May 26, 2007
YOU SHOULD SEE THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY...:
Boy purportedly tops 'Hogzilla' kill (AP, 5/26/07)
>Hogzilla is being made into a horror movie. But the sequel may be even bigger: Meet Monster Pig. An 11-year-old Alabama boy used a pistol to kill a wild hog his father says weighed a staggering 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires.
If the claims are accurate, Jamison Stone's trophy boar would be bigger than Hogzilla, the famed wild hog that grew to seemingly mythical proportions after being killed in south Georgia in 2004.
Hogzilla originally was thought to weigh 1,000 pounds and measure 12 feet in length. National Geographic experts who unearthed its remains believe the animal actually weighed about 800 pounds and was 8 feet long.
Gonna need bigger chickens for the bacon and eggs... Posted by Orrin Judd at May 26, 2007 9:28 PM
Hunting feral pigs with a handgun is an experience. In Virginia, they can come out of the thick undergrowth at you and tear you open with their tusks. And the meat is quite good. At least with the medium size animals.
Posted by: Pete at May 26, 2007 11:24 PM"and tear you open with their tusks. And the meat is quite good."
Which flesh are you referring to? :)
Posted by: obc at May 27, 2007 9:38 AM