Another Boar Hunt Texas Style

Reasonably priced – if you live close enough.

Well priced boar hunts are hard to find despite the glut of wild pigs in many States. Hunting boar is big business. Prices for wild pig hunts reflect that.

Do not misunderstand me: I am not against landowners charging access fees. If I were one, I would do so as well. Any landowner who cares for the environment on his property and for his land, will have to control access to his ranch. Would you want hordes of hunters descend on your property, throw trash everywhere, recklessly drive 4x4s over meadows and farm land, disturb your livestock or worse kill some of it. A minority of hunters tend to show great disrespect for nature and man's property rights.

But I am digressing. Fact is that it is becoming ever harder to gain access to private land without engaging the services of a outfitter or guide service. Though they deserve to be compensated for their work, their very existence also drives access fees and prices for wild pig hunts way up.

Not so on this Texan ranch. Happened to find them on the Net.

Texas Boars and Kansas Bucks (Kansas) hunts wild pigs 10 miles south of Pleasanton, near the small town of Christine, about 45 minutes south of San Antonio. Boar hunts take place over baited areas and from blinds. Stalking is not allowed. Hunting at night is.

Their basic wild pig package comprises a two day unguided hunt and lodging. Hunters must provide their own transportation and other necessities. After a brief introduction to the ranch and an orientation given by the 'guide', the hunter is directed to assigned blinds for the duration of the hunt.

The price for this 'basic wild pig hunt' is a measly $ 300.00 for the two days. Extra days are $ 100.00 each. Skinning and quartering are available for $ 25.00.

Texas Boars also provides guided hunts that include hunting, lodging, game cleaning, and transportation while hunting. Guided hunts will set you back $ 450.00 for two days.

Not bad either – provided a hunter lives reasonably close to Pleasanton, Texas. Otherwise, it may not be such a great deal when you add the cost of transportation to the price for the hunt.

PJJ