A Feral Hog photographed on Village Creek Drying Bed property. Also located within the boundaries of the VCDB is a large corral-style Feral Hog trap. A small amount of bait corn had been left at the entrance. Interestingly, the trap had been ticketed by the City of Fort Worth for animal cruelty. Evidently, hogs were
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A small sounder of Feral Hogs passing through River Legacy Park in Arlington, Texas. Observation Details County – Tarrant City – Arlington Date – Mar 6, 2013 Time of Day – Night Temperature – Cool (50-69°F/10-21°C) Weather – Overcast Habitat – Recreation-Park Type of Behavior – Foraging Gender – Mixed Maturity – Adult Observer -
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Dateline – February 2, 2013 On Google Maps the lands north of Lewisville Lake all the way up to Lake Ray Roberts appears to be one of the most expansive and remote wilderness areas in the metroplex. I have long been intrigued by the possibilities of what might be hidden in these swamps, bogs
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A small sounder of Feral Hogs crossed our path near Lock and Dam Number 4 in the Trinity River Greenbelt Riverbend Preserve. There may have been as many as five pigs in this group. Most were quite young. One was large and black. Feral Hogs do not have the best situational awareness. Their hearing and
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Dateline – October 28, 2012 When planning a trip into the woods its good to have a destination in mind. A goal gives your hike structure and helps minimize distractions. It keeps you focused. An objective lets you know when its time to head back. That last reason is an especially important consideration for me.
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The Army Corp of Engineers land around the southwest corner of Lake Lewisville can be divided into four roughly equal sized pieces. I use Old Alton Road and Hickory Creek as the demarcation lines. Lately, I have spent most of my time in the area located to the east of Old Alton Road and to
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These pictures of Feral Hogs were taken in the Great Trinity Forest—all well within Dallas City Limits. The pig population is exploding in the Joppa and McCommas Preserves, and around the Trinity River Audubon Center as well. This increase in the number of hogs comes in spite of control measures put in place by the
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Lemmon Lake in the Joppa Preserve is a special place. This unique environment attracts and abundance and variety of wildlife rarely seen anywhere, much less within the city limits of a major metropolitan area like Dallas, Texas. One of the most unusual things about this lake is its life-cycle. That’s right, Lemmon Lake lives and
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I came across a pretty good size sounder of Feral Hogs this weekend in the Great Trinity Forest. The sounder included hogs of all ages. There were cute, little piglets, and big, ugly adults. The hogs were rooting around in the soft mud along the shore of this body of water. I’m not sure what
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I have been stopping by the White Rock Creek Bike Trail in Lake Highlands on a weekly basis for roughly two months now. The main objective of my visits was to photograph and record the progress of an active Red-shouldered Hawks nest. Over this time I’ve had the opportunity to get to know some of
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The Great Trinity Forest is simply awash with Feral Hogs. There are more hogs in these woods than can be counted, and their sign is everywhere. This is a sampling of Feral Hog pictures taken in the Great Trinity Forest by automatic Scouting Cameras. Of note are photographs of a particularly large boar, a sounders
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