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Photo by Dusan Veverkolog      Did you know that feral hogs are very adaptable to most climates? Did you also know that they cause 76 million dollars of land damage per year in Louisiana alone? Read more of this blog post to learn about this invasive species.      Wild boar or Feral Swine are overpopulating the United States and this problem will only get worse. These animals are very adaptive and destructive and with no natural predators, they will begin to run rampant. In Louisiana alone there is an estimated 700,000 wild boar residing in all 64 of their parishes or counties. To maintain the feral hog overpopulation we would have to reduce their population by 70-75%. This would help provide a healthy population of feral hogs in Louisiana.      These animals uproot planted seeds and ruin hardwood seedlings that should naturally grow. These feral hogs should be one of the animals we are focusing on when hunting. They are delicious and they cause 76 million dollars in damages per year i

       Photo by Clint Patterson      Hunting wild hog and boar in Texas have been one of the most interesting hunts for me to think about. Want to learn a little more about these animals? Read the rest of this blog to find out some fun facts about these beautiful animals.     Wild pigs have the largest population of free-ranging hooved animals in the United States. Starting in 1982 until 2016 the wild hog and pig population has risen from 2.4 million to 6.9 million. These wild pigs reproduce at a fast rate and with no natural predators in the United States they just keep growing in population. These animals lived in 18 states in 1982 now as of 2016 these wild pigs live in 35 states.     Wild pigs are on the top 100 list of invasive species. They were brought here to America from Asia and Europe to be hunted for sport. Wild pigs are estimated to have about 300 dollars’ worth of damage per pig per year. That was an estimated 1.5 billion dollars’ worth of damage in 2007, if that amoun