Jay481985 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 I didn't believe they existed? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070525/ap_on_fe_st/monster_pig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Hell Yeah, I went out with one once...........................................!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuzzzer Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 That's the most disgusting thing I've ever read about! The kid apparently killed it with a pistol, too. The thing is so big it could hardly run let alone waddle. He probably just walked right up to it and put one in its brain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Uncommon, but they do exist. The big boys like this one are almost always found near river basins adjacent farm land. Here's another... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 25, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 25, 2007 That's the most disgusting thing I've ever read about! The kid apparently killed it with a pistol, too. The thing is so big it could hardly run let alone waddle. He probably just walked right up to it and put one in its brain. Not quite, I raised a few hogs, you would be surprised what that thing could do ! You would not want it chasing you, they are VERY strong. That hog could probably flip a car over if it wanted to, I have seen a couple in the #300 range uproot a nice oak tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom3 Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 A .50 cal pistol? Wow what a kick that must have...that kid is like something out of the wilderness legends... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 Wuzzer, you would be very surprised to see how fast a huge (Wild) pig can sprint. You would not stand a chance to out run any wild pig that I've ever seen or killed, the largest of which was in the 350 lb class, field dressed. My brother-in-law and I use to chase them with his helicopter and hurd them into the fishing tanks (large stock ponds). Then he'd drop me off to catch a small male that I would wrestle to the bank where he would land, and then we'd neuter or casturate them. Neutured male pigs grow fast and big, and they don't stink as bad as a big old bores. They can run a long long ways before tiring, and then when they do, they'll stand their ground fiercly. The picture that Jay posted is the largest pig I've ever seen, though I have hurd lots of "storys" from different ranchers along or near the RioGrande, back home. But make not mistake, wild pigs can run damn fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jheis Posted May 25, 2007 Share Posted May 25, 2007 An 11 year old hunting with a 50 caliber revolver, now that is something truly frightening. Since when did anyone hunt anything - let alone with a 1,000 # hog with a revolver? This story has bullshit (or, at least, stupidity) written all over it. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 to be honest I am too city to know any better, but what the heck do they eat to get that big? I mean seriously that one looks bigger than a cow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flannj Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 I'm not saying this is BS but Snopes adds a bit of info. http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/hogzilla.asp - Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Hogzilla was exaggerated. This one is documented. The kid chased the hog for three hours after the first five shots did not drop it. These huge hogs eat a heck of alot of crops and acorns. The head is being mounted at a taxidermy shop and the rest will be sausage. Sausage yield is estimated at 500 to 700 lbs. Now that is ALOT of sausage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 daddy dee, thanks for the description of what they ate. In my head I had thought of something on PBS nature where the crocodile takes down a water buffallo or something like a cow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flannj Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Hogzilla was exaggerated. This one is documented. The kid chased the hog for three hours after the first five shots did not drop it. These huge hogs eat a heck of alot of crops and acorns. The head is being mounted at a taxidermy shop and the rest will be sausage. Sausage yield is estimated at 500 to 700 lbs. Now that is ALOT of sausage. Dee, I know Hogzilla was BS. I posted the link because it referred to this kid at the end of the article. Some accounts (like FOX) refer to this animal as 9" 4" others like monsterpig.com state 10' 7". Documented? Hmmmm.... I wasn't there when the kid shot it or when it was measured. But I do agree these mutha's get huge and eat like, well... pigs, and they are seriously dangerous. Wish I could have seen it though. - Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkp Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 to be honest I am too city to know any better, but what the heck do they eat to get that big? I mean seriously that one looks bigger than a cow? Anything they want, Jay, anything they want!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flannj Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 An 11 year old hunting with a 50 caliber revolver, now that is something truly frightening. Since when did anyone hunt anything - let alone with a 1,000 # hog with a revolver? This story has bullshit written all over it. James Actually James, people do hunt large and even big game with revolvers. Deer, bear, and even moose. But hunting moose with a handgun has to be a death wish if you ask me. - Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peshewah Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Looks like one of my old girl friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flannj Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Looks like one of my old girl friends You dated Rosie O'Donnell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 Looks like one of my old girl friends You dated Rosie O'Donnell? I doubt the hog was as nasty.... But anyways flannj you said bigger game??? I don't quite think deer weigh 1000 pounds? or even bear?, moose maybe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flannj Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Looks like one of my old girl friends You dated Rosie O'Donnell? I doubt the hog was as nasty.... But anyways flannj you said bigger game??? I don't quite think deer weigh 1000 pounds? or even bear?, moose maybe Jay - I wrote "large" and "big game", they are generalized catagories in hunting. - Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 3:00 am.........Last call...............They all look beautiful.......................EH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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