820 lb. Hog Killed With .38
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I'm skeptical about huge "wild" hogs ever since the Hogzilla fiasco. Here in Fla. wild hogs almost never reach 300 lbs. All of the hogs I've killed were under 180 lbs. This may be a genuine "wild" hog but it makes more sense that someone wormed it and poured the corn to it. It's difficult to tell from the photo if it has been cut and is a barrow.
PS: I wouldn't want to get close enough to a big hog where a .38 special would be lethal.
PS: I wouldn't want to get close enough to a big hog where a .38 special would be lethal.
I'm skeptical about huge "wild" hogs ever since the Hogzilla fiasco. Here in Fla. wild hogs almost never reach 300 lbs. All of the hogs I've killed were under 180 lbs. This may be a genuine "wild" hog but it makes more sense that someone wormed it and poured the corn to it. It's difficult to tell from the photo if it has been cut and is a barrow.
PS: I wouldn't want to get close enough to a big hog where a .38 special would be lethal.
Here's an 807 lb. hog shot at a Texas ranch:
everydefense
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Already posted here:
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/who-said-38-special-wasnt-any-good.824181/
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https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/who-said-38-special-wasnt-any-good.824181/
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RPRNY
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Guy's crazy to have used a .38. Clearly this was a job for a Taurus Judge with Federal buckshot...
Choctaw
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I know you can kill a hog with a .38. What I'm having a very hard time with is a free-ranging hog being able to obtain this size in the wild. On a high fenced ranch yes, in the wild I just don't think so.
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Quite a few years ago, some guy posted a photo of a big sow. It was hanging by a ranch gate. Judging by the usual size of such a gate, I could believe the claim of 540 pounds.
In this current instance, I saw a claim of six-inch tushes. Gotta be an old hog for that length, seems like.
In this current instance, I saw a claim of six-inch tushes. Gotta be an old hog for that length, seems like.
alsaqr
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That hog was not raised in the wild. Wild hogs have a hard scrabble life in the best of times. 300 pound wild hogs are rare, 350 pound wild hogs are very rare and 400 pound wild hogs are nearly non existent.
The hog hunting ranches often buy hogs at the stock sales.
The hog hunting ranches often buy hogs at the stock sales.
JeffG
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Shot placement is everything. I wonder when the farmer's hog broke out.....
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I've recently ditched everything for just two guns - a judge and a circuit judge. There's nothing on earth I can't take now!
But seriously, not much of a "hunt" if this "hunter" stepped outside his door and luckily dropped an 800 pound hog... and this gem: "It's so humid down here, it had to hang all night. I wouldn't trust the meat," he said.
God forbid you do your kill any amount of respect and at least process what you can...
Patocazador
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That's exactly what this hog's history probably is. It's also convenient that it was 'found and shot' by a taxidermist.
JeffG
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Not seeing evidence of a scrotum....a barrow?
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Thanks for the inspirational advice guys. I've been considering a Circuit Judge. It would be a nice addition to the collection. Again thanks it's
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You're welcome.
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No! Hogs are just like other mammals and have what is called "determinate growth." That means that their long bones stop growing at maturity, just like yours did and just like your dog's did, deers do, etc. Now, the hog may continue to put on weigh, just like you might, but the hog won't actually "grow" their entire lives. In the case of long bones, you have the diaphysis (bone shaft) and epiphyses (ends of the long bones) and a cartilaginous gap between them called the metaphysis where the growth is occurring. When growth ceases, the metaphysis disappears and the epiphysis fuses to diaphysis.
Various poikilothermic taxa such as some fishes, amphibians, and reptiles have "indeterminate growth" and may continue to grow their entire lives, think alligators here, but their growth does slow down with age.
Whatever the origin, it was certainly wild at the time it was killed.
Gun Master
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Glad your daughter, rest of family (and you) are OK !
Good shooting !
S&W .38 Special is often demeaned.
Guess that rules out hog's head cheese (souse) ?
alsaqr
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"Whatever the origin, it was certainly wild at the time it was killed."
So says the taxidermist.
Since 2000 i've hunted and killed a few hundred wild hogs and trapped a couple hundred more. Largest one weighed was 384 pounds. Recently killed one that was probably larger but it was not weighed.
Most hogs killed at "hunting ranches" are stock sale hogs or wild hogs that were trapped and sold. This Oklahoma hog hunting ranch was buying 2,000 hogs per year when the new hog rules went into effect. Now they are crying:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watch/new-rules-for-feral-hog-hunting-cause-an-uproar/vi-AAjcYEm
So says the taxidermist.
Since 2000 i've hunted and killed a few hundred wild hogs and trapped a couple hundred more. Largest one weighed was 384 pounds. Recently killed one that was probably larger but it was not weighed.
Most hogs killed at "hunting ranches" are stock sale hogs or wild hogs that were trapped and sold. This Oklahoma hog hunting ranch was buying 2,000 hogs per year when the new hog rules went into effect. Now they are crying:
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watch/new-rules-for-feral-hog-hunting-cause-an-uproar/vi-AAjcYEm
I also don't believe this hog was bred in the wild. Not at that size. But an escaped pig with those genetics could possibly breed with a big feral sow and have a litter of piglets with the genetic potential to grow to an increased size of say 500-600lbs. Maybe larger. Depends on food and environmental situation.
Choctaw
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An 800 lbs wild hog fits in the same category as Bigfoot and UFOs.
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Found this comment on http://www.al.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2017/07/man_shoots_820_pound_wild_hog.html :
Local Newspaper 'Dothan Eagle tonights release':
There’s no doubt that Wade Seago shot an enormous hog outside his home last week, but whether the hog was wild is debatable.
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Local Newspaper 'Dothan Eagle tonights release':
There’s no doubt that Wade Seago shot an enormous hog outside his home last week, but whether the hog was wild is debatable.
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alsaqr
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Thanks for the rest of the story.
Couple months ago i pulled up to a stop sign in the country. Off to the left was a huge black boar hog; at least 700 pounds. There are three homes in that area. A lady answered the door at the second house. Lady said she had a huge boar hog but he had never escaped his pen before. She got a bucket of hog chow and the hog followed her into the pen. i repaired the pen and left.
Would it make you feel better to call it a feral hog? It was certainly that.
"A feral pig is a domestic pig that has escaped or been released into the wild, and is living more or less as a wild animal; or one that is descended from such animals."
Big7
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Reason for that is because it will never happen.
That thing got out of a pen and wound up in the guy's front yard.
Bet the egg money on that one.
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