Where in East Texas are you hunting? We hunt hogs at night all the time around Buffalo & Centerville and we let the game warden know we are hunting out there. As long as they know what you are doing they will not give you any problems. I would use a 30-30 instead of a .357 for hogs though. We always hunt w/ two people one to hold the light and one to shoot. We also have one blind set up w/ a light in a tree riggied on a foot switch so you can hunt alone and still have both hands free to shoot.