Get Ready! Its time for Squeals and Spills at the 8th Annual Wild Hog Explosion and All Bike Rally! Set to kick off the last weekend of Spring Break, March 19 and 20. This fun-filled weekend includes the hilarious Wild Hog Catch, the crowd-pleasing Pork Rib Cook-Off and an awesome All Bike Rally.

What exactly is The Wild Hog Explosion? Well, first you start with about 150 wild hogs that vary in size and age. Then you take a group of willing humans that also vary in size and age.

Match up the size and weight, put them all in a ring, and challenge the humans to catch the smart, fast, and loud wild hogs. The object is to catch the hog, place him in a burlap sack and get him to the finish line. Teams are judged on time. Most of the time the hog wins...but not without a lot of action, adventure, and laughs.

That’s not all, spend the day and bring the kids. There will be lots for them to do, beginning with a Bicycle Rodeo, a hog catch for runts (ages 3 & 4), piglets (ages 5 & 6) and Shoats (ages 7 to 9). For Mom, there are arts and crafts, and for Dad, commercial booths and a CTBA sanctioned Cook-Off competition! Visit the cookers where you can nibble at the competition meats or buy a plate lunch were you can “Pig-Out!” Yum! All proceeds go to the Bandera County Kronkosky Library.

It’s not just other people getting in on the action; you can compete for prizes too. Enter the Hog Catch and win a great belt buckle! Enter the Cook-Off and win trophies and bragging rights and cash prizes too! Or enter the Lestourgeon’s Bloody Mary Competition or the Best Margarita Competition. Wow!

Things get better... lots of music and the All Bike Rally. Enter the Koyote Ranch Hill Country Poker Run and win great prizes for the best hand. Even the Worst Hand wins. The All Bike Rally features not only a Poker Run through our beautiful hills, but also a “Gone Hog Wild Party” Saturday Night at the Longhorn Saloon featuring great music.

Pre-registration for the Longhorn Saloon All Bike Rally begins on Friday at 6:00 p.m at The Longhorn Saloon at 1307 Main Street. Bikers can pre-register for Saturday’s Poker Run and participate in the pre-registration party featuring some really great music!

Saturday morning the event moves to Mansfield Park for on-site bike registration, El Jacalito’s fabulous taco breakfast, and instructions for the Koyote Ranch Poker Run. First Bike Out will be at 10:00 a.m. and Last Bike Out will be at noon. Last Bike In will be at 4:00 p.m. and then bikers can participate in a special “Biker” Ride and Shine Competitions at 4:30. Sunday riders can make the “Pie Run” to Love Creek Orchard Apple Store in Medina.

What an exciting weekend! Tickets are just $5.00, and children 12 and under get in free! For more information, or to enter any of the competitions, check out the website at www.WildHogExplosion.com. To participate as a sponsor, call Genie Strickland, Event Coordinator at 830-796-4447. Gates open at 10 a.m.

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