Wild Hogs
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Wow! I'll get myself a shotgun, who's got a truck? Hunting boar is fun! :-D
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I just saw on Nat Geo Wild (Dr. Brady Barr) an episode where they said that wild "Judas Hogs" are plaguing the southern United States, destroying crops and farms and spreading diseases. What struck me as interesting, and got my BS senses tingling, is the staggering number of animals they mentioned. They were talking about millions of wild hogs here. Is it true? or should I add this show to my black list?
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Hogs have multiple offspring each year and no (or grossly inadequate numbers of) natural predators to control them so they are getting out of control. To make things even nicer wild boars are mean and don't have an instinctive fear of people. Pistols firing rounds[^]with as much kinetic energy as a full power .30cal rifle[^]bullet aren't created solely to cater to the people who have to have the biggest of everything. :rolleyes: Normal[^]pistol rounds don't have enough stopping power to effectively kill a charging boar (or grizzly/polar bear) before it rips you up enough that the forest service will probably find two dead bodies side by side, and if you've got the wrists to control it are much handier than a rifle.
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And that's just Texas! I got my sights set on Missouri for when I move there.
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Wow! I'll get myself a shotgun, who's got a truck? Hunting boar is fun! :-D
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Shotgun? Heh, firearms are for wusses. ;P You should use a bow. That'll put some hair on your chest. ;)
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Shotgun? Heh, firearms are for wusses. ;P You should use a bow. That'll put some hair on your chest. ;)
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I've got hair in exportable quantities thanks to my father's genes. And a fast growing bald spot on my pate :sigh:
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Hogs have multiple offspring each year and no (or grossly inadequate numbers of) natural predators to control them so they are getting out of control. To make things even nicer wild boars are mean and don't have an instinctive fear of people. Pistols firing rounds[^]with as much kinetic energy as a full power .30cal rifle[^]bullet aren't created solely to cater to the people who have to have the biggest of everything. :rolleyes: Normal[^]pistol rounds don't have enough stopping power to effectively kill a charging boar (or grizzly/polar bear) before it rips you up enough that the forest service will probably find two dead bodies side by side, and if you've got the wrists to control it are much handier than a rifle.
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Yeah, we've got 'em in here in the Middle East as well, though no where close to the numbers that I've heard mentioned. We usually go hunting boars if its not fowl season here. No deer though.
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Shotgun? Heh, firearms are for wusses. ;P You should use a bow. That'll put some hair on your chest. ;)
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Miszou wrote:
You should use a bow. That'll put some hair on your chest. Wink
Right up until the point where the annoyed, and barely injured, boar rips it off along with your hide. :laugh:
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I just saw on Nat Geo Wild (Dr. Brady Barr) an episode where they said that wild "Judas Hogs" are plaguing the southern United States, destroying crops and farms and spreading diseases. What struck me as interesting, and got my BS senses tingling, is the staggering number of animals they mentioned. They were talking about millions of wild hogs here. Is it true? or should I add this show to my black list?
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Well, I've seen over 40 in a 1 acre field where I hunt at in southern GA. While it doesn't account for millions, it still a high number and most of them were piglets, usually 406 in a litter per sow, which just means more breeding pairs. So, I doubt they were BSing about the number being in the millions. We've killed tons of them and gave the meat away and we never make a dent. There was a time when there weren't any hogs in the area that hunt in, but people started illegally releasing hogs, especially russian boars, and the numbers just soared. And as far as John being the most well armed programmer, I believe I may be able to give him a run for his money. :-D C
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Well, I've seen over 40 in a 1 acre field where I hunt at in southern GA. While it doesn't account for millions, it still a high number and most of them were piglets, usually 406 in a litter per sow, which just means more breeding pairs. So, I doubt they were BSing about the number being in the millions. We've killed tons of them and gave the meat away and we never make a dent. There was a time when there weren't any hogs in the area that hunt in, but people started illegally releasing hogs, especially russian boars, and the numbers just soared. And as far as John being the most well armed programmer, I believe I may be able to give him a run for his money. :-D C
CincDev wrote:
over 40 in a 1 acre field
Impressive to say the least.
CincDev wrote:
usually 406 in a litter per sow
Wow! Those sows must have a pelvis made from whale bone Titanium Adamantium[^]! ;)
CincDev wrote:
And as far as John being the most well armed programmer, I believe I may be able to give him a run for his money. Big Grin
Let the arms race begin! :laugh:
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CincDev wrote:
over 40 in a 1 acre field
Impressive to say the least.
CincDev wrote:
usually 406 in a litter per sow
Wow! Those sows must have a pelvis made from whale bone Titanium Adamantium[^]! ;)
CincDev wrote:
And as far as John being the most well armed programmer, I believe I may be able to give him a run for his money. Big Grin
Let the arms race begin! :laugh:
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I just saw on Nat Geo Wild (Dr. Brady Barr) an episode where they said that wild "Judas Hogs" are plaguing the southern United States, destroying crops and farms and spreading diseases. What struck me as interesting, and got my BS senses tingling, is the staggering number of animals they mentioned. They were talking about millions of wild hogs here. Is it true? or should I add this show to my black list?
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Yes I was attacked by wild hogs last night on the way home from soccer practice! The week before my wife was accosted by a trio of the filthy things, but she faced them down, and beat them to death with a teflon pan. Last month we had record muggings in NYC due to wild hogs, and last December I was in a bloody hand-to-hoof confrontation with one - I still have the scars on my elbow. Scary stuff, you couldn't make this up!!!
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Shotgun? Heh, firearms are for wusses. ;P You should use a bow. That'll put some hair on your chest. ;)
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A bow>!?!? A real man uses a boar spear. You might want to add cross guards to keep the not quite dead boar from charging up the spear to get you though.
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
I've read estimates of over 1.5 million in Texas alone.
I wonder if that figure holds true now, since John Simmons bought a new gun.
A .45 pistol ain't a hoggin' gun. A 30-30 lever-action rifle - now THAT is a good hoggin' gun... I have one of those (a Model 94 Winchester). :)
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Shotgun? Heh, firearms are for wusses. ;P You should use a bow. That'll put some hair on your chest. ;)
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But then you gotta chase your ammo. A rifle takes less time.
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Well, I've seen over 40 in a 1 acre field where I hunt at in southern GA. While it doesn't account for millions, it still a high number and most of them were piglets, usually 406 in a litter per sow, which just means more breeding pairs. So, I doubt they were BSing about the number being in the millions. We've killed tons of them and gave the meat away and we never make a dent. There was a time when there weren't any hogs in the area that hunt in, but people started illegally releasing hogs, especially russian boars, and the numbers just soared. And as far as John being the most well armed programmer, I believe I may be able to give him a run for his money. :-D C
CincDev wrote:
And as far as John being the most well armed programmer, I believe I may be able to give him a run for his money.
Watcha got?
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"...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 -
Yes I was attacked by wild hogs last night on the way home from soccer practice! The week before my wife was accosted by a trio of the filthy things, but she faced them down, and beat them to death with a teflon pan. Last month we had record muggings in NYC due to wild hogs, and last December I was in a bloody hand-to-hoof confrontation with one - I still have the scars on my elbow. Scary stuff, you couldn't make this up!!!
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Jim Crafton wrote:
I was in a bloody hand-to-hoof confrontation with one
:laugh:
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Hogs have multiple offspring each year and no (or grossly inadequate numbers of) natural predators to control them so they are getting out of control. To make things even nicer wild boars are mean and don't have an instinctive fear of people. Pistols firing rounds[^]with as much kinetic energy as a full power .30cal rifle[^]bullet aren't created solely to cater to the people who have to have the biggest of everything. :rolleyes: Normal[^]pistol rounds don't have enough stopping power to effectively kill a charging boar (or grizzly/polar bear) before it rips you up enough that the forest service will probably find two dead bodies side by side, and if you've got the wrists to control it are much handier than a rifle.
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Worked on a hog farm when I was a kid. Every so often you would get a big mean aggressive male. One of the other guys started carrying a gun, said the next time that hog came after him he was going to shoot it. It had torn a huge gash in his leg the month before. Well long story short, it attacked him again, never bothered me I think it just did not like him, he shot it in the head. Cheap nine mil, cheap bullets, the bullet bounced off the hogs thick skull and got him in the leg. Never slowed the hog down, two days later he was back to servicing the sows. One month later, they guy was still healing up, nasty infection.
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CincDev wrote:
over 40 in a 1 acre field
Impressive to say the least.
CincDev wrote:
usually 406 in a litter per sow
Wow! Those sows must have a pelvis made from whale bone Titanium Adamantium[^]! ;)
CincDev wrote:
And as far as John being the most well armed programmer, I believe I may be able to give him a run for his money. Big Grin
Let the arms race begin! :laugh:
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I just saw on Nat Geo Wild (Dr. Brady Barr) an episode where they said that wild "Judas Hogs" are plaguing the southern United States, destroying crops and farms and spreading diseases. What struck me as interesting, and got my BS senses tingling, is the staggering number of animals they mentioned. They were talking about millions of wild hogs here. Is it true? or should I add this show to my black list?
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I would be very surprised if they are truly "wild hogs." I would find it much more beliveable if they were in fact feral pigs because there is a big difference between the two. There have been articles in the local media around here (Oregon, USA) about the feral pig problem and I have run across one mountain biking. He was rather frightening actually so I cut my ride short that day.
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Shotgun? Heh, firearms are for wusses. ;P You should use a bow. That'll put some hair on your chest. ;)
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