This is one huge dead pig!

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

In case some of you don't want to see the largest dead pig I will just post the link.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PBKB5G0&show_article=1&image=large

[WayAbvPar]

Damn you! I was JUST coming here to post this! No one posts on Friday afternoons- I thought I was a shoe-in.

That thing is freakin' HUGE. I can't imagine shooting it with a pistol. That borders on suicidal.

[Merusk]

Beyond shooting it, I can't imagine chasing the fucker because it didn't die.

"Oh hey, a pig that's as tall as me, angry and wounded.. let's chase it through the woods!"

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

That kid had guts to shoot that pig, I know his dad and others were there too, but damm that thing is freaking huge. I did not know boars got that big.

[schild]

I fought a boar like that with my bare hands once. It killed me four times in fifteen minutes. I've learned my lesson.

[lovecraft]

I fought a boar like that with my bare hands once. It killed me four times in fifteen minutes. I've learned my lesson.

Classy.  Real Classy. 

[Chimpy]

That kid had guts to shoot that pig, I know his dad and others were there too, but damm that thing is freaking huge. I did not know boars got that big.

The story seems a bit far fetched, just like the whole Hogzilla one. There was a Explorer episode on the National Geograpic channel a couple months ago, the pig was huge but not as big as the story said it was. It was also photoshopped to make it look bigger.

The idea of an 11 year old kid walking around with a .50 caliber revolver seems suspect to me.

If it is true, most likely they will find that the "wild" pig is actually either an escaped domestic hog or offspring of a domestic pig. There are domestic breeds that have been bred to be nearly the size of cattle.

[Sir Fodder]

Sad that their only impulse is to kill such a creature. "Hey look at that! amazing! lets kill it!"

[Murgos]

I probably won't ever kill anything else that big.

[CmdrSlack]

Sad that their only impulse is to kill such a creature. "Hey look at that! amazing! lets kill it!"

Yeah, imagine that.  On a hunting trip.

[Llava]

I thought of Princess Mononoke.  Anyone else?

[Lantyssa]

If it is true, most likely they will find that the "wild" pig is actually either an escaped domestic hog or offspring of a domestic pig. There are domestic breeds that have been bred to be nearly the size of cattle.

There are millions of feral pigs across the nation.  They are, by definition, the offspring of escaped pigs.  They've been around since the 1800's (and any new escapees).  The only native pig-like animal in North America is the javelina.

Farmers and ranchers hate them because they eat just about anything, tear up crops and grass, destroy fences, and breed like rabbits.  Once they're larger than piglets they have no natural enemies and old boars are as mean as they are large.  And tough.  I've always disliked it when a pack comes out near me.

The idea of an 11 year old kid walking around with a .50 caliber revolver seems suspect to me.

In Alabama from a hunting family?  It doesn't surprise me at all.  A family friend let his kids walk around with an AR-15 and Mini-14 in their early teens.  I was left on my own with a .243 when I was around twelve or so because I had proven to be mature enough to handle it, and he was with a guide and two other hunters.

That thing is freakin' HUGE. I can't imagine shooting it with a pistol. That borders on suicidal.

It's a .50 caliber.  If that cannot take it down I don't know what can.  In comparison my old rifle is a .270.  Granted rifles have more powder.

Regardless, shooting that thing at ALL is suicidal.  A tiny three foot tall boar scares the Bejezus out of me.

[Righ]

Eight rounds from a 500H to down it. Pretty piss poor shooting.

He says he prefers hunting pheasants. I can't imagine that there's much left after you've hit one with a .50 cal. Magnum round.

[Miasma]

You guys are allowed to hunt with handguns?

[hal]

Varies by state and region but if you can use rifles you can probally use pistols. I am in Ohio now and deer hunting is a shotgun with slug round only. i recently lived in Tennessee where gun season was any leagal gun including handguns. It just varies but the south (old Confederacy) is likely more liberal in this regard.

Edit: You can buy a rifled (slug only ) shotgun. Why is this not a rifle? Because the caliper is 12 gauge so it is a shotgun. Ya, go figure.

[Chimpy]

Edit: You can buy a rifled (slug only ) shotgun. Why is this not a rifle? Because the caliper is 12 gauge so it is a shotgun. Ya, go figure.

'Shotgun' is a classification for the type of amunition casing used. I believe in all shotgun ammunition, the projectile is entirely enclosed inside of the shell casing (I am not totally up on the entire gamut of ammunition these days, but I am relatively certain of that detail).

Just like how muskets made from the Civil War era on had rifled barrels, but they are considered muskets or muzzle-loaders by terminology.

[Merusk]

You guys are allowed to hunt with handguns?

Fuck, we're still allowed to hunt with Bow & Arrow if we want to.   The theory seems to be, "you want to wound an animal and then have deal with it, it's your own funeral."

Eight rounds from a 500H to down it. Pretty piss poor shooting.

Well, I'd agree if it weren't a handgun.  Short barrel and such I can't imagine he was in optimal range for something so damn big.

[angry.bob]

I thought of Princess Mononoke.  Anyone else?

Yup, my second thought was too bad a giant wolf didn't jump out of the tree line, grab the kid in it's jaws, and then run off. My third thought was too bad the thing didn't charge the kid after the first shot and trample him a bit. Maybe not kill him, but make it so he couldn't use his arms again.

All hunting should be done with punch daggers lashed to your forearms.

[Fabricated]

That kid is an awful shot. Boars are tough animals though.

[Zonk]

I thought of Princess Mononoke.  Anyone else?

My first thought was of Mononoke. My second was, "I am never, ever, ever, going into the woods again." I bet I look like Good Eats to a boar that large.
Plus, as they say, "there are bears outside".

fixed link - Samwise

[Tebonas]

Not anymore, that boar ate them.

[Nebu]

"It feels really good," Jamison, of Pickensville, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. "It's a good accomplishment. I probably won't ever kill anything else that big."

Accomplishment?  You shot a big fucking pig.  How the hell is that an accomplishment?  Oh look Earl, it's a big pig... I think I'll kill it to feel more like a man!  No wonder Bush won these states. 

[Llava]

Accomplishment?  You shot a big fucking pig.  How the hell is that an accomplishment?  Oh look Earl, it's a big pig... I think I'll kill it to feel more like a man!  No wonder Bush won these states. 

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7rwUdL9qXjk

[Righ]

Accomplishment?  You shot a big fucking pig.  How the hell is that an accomplishment?  Oh look Earl, it's a big pig... I think I'll kill it to feel more like a man!  No wonder Bush won these states. 

You'd let a nine year old vote too if he pointed that gun at you.

[Strazos]

Screw the pig, WHAT ABOUT THE BACON?!

[Murgos]

That pig was probably inedible.  I have talked to guys that hunt wild pigs down in the Everglades and they say that a lot of them are so infected and nasty that the pigs are practically putrescent while they are alive.  Vile animals.

Bacon is tasty though.

[Lantyssa]

Boar meat is extremely tough and they smell horrible, too.  Like make you gag horrible.  My dad only takes the meat from sows or really young boars.  Ones over a few years old he leaves for the vultures.  (We're not normally into leaving anything, but he's hunting these primarily for population control.  I wasn't kidding about them breeding like rabbits.)

[Azazel]

That pig was probably inedible.  I have talked to guys that hunt wild pigs down in the Everglades and they say that a lot of them are so infected and nasty that the pigs are practically putrescent while they are alive.  Vile animals.

Bacon is tasty though.

Mike Stone is having sausage made from the rest of the animal. "We'll probably get 500 to 700 pounds," he said.

mmmm-hmmmmm!

[rk47]

http://www.monsterpig.com/

Anyone seen this yet? LOL the negative comments are hilarious

[Paelos]

My friends that hunt here in Georgia mostly are duck/deer people, but they have seen a few pigs wandering around before and bagged a couple. Typically, the meat is ok if you give it over to a meat processor and then cook it fully. They also used to only keep about 50 pounds of whatever they would find, and then donate the rest of the meat to various homeless shelters in the metroplex. I think all hunters should do the same if you can't eat it all.

People that don't eat their kill should be shot in my book.

[Samwise]

People that don't eat their kill should be shot in my book.

And then eaten, right?  Otherwise it's just a vicious circle.

[Nebu]

I used to work my summers/falls as a guide in northern Minnesota/canada for hunters and fisherman.  Here is a summary of what I learned.

1) Hunting with a gun is not a sport.  Tracking is a sport.  There is nothing difficult about killing an animal with a high powered rifle.  Tracking and finding animals is the element that requires skill.  Hunting with a bow is marginally skillful, depending on the tech of the equipment. 

2) Hunters tend to take the genetically strong specimens preferentially.  This is ultimately bad for the herd.  Thinning the herd is important, but the way hunters do it isn't ideal.

3) Most hunters are too lazy to track wounded animals and should have their licenses revoked.  FOREVER. 

I am not against gun ownership and hunting as a general principle.  I just will never understand how anyone can get pleasure from taking the life of a beautiful creature.  When I came to this realization in my youth, I stopped facilitating people (and stopped guiding).  Tracking is a skill and I will always respect those that are able to do it well.  People with a vast knowledge of nature always amaze me and I've always wanted to learn from them. 

/Rant off

[Paelos]

People that don't eat their kill should be shot in my book.

And then eaten, right?  Otherwise it's just a vicious circle.

Oh certainly, the average fatass American hunter would have some great marbling.

EDIT: Oh and Nebu, we hunt because it's tasty. I don't go around putting heads on walls or that other trophy bullshit. I especially like ducks, and they aren't pretty at all.

[Furiously]

I just will never understand how anyone can get pleasure from taking the life of a beautiful creature. 

Meat tastes good.

[Strazos]

Venison makes some fine jerky.