Feral pigs inside city limits of Dallas

College buddy of mine found this sounder last Saturday morning inside the city of Dallas crossing a paved bicycle trail! He and a friend were laughing so hard that he almost did not film it.

There are a lot more inside the metroplex than people think

Do you know which trail this was on?

Trinity Forest Trail near the Audubon Center I think. Street over there called Simpson Stuarts dead ends and turns into the bike trail near the river.

There was a story on the local Houston news showing a ton of damage in a Cinco Ranch subdivision. There is an elementary school next to the subdivision but no one seemed interested in doing anything to get rid of the pigs and they're not allowed to "hunt" them.

I had a big one walking down one of the main roads in my old subdivision near Pearland. Not a care in the world.

Yeah if one comes walking down my street ordanance or not I am dropping it.

time to bust out the can

majestic creatures

I can understand them not allowing gun hunters in some of these areas, but at the very least they could allow bow hunters to help thin the ranks a bit.

Regardless, urban pig populations will continue to rise if these cities take this "sit back and watch" approach.

I'm not surprised at all that there are pigs in that area.

Dallas has contracted a trapper for removal of hogs. A ridiculous amount of $ is being spent for it. Dallas has several areas feral hogs, deer and coyotes wander around. Anywhere along the Trinity on the east side of 45 hogs are in big numbers. Smaller sounders of hogs can be found in other areas of Dallas. They enter the Elm Fork shooting range at night and tear up the grounds.

They hired a trapper but he never caught any pigs. It was on tv awhile back. He was supposed to trap 'em then take the pigs to a hog buying station/slaughterhouse, then turn in the receipts to the city hall. Apparently, he never turned in any receipts. That means on paper, he never caught any.

I was reading on his Facebook page awhile back that he was charging money for hunting on City of Dallas property. Maybe he wanted to shoot 'em with paying clients rather than trap them. Who knows? Dangerous to do that since families with kids walk nature trails down there.

Those aren't feral hogs, they are undocumented porkers.

Does this mean i have to change my name to IHateMajesticCreatures?....

Dallas just signed a contract for over $300,000 for a guy to trap the hogs. He is starting near Whiterock lake.
Smh

Dang that is good money. Wonder what promises the guy made?

We have caught over 50 pigs around the St.Augustine,Dowdy Ferry,and 45 area. If some of the south Dallas residents saw what we have caught in the park areas, they would shag arse. We were told about the trapper down there, so we quit running the dogs. It might have had more to do with the heat and snakes.

here's a few south Dallas hogs

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I don't think bow hunters could thin them out. They were so bad in S Irving, the city was trapping them a few years ago. We see them regularly in the parks along the river

interesting

City had like 300 grand for the hogs. Iv hunted in the dallas bottoms with bow. Seen some 400 pounders. I got a friend who runs dogs and hits em in the head with a bat ....no gun neede

Its not my thread is it??????

Hunting down there inside the city is illegal if you are on public land. Police are really on the lookout this year for anyone running dogs or hunting. The city is trying to turn the area into a park that will attract folks from North Dallas.

Well there's no posted no hunting signs or painted trees so untill someone telles me to get out I'm still hunting the thick stuff. Not close to that park anyway

They will never attract the folks in north Dallas to go to a park in south Dallas.

About a month ago a few friends and myself were on I-45 on our way back from Galveston. Right in Houston I see a hog as roadkill on the shoulder. I was the only one that saw it and no one else would believe me.

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Sited in the Lake Highlands area