Agreed. It's clearly a known problem in the state legislature, as they specifically removed the requirement to have a hunting license on private land for feral pigs. I hope they're at least considering adding incentives.
I'm not sure if Texas Parks & Wildlife has discussed bounties to encourage culling. Such a program would probably require increased taxes to fund, which is not likely to be popular... though with the apparent increasing…
Would you mind sharing a source for your research? Anecdotally, there are plenty of pigs running around the national forests in East Texas, and no shortage of land owners who are happy to have hunters and hog-doggers…
I mean, it kind of is. As other comments have mentioned, most of Texas' population lives in large urban areas. Even though hogs are starting to show up in and around cities (I have personally seen them right next to…
Agreed. It's clearly a known problem in the state legislature, as they specifically removed the requirement to have a hunting license on private land for feral pigs. I hope they're at least considering adding incentives.
I'm not sure if Texas Parks & Wildlife has discussed bounties to encourage culling. Such a program would probably require increased taxes to fund, which is not likely to be popular... though with the apparent increasing…
Would you mind sharing a source for your research? Anecdotally, there are plenty of pigs running around the national forests in East Texas, and no shortage of land owners who are happy to have hunters and hog-doggers…
I mean, it kind of is. As other comments have mentioned, most of Texas' population lives in large urban areas. Even though hogs are starting to show up in and around cities (I have personally seen them right next to…