Trapping wild pigs can be a daunting task. Certain uses and types of traps may have caused them to become more aware of structures built for confinement. This is where we get the term trap-shy. Often, ...

Missouri has had success in controlling its wild pig population. Read what policymakers and field workers in other states can learn.

OVERTON – Wild pigs are most vulnerable to trapping before food and forages become more available in the spring, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. Dr. Billy Higginbotham, AgriLife ...

NEW AT SUNRISE... WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT WILD PIGS IN MONTEREY COUNTY... AT TORO PARK -- THE PIGS CAUSED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE..BEFORE A TRAPPER WAS BROUGHT TO HELP.. THE SITUATION IS ...

Just past the stroke of Mississippi midnight, on a July evening teetering between sticky and steamy, the Yawt Yawt hunts from the domestic comforts of a soft recliner bathed in the climate-controlled ...

SAN ANTONIO – Among the 511 acres of the Medina River Natural Area, there’s at least one thing that is fully “natural:” feral hogs. There are estimated to be more than 2.5 million feral hogs in Texas, ...

They’re 5 feet long, can weigh up to 500 pounds, run at 30 miles per hour and according to one biologist who studies them, they’re “one of the most destructive invasive species on the planet.” Feral ...

Hunting for frogs, trapping wild pics, and wade fishing in a creek. We're hunting for frogs and learning about the state's R3 programs, trapping wild pigs and wade fishing in a creek.

AT FIRST, the critter feeding in the powerline caused me to skip a breath and kneel behind a blackberry bush for cover. It had been a slow morning of turkey hunting at Land Between the Lakes (LBL) ...

MACON, Ga. — Ingleside neighbors came together this month to help trap a wandering pig this weekend. A black pot belly pig had been wandering around the neighborhood near Ingleside and Pierce avenues ...

Trapping is generally more effective than hunting for controlling or depopulating feral pigs. When hunting, the one-shot-one-kill ratio often results in the rest of the pigs fleeing, making it less ...