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Related: About this forumLarge Feral Hog Is Corralled On Texas Golf Course
Wyatt Walton has been trapping feral hogs in Texas for years, but the one he caught on a San Antonio golf course Thursday was a whopper by any standard. The animal weighed 411 pounds. Two-hundred pounds is a big hog, Walton told HuffPost on Wednesday.
Walton and his Lone Star Trapping team used dogs to corral the animal at Gateway Hills Golf Course on Sept. 12. He then wrestled it to the ground and hog-tied it. The hog was taken to a processing plant. Walton kept its head for a keepsake, he said.
The state is trying to curb its feral hog population. Texas Parks & Wildlife considers them nuisance animals whose rooting and trampling activity for food can damage agricultural crops, fields, and livestock feeding and watering facilities, according to its site.
They also destabilize wetland areas, springs, creeks and tanks by excessive rooting and wallowing. In addition to habitat destruction and alteration, hogs can destroy forestry plantings and damage trees.
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sheshe2
(83,660 posts)Thought this was going to be about tRUMP.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,167 posts)Oh, wait, that was in NJ
sinkingfeeling
(51,438 posts)msongs
(67,365 posts)fierywoman
(7,672 posts)dhol82
(9,352 posts)They really are a menace to land and wildlife.
It would be nicer if they could be culled at a younger age.
IADEMO2004
(5,554 posts)AnnieBW
(10,413 posts)Sorry, but someone had to say it.