A Texas man has been attacked by a feral hog while walking his dog near Sam Rayburn reservoir. The attack occurred March 13, 2021 when Ricky Morgan was walking his Great Pyrenees/Yellow Lab mix dog. To […]
A black bear has been captured on video killing a feral hog-close to its own size. The amazing clip filmed by Phillip Talbot of Old Skull Outdoors shows the boldness of black bears rarely observed by […]
It was a familiar feeling. As the last rays of the swollen disappeared beyond the trees, a twinge of apprehension hit me. Positioned in a makeshift ground blind facing a game trail between a swamp and […]
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is issuing a draft policy statement through the Federal Select Agent Program (FSAP) on research with Brucella species in outdoor settings. This […]
“So, Chester what are your favorite wildlife encounters?” That’s a frequent question when I do lectures around the country on various wildlife and conservation issues. Of course my number one sighting of all time were great […]
Hogzilla. That is the name bestowed upon a huge hog killed in 2004 by Chris Griffin on Ken Holyoak’s hunting preserve. As the story goes, the hog was 12 feet long and weighed 1,000 pounds. This […]
With a recent hog attack involving a boar trying to break into a house near a Conroe, TX, and a fatal hog attack just an hour away last November, it’s time for an unfiltered look at […]
The following are hog attack stories submitted by Texas Fish & Game and fishgame.com readers. Back in 2017 my then husband Sam and I were hunting on our lease at Sergeant. A 125 pound boar came […]
Feral hogs are so loathed by landowners in Texas for their habitat destroying behavior that beginning Sept. 1, you won’t even need a hunting license to pursue them on private property. That’s when a new law […]
Seeing a feral hog in thick snow was surreal to me. I had seen thousands in swamps, cactus thickets and rocky canyons in Texas, Tennessee, Louisiana and Florida but seeing one bust out from behind a […]