The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has gone hog wild over wild hogs.
To help landowners fight the state’s ever-increasing feral hog population, the agency is in the midst of releasing a five-part Wild Pig Management Video Series.
The videos, the first made public on Aug. 18 and the rest being released this week, include:
?• How to Corral Wild Pigs
?• Corral Trapping Wild Pigs: A Success Story
?• How to Box Trap Wild Pigs
?• Shooting Techniques for Wild Pigs
?• How to Snare Wild Pigs
Mark Tyson and Josh Helcel, AgriLife Extension associates with the Wildlife and Fisheries Unit at College Station, collaborated with Texas Wildlife Services personnel in compiling the series. An all-inclusive trailer and the videos may be found at http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL10QCALWCnPRucKHEcdnfn_oT9HklyNYG or at http://bit.ly/1NqUdKW.
“With feral hogs in 99 percent of Texas counties now causing upwards of $52 million in annual agricultural damages, managing their expanding populations is a real challenge,” Tyson said. “Our job is to provide landowners with the tools they need to get the job done, and we trust this will be another very useful tool in their feral hog management toolbox.”
Additional information on feral hogs and their management is available on the Coping with Feral Hogs website at: http://feralhogs.tamu.edu.
For more information, contact Tyson, at 979-845-4698, mark.tyson@ag.tamu.edu.