEM TO MEXICO AND LET EM GO!!!!