Rooted Up Areas

The most unmistakable sign is a rooted up field. Hogs will dig up big areas in fields, gardens and flowerbeds looking for insects, grubs, plant roots, tubers and other sources of food. A sounder of hogs can tear up a very large area in a very short amount of time and rooting can do significant damage to crop fields, pond dams and other agricultural areas. Hogs are responsible for millions of dollars in losses annually from damaged caused by their rooting behavior. They prefer to root in softer soil and will sometimes travel great distances just to root through a single small area, such as a nicely manicured yard or a small vegetable garden.




<sub>This is a pretty common sight to find in many Texas fields



This person's yard was completely destroyed and had to be smoothed out with a tractor



Almost an acre was rooted up in a single night in this field



Scattered areas in another field



An area out in the woods that was torn to hell



Hogs invaded the cemetery in this small Texas town. In addition to the damage they were causing with their rooting, they were eating all of the real flowers and chewing up and spitting out many of the fake ones</sub>