Hunting & Fishing 765lb piggy ----- someone shot wilbur!
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That's one big hog. I wonder how good the meat is on something that big.
That's one big hog. I wonder how good the meat is on something that big.
Re: 765lb piggy ----- someone shot wilbur!
If I took a Brangus bull calf and fed him out for a couple of years in a pen and then let him out in my pasture and one day shot the thing several times with a crossbow would it be any different from this story? Maybe the header would be "hunter takes huge black death beast"
It wasn't until the last few years that the hogzilla craze has become a news topic. Where were these 700-1200lb beast before the internets?
If I took a Brangus bull calf and fed him out for a couple of years in a pen and then let him out in my pasture and one day shot the thing several times with a crossbow would it be any different from this story? Maybe the header would be "hunter takes huge black death beast"
It wasn't until the last few years that the hogzilla craze has become a news topic. Where were these 700-1200lb beast before the internets?
Re: 765lb piggy ----- someone shot wilbur!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RJW</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks like a pure bred Hampshire hog, not a wild hog</div></div>
Hell no it's not wild. Furthermore, it didn't get that big either without some human help. Yes, it may have escaped its holding pen at some point and been "roaming wild", but it's not what's would be considered a wild boar. So many of the "wild" pigs now are crosses that may only be one or two generations away from previously being someone's show ring animals.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RJW</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks like a pure bred Hampshire hog, not a wild hog</div></div>
Hell no it's not wild. Furthermore, it didn't get that big either without some human help. Yes, it may have escaped its holding pen at some point and been "roaming wild", but it's not what's would be considered a wild boar. So many of the "wild" pigs now are crosses that may only be one or two generations away from previously being someone's show ring animals.
Re: 765lb piggy ----- someone shot wilbur!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: trevor300wsm</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RJW</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks like a pure bred Hampshire hog, not a wild hog</div></div>
Hell no it's not wild. Furthermore, it didn't get that big either without some human help. Yes, it may have escaped its holding pen at some point and been "roaming wild", but it's not what's would be considered a wild boar. So many of the "wild" pigs now are crosses that may only be one or two generations away from previously being someone's show ring animals. </div></div>
It's a very rare feral hog that gets over 525-550 pounds. I popped a 475 pound Piney Woods Rooter about fifteen years ago, and it was the third biggest the fella' at the check station had seen come through in the thirteen years he'd manned the gate. The critter in the pic above certainly doesn't appear to be more than one generation removed from domestic, and probably not even that. Still a grand porker to kill with a pointy stick, and that's a lot of sausage and ham. Good on him.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: trevor300wsm</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RJW</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Looks like a pure bred Hampshire hog, not a wild hog</div></div>
Hell no it's not wild. Furthermore, it didn't get that big either without some human help. Yes, it may have escaped its holding pen at some point and been "roaming wild", but it's not what's would be considered a wild boar. So many of the "wild" pigs now are crosses that may only be one or two generations away from previously being someone's show ring animals. </div></div>
It's a very rare feral hog that gets over 525-550 pounds. I popped a 475 pound Piney Woods Rooter about fifteen years ago, and it was the third biggest the fella' at the check station had seen come through in the thirteen years he'd manned the gate. The critter in the pic above certainly doesn't appear to be more than one generation removed from domestic, and probably not even that. Still a grand porker to kill with a pointy stick, and that's a lot of sausage and ham. Good on him.
Re: 765lb piggy ----- someone shot wilbur!
Spot on RJW
Hampshire
Pretty clean too. I think the ones that get that big in the wild would have a few battle scars on them. Or a tick, Something... That hog looks like he just came from the spa.
Spot on RJW
Hampshire
Pretty clean too. I think the ones that get that big in the wild would have a few battle scars on them. Or a tick, Something... That hog looks like he just came from the spa.
