How to Snare Wild Pigs

Josh Helcel: Wild pigs are an invasive species that threatenagricultural production, water quality, nativespecies, and habitat. In Texas, legal methodsfor controlling expanding wild pig populationsinclude the use of snares, and these relativelysimple devices can be used effectively incertain situations to capture wild pigs. Tracksin a trail or path, muddy rub marks on trees,hair caught in a fence where wild pigs crawlunder, and wallows near watering holes areexamples of locations for setting snares. A snare consists of a wire loop with a lockingdevice that tightens around the animal’sbody as it passes…

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