Texas Specialty Hunts
If you’re looking for high end Texas hunting, quality and personal service, you’ve come to the right place. At Texas Specialty Hunts we’ll give you the attention and personal service you’ll come to expect and enjoy. We are located 10 miles West of San Angelo Texas, air service provided by American Airlines. We hunt a 250 mile radius around San Angelo, we can meet you at a ranch that is closer to your location for a day of Helicopter Hog Hunting or you can stay with us on our ranch and lodge. The only full time year round Helicopter Hog Hunting in Texas. We have a full time staff, pilots, chefs, and ground crew. We trailer all of our helicopters to the hunting location and there is NO travel time wasted, when we take off we are hunting.
We offer the best in Texas exotic hunting, helicopter pig hunting, Texas whitetail hunting , African game and Texas exotics. Our rates are competitive, with no hidden fees. Our employees are friendly and will be there to help you every step of the way.
Texas Specialty Hunts has been located in San Angelo since 1991. Let us put our experience to work for you.
For more information visit our complete website on Helicopter Pig Hunting www.helicopterpighunting.com
We offer the best in Texas exotic hunting, helicopter pig hunting, Texas whitetail hunting , African game and Texas exotics. Our rates are competitive, with no hidden fees. Our employees are friendly and will be there to help you every step of the way.
Texas Specialty Hunts has been located in San Angelo since 1991. Let us put our experience to work for you.
For more information visit our complete website on Helicopter Pig Hunting www.helicopterpighunting.com
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We offer the best in Helicopter pig hunting in Texas. Feral pigs are out of control we help private land owners with these invasive species. Our rates are competitive, with no hidden fees. Our employees are full-time professionals and will be there to help you every step of the way.
Texas Helicopter Pig Hunting has over 2.5 million acres of private Texas land with ranches throughout the state to better serve our customer base. Let us put our experience to work for you.
On our guided helicopter hog hunts in Texas, we offer 11 Helicopters to choose from, over two million acres of private land to hunt, and we always have Hogs to Hunt! We offer a Charter Service to help our Hunters with Logistics so that you don't have to worry about getting to and from your guided helicopter hog hunt in Texas.
28 years in the hunting business! A full-time staff and we hunt 7 days a week 365! We are the only full-time business that offers helicopter pig hunting in Texas and the whole United States. So book your Helicopter Hog Hunt today with confidence that every detail and effort will be made to make your hog hunt a success. If you’re looking for high quality and personal service, you’ve come to the right place. At Texas Helicopter Pig Hunting we’ll give you the attention and personal service you’ll come to expect and enjoy.
Thank you for your business!
Travis Wier
President / CEO Texas Specialty Hunts / Helicopter Pig Hunting
325-221-4129 when you call i will be the person you are taking to
Take a look at our full website on Helicopter Pig Hunting www.helicopterpighunting.com
Texas Helicopter Pig Hunting has over 2.5 million acres of private Texas land with ranches throughout the state to better serve our customer base. Let us put our experience to work for you.
On our guided helicopter hog hunts in Texas, we offer 11 Helicopters to choose from, over two million acres of private land to hunt, and we always have Hogs to Hunt! We offer a Charter Service to help our Hunters with Logistics so that you don't have to worry about getting to and from your guided helicopter hog hunt in Texas.
28 years in the hunting business! A full-time staff and we hunt 7 days a week 365! We are the only full-time business that offers helicopter pig hunting in Texas and the whole United States. So book your Helicopter Hog Hunt today with confidence that every detail and effort will be made to make your hog hunt a success. If you’re looking for high quality and personal service, you’ve come to the right place. At Texas Helicopter Pig Hunting we’ll give you the attention and personal service you’ll come to expect and enjoy.
Thank you for your business!
Travis Wier
President / CEO Texas Specialty Hunts / Helicopter Pig Hunting
325-221-4129 when you call i will be the person you are taking to
Take a look at our full website on Helicopter Pig Hunting www.helicopterpighunting.com
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"Dallas We Have A Problem"
Some cities have taken up abatement efforts. Earlier this year, Dallas leaders approved a three-year $347,000 contract with a trapping company that corrals pigs on city-owned land and sells them to a meat-processing plant in Fort Worth.
The newspaper cautioned the city-slickers who wouldn't know a pig from a peacock. "Even if you're not a farmer, here's why you should be concerned: Feral hogs tear up lawns, parks and golf courses; they skulk around highways and train tracks; and they poop in our water supply. Estimates peg the number of wild pigs in the U.S. at 4 million or more — and somewhere between 2 million to 3 million are in our state."
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/01/09/texas-must-get-grip-wild-hog-problem
https://agrilifecdn.tamu.edu/feralhogs/files/2010/05/B-6149-Feral-Hogs-in-Texas.pdf
The newspaper cautioned the city-slickers who wouldn't know a pig from a peacock. "Even if you're not a farmer, here's why you should be concerned: Feral hogs tear up lawns, parks and golf courses; they skulk around highways and train tracks; and they poop in our water supply. Estimates peg the number of wild pigs in the U.S. at 4 million or more — and somewhere between 2 million to 3 million are in our state."
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2018/01/09/texas-must-get-grip-wild-hog-problem
https://agrilifecdn.tamu.edu/feralhogs/files/2010/05/B-6149-Feral-Hogs-in-Texas.pdf
Feral Hogs In Texas
Texas is home to an estimated 2 million feral hogs (Sus scrofa), about 50 percent of all the feral hogs in the U.S. From the panhandle to the Gulf coast, from the arid southwest to the eastern pineywoods, feral hogs may be found in nearly every Texas county. The population and range of feral hogs have expanded dramatically because they are extremely adaptable animals with a high reproductive rate. Relocation by hunters, disease control in domestic animals, the management of rangelands, and habitat improvements made for livestock and wildlife also have helped feral hogs. Hogs are prized by hunters but despised by landown- ers who suffer from their damage.
https://agrilifecdn.tamu.edu/feralhogs/files/2010/05/B-6149-Feral-Hogs-in-Texas.pdf
https://agrilifecdn.tamu.edu/feralhogs/files/2010/05/B-6149-Feral-Hogs-in-Texas.pdf
Reproduction of Feral Hogs
Feral hogs are capable of breeding at six months of age but eight to ten months is normal, provided there is good nutrition. Under poor habitat conditions, sows have been known to eat their young. Gestation is around 115 days with an average litter size of four to six, but under good conditions may have ten to twelve young. While capable of producing two litters per year, research has shown the majority of sows have only one per year. Young may be born throughout the year with peak production in the early spring. The young are born with a 1:1 male to female sex ratio. Feral hogs generally travel in family groups called sounders, comprised normally of two sows and their young. Mature boars are usually solitary, only joining a herd to breed. https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/wild/nuisance/feral_hogs/
Feral Hog Impact on Native Species
Wild pigs are capable of living in a variety of habitats and will compete directly with native wildlife for resources. They are capable of shifting their diet throughout the year to take advantage of available food sources. Many native species have very specialized diets and are unable to do the same when resource availability is low. Wild pigs will also compete with native wildlife for supplemental food sources provided by landowners (protein supplements, bait used by hunters, etc.). Texas spends an estimated $50 million annually on shelled corn to feed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations, and non-targeted species such as wild pigs can significantly impact these resources as well.
While wild pigs are opportunistic predators and take many different types of native wildlife species. These animals have been shown to consume eggs of ground-nesting birds such as northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo). Although not considered significant predators of white-tailed deer fawns, wild pigs will also consume these and other ungulate fawns. Research indicated that reptiles and amphibians are one of the groups most threatened by wild pig predation. These species are often consumed incidentally as wild pigs forage, however there is evidence of wild pigs will actively seek out reptiles and amphibians to consume. In a food habit study conducted 2010, one wild pig had 49 eastern spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus holbrookii) in its stomach. Reptiles that nest on the ground can also lose their eggs to opportunistic predation, as wild pigs have been shown to be major nest predators of threatened and endangered sea turtles such as loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles. https://wildpigs.nri.tamu.edu/about/an-overview-of-wild-pigs/
While wild pigs are opportunistic predators and take many different types of native wildlife species. These animals have been shown to consume eggs of ground-nesting birds such as northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo). Although not considered significant predators of white-tailed deer fawns, wild pigs will also consume these and other ungulate fawns. Research indicated that reptiles and amphibians are one of the groups most threatened by wild pig predation. These species are often consumed incidentally as wild pigs forage, however there is evidence of wild pigs will actively seek out reptiles and amphibians to consume. In a food habit study conducted 2010, one wild pig had 49 eastern spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus holbrookii) in its stomach. Reptiles that nest on the ground can also lose their eggs to opportunistic predation, as wild pigs have been shown to be major nest predators of threatened and endangered sea turtles such as loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles. https://wildpigs.nri.tamu.edu/about/an-overview-of-wild-pigs/
Wild Pig Control
egal methods for reducing wild pig populations in Texas include trapping, aerial gunning, shooting, snaring and the use of trained dogs. In urban/suburban areas, wild pig control is often limited to nonlethal control (exclusion fencing, habitat manipulation etc.) and trapping. As of 2018, there were no toxicants labeled for legal use on wild pigs in Texas. Effective abatement often involves a combined and sustained approach, and landowners should consider working cooperatively with adjacent landowners to gain increased success and more widespread benefit. This can be accomplished by sharing traps, head gates, snaring sites (i.e., fence crossings), aerial gunning costs, property access for the use of trained dogs and other collaborative efforts.
It is important to understand that not all abatement strategies are independently capable of reducing wild pig populations. While techniques such as corral trapping (remote, suspended and animal-activated) as well as aerial gunning can effectively reduce populations, other techniques such as shooting, snaring, and the use of trained dogs can alter the movements of wild pigs and force them to abandon areas where they are causing damage. For example, research indicated that agricultural damages in areas that allowed the shooting of wild pigs was less than half than in areas where this practice did not occur. Studies have also shown that successful abatement efforts often follow a defined sequence, where large-scale population reduction practices are followed up by other techniques such as snaring and shooting, with the use of trained dogs being employed as a final measure to remove wild pigs missed by previous strategies.https://wildpigs.nri.tamu.edu/about/an-overview-of-wild-pigs/wildpigs.nri.tamu.edu/about/an-overview-of-wild-pigs/
It is important to understand that not all abatement strategies are independently capable of reducing wild pig populations. While techniques such as corral trapping (remote, suspended and animal-activated) as well as aerial gunning can effectively reduce populations, other techniques such as shooting, snaring, and the use of trained dogs can alter the movements of wild pigs and force them to abandon areas where they are causing damage. For example, research indicated that agricultural damages in areas that allowed the shooting of wild pigs was less than half than in areas where this practice did not occur. Studies have also shown that successful abatement efforts often follow a defined sequence, where large-scale population reduction practices are followed up by other techniques such as snaring and shooting, with the use of trained dogs being employed as a final measure to remove wild pigs missed by previous strategies.https://wildpigs.nri.tamu.edu/about/an-overview-of-wild-pigs/wildpigs.nri.tamu.edu/about/an-overview-of-wild-pigs/
Feral Hog Disease Concerns
Wild pigs are capable of carrying and transmitting many different diseases, including swine brucellosis (Brucella suis), pseudorabies (Herpesvirus suis) and tick-borne diseases (Rocky Mountain spotted fever (Rickettsia rickettsia), Tularemia (Francisella tularensis), Lyme disease (Borrelia spp.), Ehrlichiosis (Ehrlichia spp.), and Southern tick-associated rash illness (STARI) in humans, and Anaplasmosis (Anaplasma spp.) in cattle, among others.)
Swine brucellosis is a bacterium transmitted among wild pig populations through direct contact including breeding (semen, reproductive fluids) and ingestion of the bacteria (placenta and aborted fetuses, milk and urine). When humans contract swine brucellosis it is called undulant fever because body temperature rises and falls along with flu-like symptoms. In wild pigs, symptoms include abortions, lameness, arthritis, abscesses, infertility, and sometimes mortality. Swine brucellosis is of concern to the cattle industry because this bacterium can cause a false positive test for bovine brucellosis (Brucella abortus). When a positive test for bovine brucellosis is found, the cattle herd is often quarantined, leaving the rancher with significant economic loss.
Humans do not contract pseudorabies, however, domestic livestock like sheep, cattle and some wildlife can be affected. This disease is not a form of rabies as the name implies. Pseudorabies is spread by direct contact (nose-to-nose or sexual), as well as ingestion or inhalation of the virus. Symptoms include abortion, mortality among piglets, coughing and fever among adults. Cattle and dogs experience intense itching and may incessantly scratch and bite at the skin. Other neurological symptoms may occur along with the potential for mortality in livestock and other animals that contract the disease. Tularemia is commonly known as rabbit fever. Humans are susceptible to the disease by direct contact through a wound, eating infected meat, and by carrier external parasites including ticks and biting flies. When humans contract tularemia, flu-like symptoms occur along with swollen lymph nodes. Severe cases can potentially result in pneumonia, blood infections, or meningitis. This bacterium can survive for several weeks in wet environments. In 2011, researchers at Texas Tech University tested 130 wild pigs in Texas and found that 50% of those tested in Crosby County and 15% in Bell and Coryell counties showed past exposure or were currently infected with tularemia.https://wildpigs.nri.tamu.edu/about/an-overview-of-wild-pigs/
Swine brucellosis is a bacterium transmitted among wild pig populations through direct contact including breeding (semen, reproductive fluids) and ingestion of the bacteria (placenta and aborted fetuses, milk and urine). When humans contract swine brucellosis it is called undulant fever because body temperature rises and falls along with flu-like symptoms. In wild pigs, symptoms include abortions, lameness, arthritis, abscesses, infertility, and sometimes mortality. Swine brucellosis is of concern to the cattle industry because this bacterium can cause a false positive test for bovine brucellosis (Brucella abortus). When a positive test for bovine brucellosis is found, the cattle herd is often quarantined, leaving the rancher with significant economic loss.
Humans do not contract pseudorabies, however, domestic livestock like sheep, cattle and some wildlife can be affected. This disease is not a form of rabies as the name implies. Pseudorabies is spread by direct contact (nose-to-nose or sexual), as well as ingestion or inhalation of the virus. Symptoms include abortion, mortality among piglets, coughing and fever among adults. Cattle and dogs experience intense itching and may incessantly scratch and bite at the skin. Other neurological symptoms may occur along with the potential for mortality in livestock and other animals that contract the disease. Tularemia is commonly known as rabbit fever. Humans are susceptible to the disease by direct contact through a wound, eating infected meat, and by carrier external parasites including ticks and biting flies. When humans contract tularemia, flu-like symptoms occur along with swollen lymph nodes. Severe cases can potentially result in pneumonia, blood infections, or meningitis. This bacterium can survive for several weeks in wet environments. In 2011, researchers at Texas Tech University tested 130 wild pigs in Texas and found that 50% of those tested in Crosby County and 15% in Bell and Coryell counties showed past exposure or were currently infected with tularemia.https://wildpigs.nri.tamu.edu/about/an-overview-of-wild-pigs/
Native Wildlife & Feral Hogs
Wild pigs are capable of living in a variety of habitats and will compete directly with native wildlife for resources. They are capable of shifting their diet throughout the year to take advantage of available food sources. Many native species have very specialized diets and are unable to do the same when resource availability is low. Wild pigs will also compete with native wildlife for supplemental food sources provided by landowners (protein supplements, bait used by hunters, etc.). Texas spends an estimated $50 million annually on shelled corn to feed white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations, and non-targeted species such as wild pigs can significantly impact these resources as well.
While wild pigs are opportunistic predators and take many different types of native wildlife species. These animals have been shown to consume eggs of ground-nesting birds such as northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo). Although not considered significant predators of white-tailed deer fawns, wild pigs will also consume these and other ungulate fawns. Research indicated that reptiles and amphibians are one of the groups most threatened by wild pig predation. These species are often consumed incidentally as wild pigs forage, however there is evidence of wild pigs will actively seek out reptiles and amphibians to consume. In a food habit study conducted 2010, one wild pig had 49 eastern spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus holbrookii) in its stomach. Reptiles that nest on the ground can also lose their eggs to opportunistic predation, as wild pigs have been shown to be major nest predators of threatened and endangered sea turtles such as loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles.https://wildpigs.nri.tamu.edu/about/an-overview-of-wild-pigs/
While wild pigs are opportunistic predators and take many different types of native wildlife species. These animals have been shown to consume eggs of ground-nesting birds such as northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo). Although not considered significant predators of white-tailed deer fawns, wild pigs will also consume these and other ungulate fawns. Research indicated that reptiles and amphibians are one of the groups most threatened by wild pig predation. These species are often consumed incidentally as wild pigs forage, however there is evidence of wild pigs will actively seek out reptiles and amphibians to consume. In a food habit study conducted 2010, one wild pig had 49 eastern spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus holbrookii) in its stomach. Reptiles that nest on the ground can also lose their eggs to opportunistic predation, as wild pigs have been shown to be major nest predators of threatened and endangered sea turtles such as loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) sea turtles.https://wildpigs.nri.tamu.edu/about/an-overview-of-wild-pigs/
Wild Pig Control/Damage Abatement
Legal methods for reducing wild pig populations in Texas include trapping, aerial gunning, shooting, snaring and the use of trained dogs. In urban/suburban areas, wild pig control is often limited to nonlethal control (exclusion fencing, habitat manipulation etc.) and trapping. As of 2018, there were no toxicants labeled for legal use on wild pigs in Texas. Effective abatement often involves a combined and sustained approach, and landowners should consider working cooperatively with adjacent landowners to gain increased success and more widespread benefit. This can be accomplished by sharing traps, head gates, snaring sites (i.e., fence crossings), aerial gunning costs, property access for the use of trained dogs and other collaborative efforts.
It is important to understand that not all abatement strategies are independently capable of reducing wild pig populations. While techniques such as corral trapping (remote, suspended and animal-activated) as well as aerial gunning can effectively reduce populations, other techniques such as shooting, snaring, and the use of trained dogs can alter the movements of wild pigs and force them to abandon areas where they are causing damage. For example, research indicated that agricultural damages in areas that allowed the shooting of wild pigs was less than half than in areas where this practice did not occur. Studies have also shown that successful abatement efforts often follow a defined sequence, where large-scale population reduction practices are followed up by other techniques such as snaring and shooting, with the use of trained dogs being employed as a final measure to remove wild pigs missed by previous strategies.
It is important to understand that not all abatement strategies are independently capable of reducing wild pig populations. While techniques such as corral trapping (remote, suspended and animal-activated) as well as aerial gunning can effectively reduce populations, other techniques such as shooting, snaring, and the use of trained dogs can alter the movements of wild pigs and force them to abandon areas where they are causing damage. For example, research indicated that agricultural damages in areas that allowed the shooting of wild pigs was less than half than in areas where this practice did not occur. Studies have also shown that successful abatement efforts often follow a defined sequence, where large-scale population reduction practices are followed up by other techniques such as snaring and shooting, with the use of trained dogs being employed as a final measure to remove wild pigs missed by previous strategies.
Are Wild Pigs Considered Wildlife?
By: Josh Helcel, Extension Associate
Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute
By: Josh Helcel, Extension Associate
Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute
Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are well known for their burgeoning populations and increasing negative impacts on agricultural production, water quality, native wildlife species and their habitat. While many people actively seek to control populations through abatement efforts, others find recreational value in these animals. The question posed in the title may at first seem obvious. How could a group of animals that literally have the word “wild” as part of their name not be classified as wildlife? In Texas at least, the correct answer may surprise you.
Wildlife Value by the Numbers
Over 100 M people participated in and spent over $150 M on “wildlife-associated recreation” activities in 20161. These activities included hunting, fishing, birdwatching, outdoor photography and others. Hunting license and gear sales in 2016 exceeded $25 B alone and nearly 12 M Americans participated in hunting in the same time frame1.
Wildlife Value by the Numbers
Over 100 M people participated in and spent over $150 M on “wildlife-associated recreation” activities in 20161. These activities included hunting, fishing, birdwatching, outdoor photography and others. Hunting license and gear sales in 2016 exceeded $25 B alone and nearly 12 M Americans participated in hunting in the same time frame1.
Figure 1. Nearly 12 million Americans averaged over $2,000 each in hunting related expenditures in 2016. (Image Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)
Is There Value in Wild Pigs?
In Texas, there is no hunting season or bag limit for wild pigs and they can legally be pursued at night on private property. Regulated as exotic animals by Texas Parks and Wildlife, these laws are intended to aid in the reduction of wild pig populations currently estimated from 3-5 million in Texas. Often referred to as “the poor man’s grizzly bear,” wild pigs offer an affordable hunt. Recognize the double-edged sword here, as some people may place positive value on wild pigs, but they may fall short of seeing the growing agricultural and conservation damage caused by this invasive species.
Wildlife Defined
It is important to know whether wild pigs are a wildlife species or not and then make a well-informed decision about the value of wild pigs. Let’s review three separate definitions for wildlife (Figure 3).
In Texas, there is no hunting season or bag limit for wild pigs and they can legally be pursued at night on private property. Regulated as exotic animals by Texas Parks and Wildlife, these laws are intended to aid in the reduction of wild pig populations currently estimated from 3-5 million in Texas. Often referred to as “the poor man’s grizzly bear,” wild pigs offer an affordable hunt. Recognize the double-edged sword here, as some people may place positive value on wild pigs, but they may fall short of seeing the growing agricultural and conservation damage caused by this invasive species.
Wildlife Defined
It is important to know whether wild pigs are a wildlife species or not and then make a well-informed decision about the value of wild pigs. Let’s review three separate definitions for wildlife (Figure 3).
A few phrases stick out from these definitions including the terms “native fauna” as in the first definition, “neither human nor domesticated” from the second definition and “animals living in their natural habitat” from third definition. Wild pigs are not native to North America. They initially arrived here as domestic farm pigs. They do not live in their natural habitat. For more information on their origins click here, but based on these three separate definitions wild pigs are simply not wildlife.
Unmarked Exotic Livestock
You may be surprised to learn that wild pigs are actually considered livestock in Texas. The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) regulates their movement and sale in Texas and classifies all wild pigs as unmarked exotic livestock. You can read more about how they are legally classified in the Texas Administrative Code, about specific movement / transportation regulations and learn about the approved holding facilities in Texas that will purchase wild pigs. What this means is that when you have wild pigs on your property you actually have exotic livestock that directly compete with native wildlife for resources. Under this designation, the landowner owns the wild pigs, provided they can catch and possess them.
Conclusion
Wild pigs are exotic livestock and not wildlife in Texas. Despite the recreational value of this species to hunters and year round income potential to landowners, wild pigs cause an estimated $1.5 B in the US in annual agricultural damages alone. While the numerous other negative impacts associated with wild pigs are much harder to quantify monetarily, their net value is negative and comes at the expense of agricultural production, water quality, habitat and native wildlife species.
Wild Pig Resources Listed Below are Available at the AgriLife Bookstore
– L-5523 Recognizing Feral Hog Sign
– L-5524 Corral Traps for Capturing Feral Hogs
– L-5525 Box Traps for Capturing Feral Hogs
– L-5526 Placing and Baiting Feral Hog Traps
– L-5527 Door Modifications for Feral Hog Traps
– L-5528 Snaring Feral Hog
– L-5529 Making a Feral Hog Snare
– SP-419 Feral Hogs Impact Ground-nesting Birds
– SP-420 Feral Hog Laws and Regulations
– SP-421 Feral Hogs and Disease Concerns
– SP-422 Feral Hogs and Water Quality in Plum Creek
– SP-423 Feral Hog Transportation Regulations
– L-5533 Using Fences to Exclude Feral Hogs from Wildlife Feeding Stations
– WF-030 Reducing non-target species interference while trapping wild pigs
http://wild-wonderings.blogspot.com/2018/03/are-wild-pigs-considered-wildlife.html
Unmarked Exotic Livestock
You may be surprised to learn that wild pigs are actually considered livestock in Texas. The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) regulates their movement and sale in Texas and classifies all wild pigs as unmarked exotic livestock. You can read more about how they are legally classified in the Texas Administrative Code, about specific movement / transportation regulations and learn about the approved holding facilities in Texas that will purchase wild pigs. What this means is that when you have wild pigs on your property you actually have exotic livestock that directly compete with native wildlife for resources. Under this designation, the landowner owns the wild pigs, provided they can catch and possess them.
Conclusion
Wild pigs are exotic livestock and not wildlife in Texas. Despite the recreational value of this species to hunters and year round income potential to landowners, wild pigs cause an estimated $1.5 B in the US in annual agricultural damages alone. While the numerous other negative impacts associated with wild pigs are much harder to quantify monetarily, their net value is negative and comes at the expense of agricultural production, water quality, habitat and native wildlife species.
Wild Pig Resources Listed Below are Available at the AgriLife Bookstore
– L-5523 Recognizing Feral Hog Sign
– L-5524 Corral Traps for Capturing Feral Hogs
– L-5525 Box Traps for Capturing Feral Hogs
– L-5526 Placing and Baiting Feral Hog Traps
– L-5527 Door Modifications for Feral Hog Traps
– L-5528 Snaring Feral Hog
– L-5529 Making a Feral Hog Snare
– SP-419 Feral Hogs Impact Ground-nesting Birds
– SP-420 Feral Hog Laws and Regulations
– SP-421 Feral Hogs and Disease Concerns
– SP-422 Feral Hogs and Water Quality in Plum Creek
– SP-423 Feral Hog Transportation Regulations
– L-5533 Using Fences to Exclude Feral Hogs from Wildlife Feeding Stations
– WF-030 Reducing non-target species interference while trapping wild pigs
http://wild-wonderings.blogspot.com/2018/03/are-wild-pigs-considered-wildlife.html
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