Massive 400-pound feral hog removed from San Antonio golf course

Monday, September 16, 2019
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WPVI) -- Trappers in San Antonio, Texas, removed a 411-pound feral hog from Gateway Hills Golf Course last week.[br /][br /]Wyatt Walton and his team at Lone Star Trapping managed to capture the animal alive, with the help of a number of dogs.[br /][Ads /][br /]Photos taken after the hog was subdued show the enormous size of the animal.[br /][br /]At the beginning of September, a new state law made it legal to hunt feral hogs in Texas without a license.[br /][Ads /][br /]Walton told Storyful his team has captured over 3,200 feral hogs in the areas surrounding San Antonio in the last three years.[br /][br /]Texas Parks and Wildlife estimates there are more than 1.5 million feral hogs in the state and refers to them as "nuisance wildlife."
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