Texas Ag Commisioner Anounces 2nd Annual 'Hog Out Month'

Texas Dept. of Agriculture ^ | 8-30-2011 | Todd Staples

[waterhill]

They have added an extra two months this year I see.

[crusty old prospector]

I think the drought is keeping their numbers in check this year. I hope it isn’t affecting the deer the same, though.

[smokingfrog]

I’m up for some hog huntin’. Anybody got a chopper?

[GQuagmire]

“Hog Out”

*snicker*

[Mr. K]

These things look like they would be delicious on a huge barbeque, roasting slowly for about 24 hours on a spit.

[waterhill]

))) HOG PING (((

[Nervous Tick]

Anybody got a chopper?

...or night vision?

[Nervous Tick]

PETA is deeply saddened.

[GraceG]

[ These things look like they would be delicious on a huge barbeque, roasting slowly for about 24 hours on a spit. ]

As long as they are completely and througly cooked as wild hogs can carry quite the large number of horrifying parasites.

Though if you cook them well you kill all the parasites and get the side benefit of the meat just falling off the bone.

[kittymyrib]

Hope Texans do some serious killing of these voracious pests in the last three months of the year. The lack of acorns and wildlife caused by the severe drought will only make them invade more urban territory this winter as they search for food.

[texmexis best]

What a great excuse to pick up a “hog rifle”, a .45-70.

Texas is a fun place to live.

[Envisioning]

I’ll try to do my part!

[9422WMR]

I prefer using one of my bolt rifles, in 30-06.
Although 45-70 would work ;-)

[null and void]

Two words:

Lu au

[Texas Colonel]

I’m headed to Tennessee Colony this weekend to reduce the hog population there.

[ken5050]

A few questions, if y'all'd be so kind...

1. Has Texas ever considered, or actually paid, a bounty for each hog killed? If they cause so much damage, wouldn't that be the most effective way of getting people out to thin the population. What amount would be needed to get folks out. $100? Also, should it be limited to sows?

2. I assume that there have been extensive studies of the feral hog population. How long do they live in the wild? How many litters will a sow produce? How rapidly does the population increase...?

[SVTCobra03]

“What a great excuse to pick up a “hog rifle”, a .45-70.”

I prefer an AR-10.

[freebird5850]

PETA=Pigs Eating Tons of Ammo!

[Nervous Tick]

>> PETA=Pigs Eating Tons of Ammo!

Good one!

[freebird5850]

Pig Entrails Torn Away........(I’ll be here all week).