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Hogzilla 1051#, Hog Kong 1140#

Now that's a lot of hog. No matter how you slice it, though, the swine is
fine! :-D

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After further thought and reading, I can see there was quite a controversy
over the Hogzilla incident, one being the weighing apparatus used and the
question of accurate weight, and the second that the shooter of the pig
was a ten year old person on a game reserve. All things taken into
account, whether the pig was 1,000# or, 1,041#, whether or not this was a
staged incident of a ten year old getting thrust into his 15 minutes of
fame, alleged photo manipulations, and other things the grand jury thought
about deliberating, but then denied doing because of "time constraints",
that's one big f-ing pig that someone shot.

Not to mention that this is becoming commonplace throughout the US, as
well as hog attacks.

I'll take the National Enquirer approach on this one, and that is that
they may have not gotten it exactly right, but there is some basis for a
story of interest there.

Steve


Guy I worked with in the 80's and went pig hunting with. His father in law
was killed by a wild boar. We have a lot in the hills around us, but do not
seem to be a problem. On the other side of the bay, near Crystal Spring
Reservoir, part of the San Francisco water system, the pigs come out into
the surrounding neighborhoods. One guy shot a 600# hog in the front yard.
The kids were playing out front when a pack of hogs came by. They leave the
lawns looking like a rototiller came through.

On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:44:59 GMT, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:

They hunt wild boar with bow and arrow in SE Ohio.

Talk about nasty critters.

Actually the sows are just as nasty. And they hunt them as well.

Casady

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Hogzilla 1051#, Hog Kong 1140#

Now that's a lot of hog. No matter how you slice it, though, the swine
is fine! :-D

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KLC Lewis

Irrefutable photographic proof of alien visitations!
www.KLCLewisStudios.com


After further thought and reading, I can see there was quite a
controversy over the Hogzilla incident, one being the weighing apparatus
used and the question of accurate weight, and the second that the shooter
of the pig was a ten year old person on a game reserve. All things taken
into account, whether the pig was 1,000# or, 1,041#, whether or not this
was a staged incident of a ten year old getting thrust into his 15
minutes of fame, alleged photo manipulations, and other things the grand
jury thought about deliberating, but then denied doing because of "time
constraints", that's one big f-ing pig that someone shot.

Not to mention that this is becoming commonplace throughout the US, as
well as hog attacks.

I'll take the National Enquirer approach on this one, and that is that
they may have not gotten it exactly right, but there is some basis for a
story of interest there.

Steve


Guy I worked with in the 80's and went pig hunting with. His father in
law was killed by a wild boar. We have a lot in the hills around us, but
do not seem to be a problem. On the other side of the bay, near Crystal
Spring Reservoir, part of the San Francisco water system, the pigs come
out into the surrounding neighborhoods. One guy shot a 600# hog in the
front yard. The kids were playing out front when a pack of hogs came by.
They leave the lawns looking like a rototiller came through.



I remember that... they did a lot of culling after that...


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Hogzilla 1051#, Hog Kong 1140#

Now that's a lot of hog. No matter how you slice it, though, the swine
is fine! :-D

--
KLC Lewis

Irrefutable photographic proof of alien visitations!
www.KLCLewisStudios.com


After further thought and reading, I can see there was quite a
controversy over the Hogzilla incident, one being the weighing apparatus
used and the question of accurate weight, and the second that the shooter
of the pig was a ten year old person on a game reserve. All things taken
into account, whether the pig was 1,000# or, 1,041#, whether or not this
was a staged incident of a ten year old getting thrust into his 15
minutes of fame, alleged photo manipulations, and other things the grand
jury thought about deliberating, but then denied doing because of "time
constraints", that's one big f-ing pig that someone shot.

Not to mention that this is becoming commonplace throughout the US, as
well as hog attacks.

I'll take the National Enquirer approach on this one, and that is that
they may have not gotten it exactly right, but there is some basis for a
story of interest there.

Steve


Guy I worked with in the 80's and went pig hunting with. His father in
law was killed by a wild boar. We have a lot in the hills around us, but
do not seem to be a problem. On the other side of the bay, near Crystal
Spring Reservoir, part of the San Francisco water system, the pigs come
out into the surrounding neighborhoods. One guy shot a 600# hog in the
front yard. The kids were playing out front when a pack of hogs came by.
They leave the lawns looking like a rototiller came through.

My BIL lives in Montgomery county, Texas. First thing they do when they get
to a hunt site is identify "their" tree so there's not two guys trying to
climb one tree. If you watched the videos, you can see that most "trees"
are only three or four inch saplings which allow the men to get a few feet
off the ground which cuts off the pig's attack. Lots of stories of injuries
to men, dogs, and horses. I can see deaths as common among the dogs. We
went out cruising on the "property", which is thousands of acres. Whenever
any of the landowners identify a new place where they are tearing up stuff,
they organize a hunt. Big traps are available at the local Tractor Supply,
as common as a mousetrap to them.

Steve

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:41:31 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:21:13 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote:

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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Well, not quite.

One of the things we really like about cruising is going out exploring
in the dinghy. This afternoon we found a nice beach on an island
north of Green Turtle Cay that appeared to be deserted. Less than two
minutes after landing however, a couple of local inhabitants came out
to greet us. After polite apologies were offered, we were allowed to
leave quickly and quietly:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23519672


They look like babies... were the adults around?

I'd estimate about 30 inches high at the shoulder so definitely not
babies. No tusks fortunately but that could be a function of gender,
not sure though.

Any wild boar experts out there?

Probably feral domestic pigs. Big enough to be dangerous. Here in
Iowa, where we raise enormous numbers of pigs, they eat a farmer from
time to time.

Casady