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Cruisers Attacked by Wild Boars
On Jun 18, 6:33*am, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote: On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:44:48 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: 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 Cool - ok, maybe not so cool, but interesting. I read something in NatGeo a year or so back and watched a documentary about feral piggies - it was actually about "Hogzilla" I think, but there was a long detailed explanation about feral pigs in the documentary. Apparently, pigs revert when they go feral - their hair gets long, tusks grow, they get much more aggressive, they get longer and leaner and as they are already smart, can become very dangerous. *It was pretty interesting to watch. "Babe" pretty much proved how smart pigs are. I think that was based on a true story. Pigs are really gentle, affectionate and trainable. An all-around admirable companion for mankind. After watching that I almost became a vegetarian. Two things stopped me. Bacon and baby back ribs. --Vic One of our near neighbors in Jax had a little "Vietnamese" pot-bellied pig as a pet, along with a couple of dogs. The pig was cute as it could be, and "hung out" with the two dogs as a sort of friendly, neighborly pack. Once in a while, the pig would dig a hole under the fence and "escape" for a few minutes with the dogs. The pig was obviously a lot smarter than the dogs. Well, I guess that isn't saying much, is it?- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Why? Dogs dig out from fences all of the time. |
Cruisers Attacked by Wild Boars
"thunder" wrote in message
t... On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote: About fifteen years or so ago, we had a small group of feral pigs in and around the Yale Forest which were raising all kinds of hell not only there, but in the Mashapoug State Forest which is right next to the Yale. It took about two years to capture them all. Not sure what they did with them. Apparently, Connecticut still has a feral pig population. Litchfield County has been having some troubles with them recently. Northern California also has a similar problem. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
Cruisers Attacked by Wild Boars
"Vic Smith" wrote in message
... On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:44:48 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: 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 Cool - ok, maybe not so cool, but interesting. I read something in NatGeo a year or so back and watched a documentary about feral piggies - it was actually about "Hogzilla" I think, but there was a long detailed explanation about feral pigs in the documentary. Apparently, pigs revert when they go feral - their hair gets long, tusks grow, they get much more aggressive, they get longer and leaner and as they are already smart, can become very dangerous. It was pretty interesting to watch. "Babe" pretty much proved how smart pigs are. I think that was based on a true story. Pigs are really gentle, affectionate and trainable. An all-around admirable companion for mankind. After watching that I almost became a vegetarian. Two things stopped me. Bacon and baby back ribs. --Vic On the other hand, why do all of the women I know claim that men are pigs? Well, we are trainable, supposedly. . lol -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
Cruisers Attacked by Wild Boars
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:08:37 -0700, "Capt. JG"
wrote: "Vic Smith" wrote in message .. . On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote: On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:44:48 -0400, Wayne.B wrote: 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 Cool - ok, maybe not so cool, but interesting. I read something in NatGeo a year or so back and watched a documentary about feral piggies - it was actually about "Hogzilla" I think, but there was a long detailed explanation about feral pigs in the documentary. Apparently, pigs revert when they go feral - their hair gets long, tusks grow, they get much more aggressive, they get longer and leaner and as they are already smart, can become very dangerous. It was pretty interesting to watch. "Babe" pretty much proved how smart pigs are. I think that was based on a true story. Pigs are really gentle, affectionate and trainable. An all-around admirable companion for mankind. After watching that I almost became a vegetarian. Two things stopped me. Bacon and baby back ribs. --Vic On the other hand, why do all of the women I know claim that men are pigs? Well, we are trainable, supposedly. . lol As a kid we had a pet pig. Once he got so big that his hoof went through the couch cushions as he tried to climb up, he got butchered. My dad and I ate most of him. Mom and the younger boys wouldn't touch it. -- John H I once shook hands with a pudgy guy who: Sailed from San Francisco to Hawaii. Rounded Cape Horn, twice. Transited the Panama Canal. Has owned more than 20 boats in his lifetime. Sailed large boats competitively. Has been hundreds of miles from land in a powerboat under his command. And who set a new record for the most distance covered and most fish caught in the Chesapeake Bay in the shortest time! |
Cruisers Attacked by Wild Boars
"KLC Lewis" wrote in message et... "SteveB" wrote in message ... 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 |
Cruisers Attacked by Wild Boars
"SteveB" wrote in message ... "KLC Lewis" wrote in message et... "SteveB" wrote in message ... 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. |
Cruisers Attacked by Wild Boars
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Cruisers Attacked by Wild Boars
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:12:21 -0400, gfretwell wrote:
The hogs were not a sudden increase in food. They have been here since the place was a Spanish colony. The bears are turning up in downtown Ft Myers. I suspect it has more to do with builders draining the swamps for a decade. That's probably the case. The Florida subspecies of black bear is still considered threatened. The Big Cypress area is considered a primary range. http://www.floridaconservation.org/W...stribution.htm |
Cruisers Attacked by Wild Boars
"Calif Bill" wrote in message m... "SteveB" wrote in message ... "KLC Lewis" wrote in message et... "SteveB" wrote in message ... 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 |
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