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Hot spot for hunting wild hogs in Texas

High Plains Public Radio | By Angie Haflich

Published November 12, 2016 at 2:00 PM CST

This week, Luke takes us to eastern Texas to hunt wild hogs.

Hunting guide Larry Large of Hunting East Texas talks about one of the best spots for hog hunting in the eastern part of the state, located about an hour east of Dallas, near Athens.

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