Difference is that whitetail generally just destroy vegetation, they don’t try to kill you.
Actually, the meat of a healthy feral hog is quite good, but the key word is “healthy.” They do carry disease, and the old boars are nasty, nasty creatures.
The state is putting some aggressive programs in place. No bounties, yet, that I know of, but that may be coming. This fall the Texas Dept. of Ag sponsored a contest among counties with cash reward for the one with the most kills. And the state is offering trained trappers for private property owners who join together to offer access.
Stay aggressive with the pen traps and shoot them in the pens. It’s a lot of work to cart them off to your bone yard though.