Wild boar hunting’s popularity plummeted after the species came under national protection, though some poachers still risked jail time to kill them for sale in wildlife markets.

Hunting wild boar/pigs in California Wild pigs are also an invasive species that causes a lot of damage, Kellum said.

Unlike deer season where guns are allowed, all Ketcher and other members of a group can use is a knife and hunting dogs to control the wild hog or wild boar population.

In the wee hours of an October morning, dozens of dogs chased the hulking figure of an animal scrambling through a forest in northwestern China as a thermal drone whizzed overhead.

Wild boar hunting’s popularity plummeted after the species came under national protection, though some poachers still risked jail time to kill them for sale in wildlife markets.