Feral hogs are one of the most destructive invasive species in America. Their impact is usually quantified by dollars lost to agricultural damage annually, which is upwards of 1.5 billion dollars. What is harder to quantify is the damage done to our natural ecosystems, though it is certainly at least equivalent to the agricultural damage. A hog is feral when it is wild but originates from domestic stock. This is true of a hog if it was once domestic itself and became wild, or if its ancestors can be traced back to domestic stock. Most of our feral hog population in America is some mix of domestic and Eurasian boar ancestry. Hogs are prolific breeders, face very few natural predators, can eat nearly anything, and are vectors for a multitude of parasites and viruses. Here at the Grand Bay NERR (GNDNERR) hogs are specifically threatening to the longleaf pine and other vitally important plant species. Some hog exclusion studies have reported complete failure of longleaf regeneration on tracts where feral hogs were present.