Texas land managers: how screwworm awareness, the live-tissue rule, feral hog pressure, and TAHC reporting fit together on ranch country ground.
Screwworm Risk in Texas Ranch Country: What Land Managers Should Watch Read More »
Cattle get watched; wildlife and feral hogs usually do not. See why the monitoring gap matters for screwworm risk and how whole-sounder removal helps.
Wildlife Monitoring Gap: Why Whole-Sounder Removal Is a Screwworm Biosecurity Layer Read More »
Learn how to spot New World screwworm: what wounds and signs to watch, how to tell it from ordinary maggots, who to report to, and how hog control lowers risk.
How to Spot Screwworm: A Landowner Awareness Guide Read More »
New World screwworm breeds on live animals, not feces. Learn what it is, how it spreads, which animals are at risk, and how feral hog control reduces landscape risk.
What Is New World Screwworm? A Landowner’s Plain-Language Explainer Read More »
Feral hogs move ~6 miles a day, attract flies, and go unmonitored. Learn why they amplify screwworm risk and how whole-sounder removal lowers it on your land.
Why Feral Hogs Are the Biggest Threat to Screwworm Spread Read More »
Rain Resets the Ground and Reveals the Truth For trappers and landowners, a soaking rain is not just weather. It is a reset button. Old prints soften. Dust layers disappear. Fresh hog tracks, wallows, and rooting show up in sharp relief. If you know what to look for in hog tracks after rain, especially in
Hog Tracks After Rain: Mud and Fresh Rooting Read More »
Introduction: Tracking Hogs Is a Skill Every Landowner Should Learn Hogs often move silently and mostly at night, which makes their travel behavior easy to overlook. Yet they leave behind a predictable set of signs that reveal where they feed, bed, wallow, and travel. Learning how to read hog tracks, trails, and movement patterns helps
Hog Tracks & Travel Patterns: Predict Where Hogs Go Next Read More »
Introduction: The Hidden Risk Behind Every Hog Encounter Feral hogs are well known for rooting damage, crop losses, and aggressive behavior, but many landowners and trappers are less familiar with the diseases these animals carry and the risks associated with hunting, handling, or trapping wild pigs. Wild hogs can carry dozens of pathogens that affect:
Wild Hog Diseases: What Landowners Should Know Read More »
Introduction: The Fastest Growing Invasive Mammal in North America Hog populations across the United States continue to rise despite decades of hunting pressure and state-level removal efforts. What surprises many landowners and new trappers is not just how destructive feral hogs are, but the speed of their population growth, even after consistent removal. Across Texas,
Population Growth Explained: Why Wild Hogs Reproduce So Fast Read More »
Successfully trapping wild hogs starts long before a net or trap is ever set. One of the most important steps in baiting hog traps for whole-sounder success is pre-baiting, a conditioning phase that teaches hogs to trust a site, return consistently, and enter without hesitation. Many landowners skip this step and, as a result, catch
Baiting Hog Traps: Corn Rows, Scent Control & Pre-Baiting Read More »