A pack of 10 wild hogs rooted up several lawns in a Bexar County neighborhood over the holiday weekend.
The pigs were caught on camera damaging multiple yards as they used their snouts to forage for underground food.
The neighborhood, located about three miles south of SeaWorld, was hit a few weeks earlier, resulting in major damage to multiple yards. One of the homes that was initially hit had its yard completely uprooted.
The more recent incursion left damage to at least four properties.
Both instances included homes that were near wooded areas on the edge of the subdivision.
Damage caused by wild hogs in a far West Side neighborhood. (KSAT)
The neighborhood was built less than a decade ago, and development around the area is happening faster than the wildlife can relocate.
Wild boars are invasive pests known for causing tens of millions of dollars worth of agriculture damage across Texas each year, according to the Texas A&M Wildlife Extension. More than 2 million hogs are estimated to be in the Lone Star State.
Hogs are often referred to as opportunistic omnivores because they will eat just about anything. However, they often search underground for grubs, insects, acorns or roots, causing major damage in the process.
Billy Higginbotham, professor and extension wildlife fishery specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, previously told me that the animals not only destroy crops, pastures, parks and athletic fields, they also transmit diseases to other animals, create problems for water quality and cause crashes on highways.
The animals were introduced to Texas about a century ago by hunters. Because they have no natural predators here and one of the highest reproductive rates of any large mammal in the world, their population has proliferated, growing faster than they can be killed, trapped or poisoned by humans.
As more and more development happens on the outskirts of major Texas cities like San Antonio, the hogs are moving around more often and are frequently spotted in neighborhoods.
READ NEXT: Wild Texas animal stories from 2023 What to do if you encounter a wild hog-- excerpt, rest at link above --
"I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."
Quote: Tinker wrote in post #2I have a cure for wild hog damage that never fails. It comes in 140gr pills.
I have trapped far more of them than I could ever shoot.
It is reasonable to concur where Conscience does not forbid a Compliance; for Conformity is at least a Civil Virtue. But we should only press it in Necessaries, the rest may prove a Snare and Temptation to break Society. But above all, it is a Weakness in Religion and Government, where it is carried to Things of an Indifferent Nature, since besides that it makes Way for Scruples, Liberty is always the Price of it....William Penn
A pack of 10 wild hogs rooted up several lawns in a Bexar County neighborhood over the holiday weekend.
The pigs were caught on camera damaging multiple yards as they used their snouts to forage for underground food.
The neighborhood, located about three miles south of SeaWorld, was hit a few weeks earlier, resulting in major damage to multiple yards. One of the homes that was initially hit had its yard completely uprooted.
The more recent incursion left damage to at least four properties.
Both instances included homes that were near wooded areas on the edge of the subdivision.
Damage caused by wild hogs in a far West Side neighborhood. (KSAT)
The neighborhood was built less than a decade ago, and development around the area is happening faster than the wildlife can relocate.
Wild boars are invasive pests known for causing tens of millions of dollars worth of agriculture damage across Texas each year, according to the Texas A&M Wildlife Extension. More than 2 million hogs are estimated to be in the Lone Star State.
Hogs are often referred to as opportunistic omnivores because they will eat just about anything. However, they often search underground for grubs, insects, acorns or roots, causing major damage in the process.
Billy Higginbotham, professor and extension wildlife fishery specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, previously told me that the animals not only destroy crops, pastures, parks and athletic fields, they also transmit diseases to other animals, create problems for water quality and cause crashes on highways.
The animals were introduced to Texas about a century ago by hunters. Because they have no natural predators here and one of the highest reproductive rates of any large mammal in the world, their population has proliferated, growing faster than they can be killed, trapped or poisoned by humans.
As more and more development happens on the outskirts of major Texas cities like San Antonio, the hogs are moving around more often and are frequently spotted in neighborhoods.
READ NEXT: Wild Texas animal stories from 2023 What to do if you encounter a wild hog-- excerpt, rest at link above --
Seems the first thing to do is to determine what type of grass was planted and do not plant anymore of it.
It is reasonable to concur where Conscience does not forbid a Compliance; for Conformity is at least a Civil Virtue. But we should only press it in Necessaries, the rest may prove a Snare and Temptation to break Society. But above all, it is a Weakness in Religion and Government, where it is carried to Things of an Indifferent Nature, since besides that it makes Way for Scruples, Liberty is always the Price of it....William Penn
QuoteSeems the first thing to do is to determine what type of grass was planted and do not plant anymore of it
It's not the grass the hogs are after but the grubs among the grass roots many of which will show up at your door later as June bugs if you leave the porch light on.
Quote: Tinker wrote in post #2I have a cure for wild hog damage that never fails. It comes in 140gr pills.
I have trapped far more of them than I could ever shoot.
One night's haul from my neighbor's place.
nice haul.
I hope to replicate once I have my new thermal up and running to my liking. They are not easy to manage I found out.
I have three traps, one 25' in diameter. Lots of hogs made the feast I put out there home.
You want to know what the really like? Corn soaked in diesel.
Nothing else will eat it.
It is reasonable to concur where Conscience does not forbid a Compliance; for Conformity is at least a Civil Virtue. But we should only press it in Necessaries, the rest may prove a Snare and Temptation to break Society. But above all, it is a Weakness in Religion and Government, where it is carried to Things of an Indifferent Nature, since besides that it makes Way for Scruples, Liberty is always the Price of it....William Penn
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