Over the last week or so wild hog activity has skyrocketed. Last week I drove my Mule over most of my 500 acres looking for victims (cattle) of the BAD subfreezing temperatures that began on Valentines day. Found I had lost 5 cows during that BAD weather incident (10 head of cattle total since December 23, 2020).

I also noticed that fresh “pig digs” are literally all over my property. Pastures are full of diggings and even my 400 yard shooting range has fallen victim to the digs with holes at the 100 yard mark covering nearly 25 feet side to side and 8 feet in the other dimension. They are averaging 8 to 12 inches deep all over my grassland property. Needless to say the pigs are doing me a favor digging up cactus and Johnson grass roots.

Having said that they are still a problem since they are leaving very rough ground in their wake. While going to pull one dead heifer out of one of my dirt tanks I spotted 2 hogs that I would guess went about 200 to 250 pounds.

Hard to believe we were without electricity and water for 5 days in the worst subfreezing temperatures and chill factors that I remember since 1970 just 3 weeks ago (thank God for my woodstove and lots of mesquite that got us by with no infrastructure damage to my water system) while today it is 85 degrees with 30 mph winds causing a significant sandstorm.

I should note this IS Texas and the weather may change drastically in as little as a half hour. I have seen the temperature drop 60 degrees in that amount of time on numerous occasions.