Species
Hogs are the only species on this list a landowner genuinely wants fewer of. That inverts the usual economics: access is cheap, it runs year-round, and the landowner's real motivation is damage control rather than revenue. It also makes hogs the most reliable way to keep a property earning in the eight months nothing else is open.
Season
Year-round
On private land in Texas
Guided day rate
$350 – $900
Texas typical
Landowner goal
Removal
Damage control, not trophy
Core states
TX · LA · MS
Also GA and AL
The economics
What a landowner is actually selling, and where the market routinely misprices it.
What access costs
Market guidance for 2026, not HunterPass quotes. It exists so a hunter can budget and a landowner can sanity-check.
| Access model | Price | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Guided day hunt | $350 – $900 per day | Texas typical, often nocturnal with thermal equipment provided. The cheapest meaningful guided trip available in North America. |
| Included with a lease | Usually $0 | Most deer leases permit hog hunting year-round because the landowner wants the population reduced. Rarely priced separately. |
| Removal agreement | Negotiated or free | Where damage is severe, landowners grant access at no charge to hunters willing to work at it consistently. |
The operational problem
Every species creates a different management problem. These are the ones that actually cost people seasons.
A property open twelve months a year still has fawning, nesting, and planting periods when people should not be on certain ground. Off-season access needs the same waiver, boundary, and notification discipline as opening weekend.
Thermal and night-vision hunting is legal for hogs in much of the range and materially changes who needs to know someone is on the property. Real-time visibility of who is on the ground stops being a nicety.
Unlike trophy species, hog management has a number attached. Recording removals by property is how a landowner finds out whether the access they granted actually accomplished anything.
Timing
Feral hogs may be hunted year-round on private land in Texas with no closed season and no bag limit. Other states permit year-round or extended hog hunting with varying rules on night hunting, trapping, and transport of live animals.
Season dates shift by unit, zone, and weapon every year. Confirm with the state agency before planning around any of it — the season calendar links to each one.
Hogs questions
Roughly $350 to $900 a day in Texas, frequently at night with thermal optics included. It is the cheapest meaningful guided hunting available in North America and often someone's first paid hunt.
Always. Hogs having no closed season does not change trespass law in any state — hunting private land without permission is illegal whether the property is posted or not, and whether the animal is game or not.
Because feral hogs cause serious agricultural and habitat damage, and removal is expensive. A hunter who shows up consistently and actually reduces the population is providing a service the landowner would otherwise have to buy.
Other species
Access opens region by region
Landowners and clubs are contacted within a day. Hunters hear from us when their region actually opens.
