Feral Hogs

There is a growing problem with feral hogs in Texas, and for several years, a neighboring rancher has been telling me we have feral hogs in our area, no more than two miles away. I was hoping our wet weather creek which is dry eight months of the year would not be a temptation. But it finally happened. I was looking out the window at the pond during an early breakfast when I saw what seemed, at a glance, to be a small herd of little puppies huddled together. No sooner than that crossed my mind, I realized they were little pigs—fourteen! Cute from a distance, up close not so much. Since that fateful day, we’ve set up a hog trap which has to be baited with corn every three days—another ranch chore. So far, we have caught 19 pigs of different sizes and colors. Fortunately, we have a large Hawaiian family in our community who is always ready to come get them and add them to their pig farm. They must have a lot of luaus.