The 7-foot-1 NBA legend spent a night hunting hogs in East Texas last week with the crew behind Texas_NightHunter.And according to Shaq, he didn't need much help locating his target.CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS"I smell pigs," O'Neal says into the camera while standing in the darkness.
"Some people need nightvision.I am the nightvision."Shaquille O'Neal performs before the College Football Playoff quarterfinal game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Miami Hurricanes at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Dec.
31, 2025.(Getty Images)Moments later, Shaq fires his gun before eventually walking over to a hog on the ground and finishing it off.CONTENT WARNING: The video below contains graphic footage of a hog being shot and killed.For the record, we at OutKick OutDoors do not condone the no-look discharge of a firearm under any circumstances.
Please do not do that.The hunt took place near Paris, Texas, according to a Facebook post highlighting O'Neal's outing.He joined East Texas native Matthew Prescott and other members of the local crew, which has previously taken notable guests — including two-time Super Bowl champion Torrey Smith — out hunting.And while Shaq stalking pigs in the dark makes for entertaining content, knocking down feral hogs in Texas is also doing landowners a favor.A very, very big favor.Texas has the largest feral hog population in the United States, with millions of the invasive animals roaming the state.
Texas A&M AgriLife has reported that feral hogs cause more than $670 million in annual agricultural losses, while landowners spend an additional estimated $130 million or more each year trying to control them and repair the damage they leave behind.The animals tear up crops, pastures, fences, roads and waterways, damage habitat used by native wildlife and can carry diseases capable of affecting livestock, wildlife and humans.CODY JOHNSON FIRES BACK AT CRITICS, CALLS ALASKA GRIZZLY BEAR HUNT A 'CONSERVATION...