Based in Wimberley, Bad Hog Land Clearing provides forestry mulching, selective cedar clearing, site prep, driveways, fire breaks, light demolition and excavation across Hays, Comal, Bexar, Kendall, Blanco and Gillespie counties — from Dripping Springs and Driftwood to Canyon Lake, New Braunfels, San Antonio and Fredericksburg.
Since 2022
Locally owned · Wimberley based
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We walk every property in person
Bad Hog Land Clearing is a Wimberley-based Hill Country land clearing crew, and we have been working outward from there since we started in 2022 — up RM 12 to Dripping Springs, along RM 32 through Fischer toward Canyon Lake, east on RM 150 through Driftwood, and out the US-290 and FM 306 corridors. Most of our work falls in Hays and Comal counties, and we regularly take on projects around New Braunfels, San Antonio, Boerne and Fredericksburg.
The ground changes less than the town names do. Across this whole area you are working on shallow soil over limestone, live oak and Spanish oak motts worth keeping, and decades of Ashe juniper that moved in once fire stopped keeping it in check. That is why we favor selective clearing and forestry mulching over scraping: the mulch layer holds the thin soil in place, and the oaks stay standing.
What does change is the paperwork. Hays County and Comal County each run their own floodplain and septic (OSSF) permits, Comal County requires a PIPROW permit where a new driveway meets a county road, Dripping Springs has its own tree preservation ordinance inside city limits, and burn bans are set county by county. We sort out which rules apply to your property during the site walk, before a machine ever starts.
Each community below has its own page with local details, the services we offer there and answers to the questions we hear most from landowners in that area.
Our home base — hilltop lots near the Blanco River, acreage off RR 12 and the rural tracts around town.
Lake-view lots and hillside acreage along FM 306 in unincorporated Comal County — Sattler, Startzville, Hancock and Cranes Mill.
New builds and ranchettes along US-290 and RM 12, from Belterra and Caliterra to the acreage toward Henly.
Five-to-twenty-acre tracts along RM 150 and FM 1826, including Howard Ranch, La Ventana and the Onion Creek corridor.
Wooded acreage outside the city and residential lots closer to town, with cedar, rocky soil and uneven ground to work around.
City lots and rural acreage where dense brush, mesquite, cedar and compacted soil stand between you and a build-ready site.
Gillespie County ranch land — custom home sites, hunting property, pasture and ranch entrances on rocky Hill Country ground.
Land clearing and excavation for San Marcos homeowners, landowners and builders, close to our Wimberley base.
Don’t see your town? Call (737) 373-2035 and we will tell you straight away whether we can reach your property.
Every service below is available across our full service area. Pick a service to see how it works and what to expect on your property.
Cedar, brush and deadfall ground in place — no burn piles, no haul-offs, and a mulch layer that protects thin Hill Country soil.
Selective removal of cedar, underbrush and deadfall while the live oaks and Spanish oaks stay standing.
Rough clearing, rock moving, grading and subgrade work so your foundation contractor starts on a ready pad.
Driveways and access roads cut, graded and based to shed water across rocky, sloped ground.
Defensible space and fire breaks that cut fuel loads around homes, barns and outbuildings.
Old sheds, outbuildings and slabs removed, plus stump grinding and limited tree work.
Foundation and pad excavation, rock removal and site grading — our newest service line, launched in 2026.
We are based in Wimberley and work across the Texas Hill Country — Wimberley, San Marcos, Canyon Lake, Dripping Springs, Driftwood, New Braunfels, San Antonio, Fredericksburg, Boerne, Bulverde, Spring Branch, Blanco, Comfort and the communities between them. If you do not see your town, call (737) 373-2035 and we will tell you whether we can reach your property.
Yes, in every area we serve. Robert and Noah meet you on the land, listen to what you want to keep and what needs to go, and put a written estimate on paper after the walk. Customers regularly mention that we stuck to it.
They do. Unincorporated Hays County runs floodplain and septic (OSSF) permits through Hays County Development Services; Comal County handles its own floodplain and OSSF permits and requires a PIPROW permit where a driveway meets a county road; and inside Dripping Springs city limits the Landscape and Tree Preservation Ordinance protects heritage trees of 18 inches and larger. Burn bans are issued county by county, and TCEQ Edwards Aquifer rules may apply depending on the parcel. We flag what applies to your property during the estimate.
Cedar can be cut year-round, but two windows matter. We avoid pruning or wounding oaks from February through June because of oak wilt, and where a property holds golden-cheeked warbler habitat, woody clearing is scheduled outside the nesting season — under Comal County’s habitat plan that means no clearing from March 1 through July 31. When a county burn ban is on, we mulch, chip or haul instead of burning.
Wherever your land sits between Fredericksburg, Dripping Springs, Canyon Lake and San Antonio, Bad Hog Land Clearing will come out, walk it with you and give you a written estimate. Free estimates, straight answers and a small local crew that shows up on time.
