A Louisiana hog tournament that puts veterans back in the field and food on the table for families who need it.
Every one of them is a real problem in Louisiana, and every one of them gets smaller over one weekend in February.
Help vets — both abled and disabled — connect with the Louisiana outdoors and provide a selfless service again to their communities. As a vet myself, going out and harvesting these nuisance animals to donate to those in need, knowing we are a part of something bigger, is an accomplishment.
23 veterans take their lives a day in this country. We want to show our nation's heroes they are still needed by providing a service to those less fortunate.
Help decrease the feral hog population. On average feral hogs cause 76 million dollars worth of agricultural damage in Louisiana annually. We seek to allow this competition to go out and help Louisiana with this problem.
Feral hogs are the cause of millions of dollars in damages across Louisiana. This tournament aims to help decrease those numbers across the state.
Help local food kitchens and families in need. We take the harvested hogs after weighing them, skin them and prepare them to go to food shelters. We also open it up for families to come in and take what they need to help feed their families.
We give each vet two hogs and donate the rest to families in need, reaching non-government funded food kitchens and shelters across the state.
Next year's tournament. Get your team on the list now and we will contact you the day the dates and captains meeting are set.
Registration open Rules & detailsCash or check to Troops and Tusks. Mail to PO Box 113, Erath, LA 70533, or bring it to the captains meeting.
Register your teamHogs come to the scale fully gutted. They are weighed, skinned and prepared, then sent to food shelters. Families come in and take what they need to feed their households. Every veteran on the hunt goes home with two hogs.
The brochure teams have carried to the captains meeting since the first year.
Photos from the hunts, the weigh-in and the hand-off.
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