I’ll be upfront with you. I am not a fan of hunting big wild hogs. Note I didn’t mistakenly call them “wild boar.” Oh, I used to target the big ones and I’ve killed my share of ‘big hogs’ but I love ...

The excitement that courses through every serious hunter becomes electric when rumors of some kind of monster start to spread through the community. Stories about huge game animals that challenge ...

My first experience with wild hogs dates back to a media hunt in Texas a few years ago. Michael Hunter, a renowned wild game chef, returned to camp with a good-sized boar that didn’t quite break the ...

The appearance of a young wild hog on the exit-ramp on I-59 in Springville several years ago had a lot of people buzzing. Hundreds of people saw it. Several took photos and posted them online. Most ...

In addition to being one of the world’s worst invasive species and the vectors of several terrible diseases, feral swine also have names that are insults. Being called a “pig” is not exactly the same ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — For the first time, the winner of the Iowa State Fair’s Big Boar contest isn’t from Iowa. Reggie, a hog raised near Austin, Ind., earned the honor Thursday on the opening day ...

"Big" was the word of the day Thursday as the Iowa State Fair opened with the annual naming of the livestock champions for sheer size: Super Bull, Big Boar and Big Ram. The biggest weigh-in of all is ...