Check out this HOG? skeleton I found.

There supposedly has been a population (of some sort) within the state for years, but I, like the majority of others, have never seen any hogs or sign. And I've actually looked where there was supposed to be some one weekend. It was really rough, hard to get around in country and they could have easily been there though.
 
Scott, they claim that we have about 4 million, at least I think that is the last number I heard it's bound to change by about a million a day. How they came to that number is beyond me. I'm a Texas Parks and wildlife volunteer and we don't count hogs, not that counting would help.
We don't have them in all parts of Texas but it's getting close. There are not many in the desert regions except where there is water, such as a spring,creek or artificial water source.
Hogs can not exist without water! However if they can find water no other terrain will stop the spreading of them! Within 30 minutes of birth they are all terrain vehicles, it is unbelievable what they are capable of climbing, jumping or otherwise navigating. We have a saying "it's not a matter of if you have hogs, it's a matter of when you will have them"
They are very unique and incredible animals of survival. I love to hunt them but wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy at the same time. They are devastating to the habitat and many animals that inhabit the area they invade.

say you have a mature sow and a boar.A sow can breed at 6 months or younger. It takes her 3 monhts 3 weeks and 3 days roughly to give birth and she will breed back within 12-14 days. I think the average litter is 6-8 ,I've seen many more per litter. say there is an average of 50/50 sex ratio and they have 6 per litter that will breed by 6 months if not sooner where food is good.

By my guestimate under ideal situation 2 hogs can turn into over 100 hogs in a year and a half.
I have seen some exact statistics somewhere but I can't seem to find them.
 
I caught a domestic yearling hog in SE AZ NM border, when I was quail hunting in 1959 or so. I ran it down a fence line and it turned back on me, and I caught his leg and rolled him over.

I took him home and gave him to a 4 H er. This was on mesquite, BLM land.
 
Glenn,

Nice skull pics!

I tell ya if I ran into that here in the Maine woods,
I would probably thought that I found a baby T-REX! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
Maybe an Arizona or California hunter had been hunting in Texas? They were trying to bring the hog home in one piece but it went bad and they dumped it. Or they could have stripped the meat, put it on ice and dumped the skeleton. I've seen elk skeletons in the desert outside of Las Vegas.
 
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Maybe an Arizona or California hunter had been hunting in Texas? They were trying to bring the hog home in one piece but it went bad and they dumped it. Or they could have stripped the meat, put it on ice and dumped the skeleton. I've seen elk skeletons in the desert outside of Las Vegas.



That was my thought, or somebody boiled it whole for taco meat.
 
Thing is, no one would have dumped it where I found it, Uphill from the road about 1/2 mile from nearest road (stock 4x4 wouldnt have made it) probably 3 miles from anywhere a pickup could have been. And, its not like it was near a highway. I'm very curious as well.
 
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