texas feral hogs?

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Ducksoup

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I'm planning a trip to visit my little sister and her husband in Houston. About how far would I need to travel from Huston to find good hog hunting? I always read about south Texas for hogs but not sure where that is from Houston. My brother-in-law isn't a big hunter but I'd like to get him out when I'm there. I gave him a nice Savage 99 in .308 when they moved down there so he'd have something to hunt with. I'll be taking my Winchester model 70 in 7mm-08 shooting 140 grain Partitions. Any suggestions on who to contact about booking a hunt would be appreciated. Any idea what I should expect to pay for a hunt?
 
I'll be just south of Corsicana at the end of the month. I don't know my Texas geography lol. But I'm going to a lodge and paying about 160 a day for lodging food and processing. I hear you can find a place for free but I have nontexas contacts so I drive and pay.

Good luck they are fun to hunt.
 
Quote:I always read about south Texas for hogs but not sure where that is from Houston.

Depending on where, it could be 4-8 hours. You can probably find something closer depending if you want high fence or what?
 
Corsicana is about and hour south of Dallas and about 2.5 hours north of Houston. If you are going to Houston, an easy place to go would be huntsville or Centerville. Huntsville is about an hour out and centerville is about 1.5 hours out. There are multiple places in Huntsville and Centerville with hog hunting ranches and the reason I suggest those 2 is because it's a straight easy shot up 45 to get to both. IMO pigs are big everywhere in Texas. Deer are much bigger in south Texas but the pigs are about the same.
Couple ranches
http://www.texaswildhoghunting.com/
http://www.hoghunting.com/
http://www.4jranch.net/


There are plenty of pigs in that area. Here's a pic from a low fence place I hunt in Centerville.

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Yep. A sow's gestation period is (IIRC) three months, three weeks, and three days. That means she can have an average of about 2.5 litters per year or more. Each litter can have up to 12 piglets. According to the Extension Office at Texas A&M, the average is 1.5 litters per year with 5-6 piglets per year. Even at those low rates though, the population is growing by leaps and bounds in many parts of the country, especially Texas, which is home to about 2.6 million hogs (many claim there as many as 4 million) with a population growth rate of 18-20% per year.
 
Right, but it's good practice for when they get to the real thing eh? Unless of course the fellow on top always swings that way, then he's not going to contribute much to the gene pool.
 
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