His 17-year old daughter and Wylie senior, Berenice Estrada, has been helping him for about a year and has fallen in love with trapping. “There’s not enough trappers, hunters, or anything that is going to get rid of them,” Leija said.īut little did he know that his hog trapping business would turn into a family affair. Leija realized just how bad the feral hog population has gotten out of hand. “So what more reason to have a bunch of guns, a big four wheel-drive truck and to start doing some trapping for people?” I’m a Texas boy, I like guns,” Leija said. Leija grew up in Houston, not giving much attention to hunting, but said that hog trapping has been a fun experience for him. Pete Leija, owner of Hitman Hog Trapping in Abilene, has only been trapping for a year after spending 32.5 years traveling the globe with the Air Force. That’s why hog trapping is so important to managing the population, and one retired Air Force veteran is looking to join in. Managing the feral hog population is tricky, though, as they can have two or three litters of piglets a year. Taylor County and the Big Country are not exempt, and Steve Estes of the Texas AgriLife Extension says it has been close to $100,000 in damages in the past.ADVERTISING ABILENE, Texas (KRBC/KTAB) - An Abilene father and daughter are taking it upon themselves to help quell the rise of feral hogs in the Big Country.įeral hogs have become a nuisance across the State of Texas, costing farmers multimillions every year in revenue and property damages.
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