I read that today....or maybe yesterday. It was a canned hunt.

 

I saw it in the paper but I didn't read about it, I guessed that's what it said. Either way that was a big *** hog, and an 11 year old shot it.

 

yup, shot a former pet in a caged in area........pretty impressive....
anyone have any other pets they want this kid to shoot?


Only thing I'm impressed by is the size of the hog.

 

I would't call 150 acres a caged area.

 

So I guess you have done better?

1000 pound hog farm raised or wild can still tear you up.
I still wouldn't have tracked out in a 150 acre plot with only a pistol for defense to hunt the thing. If he would have got a hold of him and his dad, then they probably would have bled to death before they could crawl back for help.

While it does degrade it some, it's still nothing to smug at, unless you can compete.

 

From what I understand, a pig goes feral as soon as it is released, or escapes, into the wild. The appearance of the hog will change in short order, too. Coarser hair around the shoulders and neck and the tusks get bigger.

 

I have been hog hunting and I can tell you that those are some mean sumbitches

 

But it was a caged area. Even though large, if you spend enough time walking it you'll find it..

 

You wouldn't track it on a 150 acre fenced in plot with a 50 cal? Do you even hunt? If not I can understand. But if so, then I don't know why you'd be scared to do it. I'd feel safe hunting anything with a 50cal.
I bet you his dad had a firearm as well. In fact, I can almost gurantee it.
And the fact that it had been a pet leaves you with very little chance of getting mauled. Don't get me wrong. It's a huge hog and I'd love to shoot it,(in the real wild) but far from wild and had limited space with no chance of escape. AND his family left out the details and made it seem like some wonderful accomplishment(sp?) when in reality anyone that could hold a gun could have done the same thing. They let the kid shoot it because it's fun for kids to get the kill. As an adult you'd want your kid to have a good time. And what better way than a caged in giant animal.

As far as size. No I can't compete with that. Who can? One thing is, we don't have wild hogs around here. Only deer and bear. But I know someone that owns a moose farm and I won't hunt there becase there is no sport in it.
The only way I can compete is at 12 yrs old, which was the first year they would allow us to take gun saftey, I took the course and and went deer hunting and shot a spike buck. I went into the woods, no fenced help, no guide and waited in a blind for 6 hours and shot my first deer. Now that's not a giant farm raised hog, but it took a lot more effort than what he put fourth.
And at 13 I shot a 9 point buck. They might not be as big as the pig, but a deer could do plenty of damage to me at that age. Also I plan to bear hunt as soon as soon as I get my name drawn now that I moved back to MN.
But hey, like I said. It didn't impress ME, but that's my opinion. If it impresses you than so be it... You know who can compete. The other member(forgot his name) that just shot a bear with a bow...now that takes skill and guts. He impressed me, and it's not even a record bear. It was an honest hunt with no gurantee of shooting an animal. As a hunter I'll never hunt a caged animal. No matter if the cage is 1 acre or 1000 acres it just seems silly to me.
RIP Fred.

 

I believe that it will go wild eventually. But in only 4 days?? I doubt that's enough time to really become wild. It may start acting different but spent it's whole life as a pet. I don't see how it could forget that in a matter of 4 days..


"The not-so-wild pig had been raised on an Alabama farm and was sold to the Lost Creek Plantation just four days before it was shot there in a 150-acre fenced area, the animal's former owner said.

 

No. I mean as soon as it hits the woods. It sounds freaky, I know. I can't find where I read it; but, I came across it while I was reading about the first Hogzilla. They discribe this pig as a pet in the article; but, from what I read, it was not actually domesticated in the sense that dogs are. It was kept penned up like any other hog would be. Penned hogs are far from tame. They got rid of it because it had become a nuisance and was scaring people. I wouldn't want to meet it in the woods. Period.

 

I feel ya. As far as scaring people I think they meant the looks of it.
They had to keep it outside once it got too big, dang I can imagine how trashed a house would be with an animal that big in it..

"he was hunting with father Mike Stone and two guides,His father said that just to be extra safe, he and the guides had high-powered rifles aimed and ready to fire in case the beast decided to charge" As the Blissitts recounted the events of the last two days, they told stories and made many references to the gentleness of their former "pet."
From his treats of canned sweet potatoes to how their grandchildren would play with him, their stories painted the picture of a gentle giant. They even talked about how their small Chihuahua would get in the pen with him and come out unscathed."

 

Just keep in mind that a well fed pig in a pen, and a hungry pig in the woods may have different temperaments.

 

Am I the only one getting hungry reading this?

 

Not I, just look at this...



Anyone with any experince with pigs at all knows how horriable that would taste. One slice of that and you won't eat pork for atleast 10 years. It would literally make you sick it's going to taste so bad.