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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I'm not a hunter, and had no idea wild pigs were such a problem in Texas, I also had no idea of their size, yikes that would scare me to death. How fast are they? I use to love to love to fresh water fish, but I went deep sea fishing, and it ruined me for any other fishing, that was so much fun, and every moment was exciting. You have to live by an ocean to do it regularly though, and we're not very close anymore. |
The bulk of them are in the SE part of the state. Yes, millions of them there. One time around Corsicana, I counted over 100 Hogs within one square block. Even up as far North as Greenville they have been spotted. A menace. Hog is one critter that you can take as many as you want with your license. They are mostly in the South. THis whole problem with them started years ago, about 25 years ago, when a Pig Farmer down there imported some large Russian Boars. He figured he would mate his pigs to them and develop a super sized pig with more meat, and more value. Well, some of them broke out of the pens, got lose, mated, and the rest is history. A Hog can start mating at 6-9 months, and can have litters as large as 20. They start adding up real fast.
No, you really can't get a baby hog and raise it as a pot bellied Pig. They can get up to 400+ pounds grow long tusks, and are mean. They will attack if they feel threatened. I can tell stories of just how tough they are, but it might be too much for the squeemish.