Guides
Precise, dated, sourced answers on feral hogs, trail cameras and what your photos are telling you. One topic per page.
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How to identify a feral hog sounder
Solo boar or sows with juveniles? How group structure shows up on your trail-camera photos, and why it changes your play.
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Why trail camera AI struggles with hogs
Night shots, mud-caked coats, overlapping bodies: the reasons hog photos defeat generic AI tagging, explained.
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Feral hog rooting and wallow damage: reading the signs
How to tell rooting from wallowing, date the damage, and estimate how many hogs are working your land.
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Is feral hog hunting legal year-round in Texas?
What Texas Parks & Wildlife actually allows on private and public land, sourced from TPWD directly.
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What feral hog damage costs Texas landowners
USDA and Texas figures on crop, pasture and property damage — and what drives the bill up.
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Can I use HogSight with my Spypoint, Tactacam or Moultrie cameras?
Yes — HogSight reads photos, not camera brands. How SD-card import works with the cameras you already own.
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Feral hog fencing cost: what landowners report
What exclusion fencing runs per foot, where it fails, and the alternatives ranchers actually discuss.
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Farm Bill feral swine funding: where reauthorization stands
The status of federal feral-swine program funding — what has passed, what is still pending, dated.
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USDA feral swine money in 2026: how it actually reaches landowners
The FY26 pilot has $35M and closes September 21 — but landowners don't apply directly. How the money flows, and what to do now.
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How to count hogs in a sounder from trail camera photos
Single photos undercount. The method that gets a real number: max count across nights, unique adults, one site at a time.
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How many hogs are actually in a sounder?
Websites quote 6-12 or 20-40 — both are guesses. The sourced range is 2 to 50, and the variance is the real answer.
These guides come with HogSight, which reads your trail-camera photos and maps the whole sounder before you ever sit the feeder.