I am from Missouri is there any permits needed to hunt hogs in Texas?

[mizzou68]

I am planning on visiting a friend in Texas and he has a friend that has a farm that is infested with hogs, he is going to let me hunt them, do I need any permits to hunt with me being from outta state, or can I just drive down and start blasting some hogs. I am pretty excited about the opportunity of bieng able to hunt hogs for free. Any info would be helpful, hopefully I can get my first kill with my 6.8

[Hogfarmer]

I am planning on visiting a friend in Texas and he has a friend that has a farm that is infested with hogs, he is going to let me hunt them, do I need any permits to hunt with me being from outta state, or can I just drive down and start blasting some hogs. I am pretty excited about the opportunity of bieng able to hunt hogs for free. Any info would be helpful, hopefully I can get my first kill with my 6.8

I'm pretty sure you will need a non-resident hunting license. But contact TPWD to be sure, their website is confusing. Feral hogs are considered to be Exotic animals.

Non-resident Special Hunting (Type 107): $132
Valid to hunt: Exotic animals, all legal game birds (NOT VALID FOR TURKEY), all nongame animals, squirrel, javelina and alligator (not valid for other game animals, NOT VALID FOR DEER). Stamp endorsement requirements apply.

Non-resident 5-Day Special Hunting (Type 157): $48
Legal for any period of 5 consecutive days (valid hunting dates will be printed on the license when issued). Valid to hunt: exotic animals, all legal game birds (except turkeys), all nongame animals, squirrel, javelina and alligator (not valid for other game animals, NOT VALID FOR DEER). Stamp endorsement requirements apply.


TPWD
4200 Smith School Road, Austin, TX 78744
(512) 389-4800
(800) 792-1112

[coondog]

On privat land you may not need one with the land owner there.

[Bugg77]

Private land or not, TPWD requires you to have a permit.

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[mizzou68]

thanks for the info

[dkhnt]

I believe that you DO NOT need an out-of-state license to hunt hogs on private land but, as stated before, check with TPWD just to be sure.

[HTR]

We've been through this before, but I will post it again.

You DO NEED the non-resident exotic license, which costs $48, if you are hunting for sport, on a friend's land, or going to a guide service, like Wild River Ranch, to hunt. It doesn't matter if its public or private land.

The only exception to the license requirement, is if a landowner is driving through his crop, and sees hogs destroying it, and then shoots them to stop the depredation. If you happened to be staying with that landowner, and just driving around with him, and happened to come upon some hogs (then you are an agent of that landowner in that situation), you probably would not be ticketed, but why chance it?

Texas has this rule because some farmers do not hunt game animals, therefore they do not buy hunting licenses. To shoot at hogs destroying a crop is not the same as hunting them, in the eyes of the state of Texas, but if you are an outifitter taking hunters there, then that is commercial hunting. I have all my hunters get the non-resident exotic. Its quite reasonable.

[RugerIte]

Does that Not Valid for Deer mean also Exotic deer like Fallow Deer or Apex Deer?

[bboswell]

We've been through this before, but I will post it again.

You DO NEED the non-resident exotic license, which costs $48, if you are hunting for sport, on a friend's land, or going to a guide service, like Wild River Ranch, to hunt. It doesn't matter if its public or private land.

The only exception to the license requirement, is if a landowner is driving through his crop, and sees hogs destroying it, and then shoots them to stop the depredation. If you happened to be staying with that landowner, and just driving around with him, and happened to come upon some hogs (then you are an agent of that landowner in that situation), you probably would not be ticketed, but why chance it?

Texas has this rule because some farmers do not hunt game animals, therefore they do not buy hunting licenses. To shoot at hogs destroying a crop is not the same as hunting them, in the eyes of the state of Texas, but if you are an outifitter taking hunters there, then that is commercial hunting. I have all my hunters get the non-resident exotic. Its quite reasonable.

This is the fact!

Look at it this way, the farmer is not HUNTING hogs by simply taking the oportune shot to save his crops. You will be HUNTING them as that is your only motivation for being there so you will require a HUNTING license.

[EGarza04]

We've been through this before, but I will post it again.

You DO NEED the non-resident exotic license, which costs $48, if you are hunting for sport, on a friend's land, or going to a guide service, like Wild River Ranch, to hunt. It doesn't matter if its public or private land.

The only exception to the license requirement, is if a landowner is driving through his crop, and sees hogs destroying it, and then shoots them to stop the depredation. If you happened to be staying with that landowner, and just driving around with him, and happened to come upon some hogs (then you are an agent of that landowner in that situation), you probably would not be ticketed, but why chance it?

Texas has this rule because some farmers do not hunt game animals, therefore they do not buy hunting licenses. To shoot at hogs destroying a crop is not the same as hunting them, in the eyes of the state of Texas, but if you are an outifitter taking hunters there, then that is commercial hunting. I have all my hunters get the non-resident exotic. Its quite reasonable.

HTR is correct. TPWD does not require a landowner or their agent to purchase a license if it can be shown that feral pigs are depridating a normal agricultural practice, such as row cropping or planting fields specifically for livestock use. However, if any money or anything of monitary value is exchanged for permission to shoot them a hunting license is required.