Talk to any wildlife biologist in the southern United States about wild pigs, and you’re likely to hear something akin to at least one of the following, “They’re the four-legged equivalent of fire ants;” “If the average litter is six, typically eight survive;” “Only a fence that will hold water will hold feral hogs.”

 This week's episode of TROPHY HUNTERS TV®, "West Texas Aoudad and Boone and Crockett Buck" features Matt Hughes taking a trip to west Texas for his chance at an aoudad. In the same episode, an adorable grandmother gets an opportunity to take a record setting Boone and Crockett buck.

Texas Wildlife Association members elected 51 volunteer leaders to the organization's Board of Directors for 2011-2014 at the TWA Joint Membership and Directors meeting on July 8 in San Antonio.

With Texas in the grips of a drought and wildfires occurring across the state, wildlife experts expect devastating effects on many animals and birds in some counties.