Arkansas has no single feral hog hotspot. Its 116 records are spread thin across 41 counties, and Johnson County’s 10 is the most any county can claim. Two broad zones stand out. The Ozark counties of the northwest, Johnson, Madison, Carroll, Newton, and Benton, supply a steady share, with a handful of records along Buffalo National River and in Ozark National Forest. Far to the south, Ashley and Union counties carry records from the pine and bottomland timber country of the Gulf Coastal Plain. Pulaski County, home to Little Rock, adds a few more, mostly because more people live there to notice.
Wild boar are introduced in Arkansas and do real damage, tearing up stream banks, pasture, and forest floor wherever a group settles in.
An even calendar
Monthly reports barely move. May tops out at 14, and only November drops below 7. That flat line fits an animal that stays active in every season and can breed through much of the year. It also reflects how few records there are, since a single trail-camera owner or a busy hiking weekend can nudge any month up or down.
Set against the hog’s reputation in Arkansas, 116 records is a light trail. Wary, night-feeding animals on private timberland rarely get photographed and shared, so the state’s records almost certainly undercount where hogs actually roam. They still rank 19th of 78 mammals in Arkansas by record count.
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