"Mac Donald" wrote in message
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The pigs aren't the problem, the Texans are. Most are fat, road hunters
who don't go more than 50 feet from a vehicle or a blind. Then they want
$300 bucks per pig for out of staters to come and help solve the problem.
It will get much worse.

Why don't you convey the message personally?

Steve

"SteveB" wrote in message
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"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:50 -0600, SteveB wrote:


I saw a program called "Pig Bomb" last evening on the telly. It seems
that introduced domesticated pigs became feral, and then have interbred
with introduced Eurasian strains producing hogs up to 1200#.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogzilla

Hogzilla was mentioned. Hog Kong was another.

Steve

Hogzilla 1051#, Hog Kong 1140#

"SteveB" wrote in message
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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

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.

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.

Wizard of Woodstock wrote:


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.

- - -

Sounds just like you...except for the hair. :)

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

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?

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?



Lovely story Harry. Some of your best work, in fact.

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.

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:50:52 -0500, thunder
wrote:

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.

Maybe that's where they went. :)

I read something about that last year's hunting season. Haven't heard
anything about it recently though.