“You might be a true-blooded American if your first thought is “Yeah, but can I BBQ it?”.” You bet. Actually, I’ve been wanting to take my AR-10 .308 rifle to Texas and hunt one of those hogs. You can’t hunt with high power rifles in Indiana. But I have a rule about not hunting anything I don’t intend to eat. I have nothing against others that are into sport or trophy hunting but it’s just not for me.
‘But I have a rule about not hunting anything I don’t intend to eat.”
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Rule # 1 that our dad taught us: Don’t point your gun at anything you don’t intend to kill and/or eat.
So I guess if your home had mice or rats...you'd leave them be since you don't intend to eat them...
That's what hogs are in Texas...pests. They are no different than the rats people put poison and traps out for....they're just bigger. They cause billions in damage eat year. They are not a game animal...they are pests. Shooting them is no different than catching mice in a trap.
Hogs here are a pest. It is always open season on them and there is no limit.
You are allowed to run them over in your car.
TX game says there is no way to eradicate them; the best hope is to contain, and even that is in doubt.
“But I have a rule about not hunting anything I don’t intend to eat.”