Those loose regulations — compared to regulations on other game — are one of the main appeals to local hunters who like to hunt all year and practice their shot between deer, turkey, duck and other game seasons.

Hogs are not Tres Atkins’ go-to game animal, but he does hunt them to stay sharp in between seasons.

“There’s no season on them, and there’s no set limit, and it’s something for me to do in between deer and turkey season,” he said.

Hunter Billy Fitt was hunting coyotes when he came up on a group of hogs on a hunting trip years ago on Glasscock Island.

“I’ve been hunting them basically my whole life, but I got real serious about it probably three years ago,” he said.

Fitt mainly hunts hogs using traps, occasionally with dogs.

“You have to be relentless,” he said. “It’s not like deer hunting. It takes a lot of time, and they go nocturnal if you pressure them. They’re unpredictable, too. They can be in one spot one day and then two miles from it the next day.

“But it’s a lot of fun when you get one.”