Wild hogs have become a major problem for states in the South.

They’re being forced to get creative to deal with this nuisance.

And Mississippi came up with this surprising solution to help hunters bag wild hogs.

Mississippi is aggressively trying to control the state’s wild hog problem.

More than 500,000 of them are estimated to live in the state, and the fear is that number will grow.

These aggressive feral pigs are multiplying at a rapid rate and are causing more than $60 million a year in damages in the state.

They’re destroying infrastructure and farms as they search for food.

Wild hogs are also destroying the habitats of native species like white-tail deer.

Mississippi is trying to empower hunters in the state to solve the problem.

Mississippi preparing to legalize drones for hunters

State legislators in Mississippi are looking to legalize high-tech thermal drones to help hunters track and kill wild hogs on private property year-round.

Senate Bill 2662, known as the Johnny Kakales Act, was introduced into the Senate Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Committee.

The bill would change Mississippi law that regulates hunting “nuisance animals” on private property.

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks states that nuisance animals are “species of wildlife, both native and non-native, [that] regularly cause conflicts through their interactions with humans.”

Wild hogs and coyotes, skunks, foxes, and nutria are on the list.

Currently, Mississippi allows for nuisance species to be hunted year-round on private property without any gun or ammunition restrictions.

The Senate bill would legalize hunters using thermal drones to hunt wild hogs on private land.

Wild hogs have now been found in all 82 counties in the state.

Mississippi has been trying for decades to rid the state of them.

Hunters in the state bagged more than 300,000 hogs during the 2019-2020 deer season, according to the Clarion Ledger.

Mississippi is trying to increase that harvest rate by allowing hunters to use drones.

Texas taking off the gloves in the fight against wild hogs

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved a similar measure in 2022 to allow drones to be used by hunters to track wild hogs.

The state has been empowering hunters to control the wild hog population.

In 2011, Texas legalized hunting them from helicopters, which has become a popular draw for attracting hunters from out of state.

How to erase food shortages

Texas removed the requirement for a hunting license for wild hogs on private land in 2019.

They’re making life miserable for farmers in the eastern part of the state near the border with Louisiana.

“I constantly fight hog rooting damage to my pasture; what a group of hogs or even a single large hog can do in 15 to 20 minutes can take me hours to repair with a tractor and farm implements,” Jason Robertson, a Nacogdoches, Texas farm owner said.

Wild hogs have become a major problem throughout the South, so states are taking all necessary measures to contain them.

Hunters in Mississippi could soon use advanced technology to control the state’s wild hog population.

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