not illegal, you can shoot any non-game or non-native species at night, for example, coyote, bobcat, hog, axis, fallow, sika, any ram other than Desert Big Horn (which has other restrictions also.)

You can not shoot animals like whitetail, pronghorn, mule, turkey, dove, quail, duck, geese at night.

This is a very high level summary, there are specific details on the Texas Parks & Wildlife Website.

jason

They do the same thing to feral cats there.  Those non native speicies really reek havoc on their ecosystem.

Doesn't look like any native N American snake to me....

You have to see the damage these hogs can do, to understand what is going on. Not only do they eat crops, but they damage the land, and make it harm on combines and other equipment. Plus, they harm the native wildlife, not only by killing and eating young and eggs, but by competing and eating available food sources. Area farmers are scared of people hunting on their property, that they do not know, but, they are foolish for not trying to manage a hunting operation, to augment thier income, and off set some of their losses. And for those of you that do not know it, 99.9% of all boars, of this size, are so rank that they are not good table fare. Boars under 80#, are generally ok, and all sows are good.

What else do you think you would do with a pig once you've caught it????  That is exactly why we DO trap hogs, so that we can rid our properties of these non-native, habitat destroying critters.  Besides, they are tasty too..........:<)