Author Topic: Texas hog hunt for an out of state'r (Read 2413 times)

26-t · « **on:** March 04, 2012, 04:05:09 AM »

I need some info on a Texas hog hunt. I am from Missouri, we will be hunting on Texas private land with permission from the land owner. I went to the Texas web site and it states that you must have a permit ,but I have not figured out how or where to get the permit. I want to hunt legal!Any help with this would be great. Thanks 26-t

SHOOTALL · « **Reply #1 on:** March 04, 2012, 04:21:01 AM »

google Texas hunting lic

26-t · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2012, 03:14:09 PM »

I did and all I got was I need a permit.

Graybeard · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2012, 06:49:01 PM »

They sell a five day permit for hogs/exotics. Used to be $25 and they are sold at all places that sell hunting licenses. I think you can even buy it online. These days I think it's about $35. I haven't hunted in Texas in several years so haven't kept up with the price of it.

Land_Owner · « **Reply #4 on:** March 05, 2012, 04:49:41 AM »

Contact the good folks at http://www.TEXASBOARS.COM/ for excellent local knowledge.

MtHunter · « **Reply #5 on:** March 07, 2012, 11:38:21 AM »

A 5 day lic is about $48 and you can get it at wall-mart. I'm also an out of state hunter from Colorado who is looking for a place to hunt. Not looking for a free ranch to hunt just looking for a farmer who needs help, has hogs and is willing to let me come in for a few days. I'm a farm boy from Nebraska and understand what the farmer has to deal with letting me onto your land. I would love to find a new friend who loves to hunt or not.
God Bless America
Troy

geartow · « **Reply #6 on:** May 28, 2012, 09:16:40 AM »

You will also need a hunters safety card . Or you can purchase a 1 time hunter safety deferral for 10 dollars.

Ranger99 · « **Reply #7 on:** August 27, 2012, 04:33:18 PM »

what they said. . . . .

looking at new regs book right now.

non-resident 5-day special hunting permit-48.00

unless you were born sept 2,1971 or after,
i don't believe you need hunter safety cert.
or deferment.

i got one a good while back even though
i don't need it .
at the time they were talking statewide cert.
regardless of age, but now i have it so it's
one thing out of the way.

you might check to see if they reciprocate
if you already have one

good luck

BBF · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2012, 08:01:08 AM »

There is no hog problem in Texas.
If there was Ranchers wouldn't want a daily trespass fee for at least a 100 bucks. The State would pay you a bounty instead of requiring you to buy a license when you want to help out someone with a "problem".

Check another State, you may not need any license at all.

D Fischer · « **Reply #9 on:** August 28, 2012, 08:31:21 AM »

Quote from: geartow on May 28, 2012, 09:16:40 AM

You will also need a hunters safety card . Or you can purchase a 1 time hunter safety deferral for 10 dollars.

That's great! You either need a hunter safety card or can buy a deferral for $10!

geartow · « **Reply #10 on:** August 28, 2012, 04:17:16 PM »

You can only do the deferral 1 time .

bulletstuffer · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2012, 05:47:48 PM »

I was going to do a Texas hog hunt a few years ago and did a ton of research online. Check out the Langley Ranch by Centerville TX. I have never been there but the reviews looked good and the prices didn't seem bad for what they offered either.

Good luck,

Bulletstuffer

markc · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2012, 01:48:44 PM »

Langleys is near my sisters place. He receives trapped hogs from folks around him and releases them into fenced enclosures of a few acres or so. I believe he told my sister that he fences 5 acre enclosures and set up hunting blinds in there. They share on stretch of fence so I've seen some of it, and hear the shots often when I'm over there visiting. He has a nice place, and they are nice people. Good luck.

rem700 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 16, 2012, 06:03:00 AM »

Quote from: BBF on August 28, 2012, 08:01:08 AM

There is no hog problem in Texas.
If there was Ranchers wouldn't want a daily trespass fee for at least a 100 bucks. The State would pay you a bounty instead of requiring you to buy a license when you want to help out someone with a "problem".

Check another State, you may not need any license at all.

Sounds more like California

jmayton · « **Reply #14 on:** December 04, 2012, 06:44:42 PM »

I'm late to the game here, but thought I would share some info.

I've gone from hunting hogs in Texas as a resident to now living in Colorado and headed back this next year to hunt on a friends ranch in the Hill Country. I called my friend who is a Game Warden in that county to ask him. He checked the regs and told me that if we are acting as the landowner's agent then we do not need a license. When we go we will be signing paperwork to that effect just in case. Now if you are paying for the hunt, then you will need a non-resident special license. You can also get that same license as a 5-day for $48.

D Fischer · « **Reply #15 on:** December 08, 2012, 05:53:06 AM »

I keep hearing about the terrible hog problem in Texas. I just wonder how much money this problem makes for the state of Texas and land owner's that want you to kill the hogs but to do so you need to takes a whole bunch of services they provide,,,at a cost. Actually it's not just Texas, that's not fair. Seem's like a lot of states have the same problem and want you to come shoot off some hogs,,,at a price! I read somewhere a years or so ago that the white tail deer is no longer the #1 game animal, the feral hog is! Be nice if the states either claimed they are invasive species or money maker's.

jmayton · « **Reply #16 on:** December 08, 2012, 03:48:49 PM »

I got paid for ridding ranchers of their hogs. And if not, I at least got to do it for free.

FPH · « **Reply #17 on:** December 11, 2012, 09:57:05 AM »

Dos Plumas......Trent TX.....between Abilene and Sweetwater on I-20. Friends love it....say it is about 2/3s the cost they have found elsewhere. They took 7 between the two over a weekend this month.

FPH · « **Reply #18 on:** December 11, 2012, 11:24:29 AM »

Hogs were taken with .243, .223 and 25-06. 150-200 lbs.

Ranger99 · « **Reply #19 on:** December 11, 2012, 11:28:01 AM »

watch where you walk in that
area. lotta surprises hid in little
crevices and teeny places
around there.

FPH · « **Reply #20 on:** December 11, 2012, 11:33:59 AM »

Yeah, my friends little brother use to make his spare change selling rattle snake meat he took off a ranch around Sweetwater

Ranger99 · « **Reply #21 on:** December 11, 2012, 11:39:49 AM »

lotta scorpions thereabouts too.
rode one around on the back of
my britches leg for i don't know
how long one time. those things
bother me more than snakes.
you usually don't notice scorpions
until you feel the hot coal feeling.

FPH · « **Reply #22 on:** December 11, 2012, 11:43:20 AM »

They can burn a bit. Last one got me hidden in my bath towel.