DNR will award five traps each quarter, for a total of 20 traps over the year, thanks to funding from the Georgia General Assembly. The program runs from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026.

A Warfarin-based feed is being used to cull wild hogs, but the jury is still out on whether it is the solution to the feral ...

Georgia's new program offers chance to win $3,500 traps to residents removing 10 feral hogs. Join the Hog Down Awards to help curb the wild pig population.

The Michell family worked hard for two months last fall to plant fields of oats on their 150-acre farm in northeast Georgia. Then, over the winter, a big family of wild hogs — also known as a sounder ...

More information: Justine L. Smith et al, Quantifying wild pig (Sus scrofa) damage to corn, cotton, and peanut fields using unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in southwestern Georgia, USA., Crop ...

Wild pigs, also known as feral swine, have been in the U.S. since the 1500s. But their population has exploded in recent decades due to fast reproduction and few natural predators.

Hunting I’ve Been Charged by Bears and Moose. Wild Hogs Are Much, Much Worse Over the years I've had my fair share of run-ins with big game. The only critters that seem to have no sense of fear are ...

Georgia's new program offers chance to win $3,500 traps to residents removing 10 feral hogs. Join the Hog Down Awards to help curb the wild pig population.