All wild animals have the potential of being dangerous, especially when wounded or cornered. In a natural state, feral hogs will prefer to run and escape danger, and are not considered dangerous. Extreme caution should be maintained when tracking wounded animals, trapping animals or encountering females with young. Their razor sharp tusks combined with their lightning speed can cause serious injury. Feral hogs are not classified as a game animal.
Feral hogs are very intelligent and considered a challenging quarry.
Many hunters consider the long tusks and mean appearance a genuine trophy, in addition to the quality of meat. There are many hunting techniques used, including stand hunting over a baited area, quite often incidental to white-tailed deer hunting. Still-hunting over baited areas and areas indicating recent hog activity, such as wallows, is a commonly used technique. Corn or Milo, often soaked in water and allowed to sour and then buried underground is a good bait. Because the feral hog has such a tough hide the best rifle calibers to use should be a .243 or greater to prevent wounding and loss of the animal.