Free range warthogs in South Texas.

I know of only two that have been shot, the last being a couple of years ago. I have not heard of any being trapped. I don't get the impression that there is a sustainable breeding population on the loose.

This article talks about them talking over south Texas. If they are doing so, it is a very clandestine takeover. https://www.wideopenspaces.com/warthogs-turning-texas-coming/

Just wait until Escobar's pet hippopotami gone wild work their way up to the Rio Grande. Will be good for border security too.

Well Florida is over run by giant Pythons, why not Warthogs in Texas , and don’t get me started on Army Ants.

Maybe the aleins from Area 51 want them there for a supliment to the wild pigs.

and don’t get me started on Army Ants.

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Fire ants have been spreading in Texas for more than 50 years. They knocked out the bobwhite quail at our place around 30 years ago.

H&Hhunter said:

So you’re saying that we are not in immediate danger from wartmaggedon?

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Not this year, but then again, the year is almost over.

I will say this, if they ever get up farther to where I hunt and I managed to kill one, it will be a mount. I don't have any mounts, but I would do a warthog.

I took my son to a youth hunt at Chaparral WMA five years ago and the biologist told us to shoot then if we saw them. I thought he was kidding but the look on his face said otherwise. I have heard of some being taken off of the Chap since then.

There are all kinds of exotica that are becoming part of the “normal” flora and fauna of Texas. A good friend has free-ranging axis deer on his hunting property to supplement the whitetail population.

I wonder if Pumba can crossbreed with Wilbur. And are warthogs temperature sensitive? Going through a cold night is one thing. Surviving weeks or even months with snow on the ground is another.

Like their cousins feral hogs, Warthogs are very productive/adaptive and according to the linked article, that area "with its mild climate, sandy soil and diverse vegetation, is similar to warthog's native habitat in sub-Saharan Africa." From what I read in the article, 10 Warthogs have been killed there so far, 4 by hunters and 6 by TPWD. I wouldn't call that a invasion, but it certainly would be a concern, since it seems Warthogs are even more destructive than feral Hogs.

If there is money to be made from exploiting the accidental release of those first Warthogs, you can be sure that more "accidental" releases will be made in the future. IMHO, that is one contribution that has made the feral hog population explode.......money.