The REAL Hogzilla!....(link)

So whats hard to believe about a monster pig? Few & far between, granted, but I believe they're out there.

How many of you trust your 11 year old kid with a .22, let alone handgun, let alone a .500 s&w?
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Sounding off. My kids are grown now but I trusted them at age 11 and hunted with them. I trust them more than most adults. It all depends on how they're raised. Generally speaking you are correct in your implication, but safe kids are out there. Possibly as few & far between as monster pigs, but real nonetheless.
 
What was the point of killing it?

I'm all for self defence and hunting FOR FOOD, but hunting for sport has always eluded me; isn't it just murder then?
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You cannot murder an animal that is not human. Murder is by definition the malicious killing of one human by another. I had this same discussion with Cheygriz a while back. He conceaded he was wrong but still says he "murders" animals just because it sounds cool.:rolleyes:

Anyway kingofattendance, I hope for your sake that you have never killed a mouse in a mouse trap without eating it. If you have, I'm afraid I'll have to call you a murderer. I hope you've never killed a mosquito that was biting you. If so, by your defenition, you are a murderer. Get it yet?

Wild hogs ruin crops, groundhogs and prarie dogs ruin fields, crows ruin crops, coyotes wreak havoc to the population of indigenous animals and so on.

I wouldn't eat a rat, but I'll kill everyone I can.

Anyway, the picture looks very fake, the story sounds very made up, but stranger things have happened I suppose.
 
Kingofattendance, im not too sure what the circumstances were mate, neither do you. A pig that size who be capable of rooting up a fair bit of hard won farming ground, or quite a few expensive sheep too...
As for hunting for sport, many people hunt, not because they need the meat which they end up using regardless, but because they enjoy THE SPORT.
 
Well said mrawesome22

They are saying wild hogs will be in 46 of the 50 states by 2020.
They have no natural enemies to stop them.

I was shocked the first time I got to see how bad just 3 hogs can dig up a field looking for food.
 
There are new pictures added at the monster pig page just since yesterday - hmmm.

Pigs do have coyotes as enemies when they're piglets. I'm sure a bear, puma, bobcat, & wolf would eat a piglet or small pig too, if the mother is not around to fight them, or if they can snatch & run.

OK, good point about trusting certain 11 yr olds - you are correct - it's all in how they're raised, and how mature the particular kid is.
 
Tried searching the Anniston Star (local newspaper) and couldn't find anything about it. Not saying it didn't happen, just saying I couldn't find any mention of it in the local Anniston newspaper.
 
They've put up some new pics since last night I see.

Is it just me, or does the hog look MUCH smaller in the tractor pic compared to the other pictures?
 
It's not just you. Wonder why the OP is a one-post wonder on this subject, with no follow-up? Since you're local, Smitty908, surely you can give us some more detail / proof on this, right?
 
As an aside, this is an interesting comparison, from Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogzilla

Look down toward the bottom there after the story of the Alapaha hogzilla:

Local newsmedia reported that on January 5th, 2007 a 1,100 pound (500 kg) hog was shot in Fayetteville, near Atlanta, Georgia. The shooter was William Corsey, who hung the specimen from a tree in his yard. Neighbors reported that the animal had been seen in the neighboorhood several times over the preceding days. Corsey said he hauled it to a truck weigh station, where he says the hog weighed in at 1,100 pounds. A spokesperson from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said that large boars and feral hogs were common in South Georgia, but that no records are kept on them. The media latched on to the notion that this animal rivals the size of Hogzilla. [3]
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Here's more on the Alapaha one:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7264865/

http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/channel/blog/2005/03/explorer_hogzilla.html
 
I remember a story on them unearthing hogzilla. Measured him at like 12 feet or a little under. Not the 13 or 15 as was told in legend.
 
I ain't buying this hogwash! :barf:

I want to see a proper picture to scale. All those pics appear to be forced perspective shots from where I'm sitting.

Big daddy needs to stand there, grab the pig by it's ears and lift it's head. Or junior needs to climb up on it's back and pick the pig's ears up.

That way there can be no forced pespective pics like the ones I believe are being shown on that website.
 
Everybody takes their game photos in a manner that improves on the size perpectives...

But 1000 lbs is 1000 lbs!

I've had some small experience with hogs and that Sumbitch is a really big hog!

And he's pretty photogenic too! :D :D :D
 
ever work with hogs?

Those da*n things can't be hurt, except on the nose, or by the heat. We only had the 300 400 lb. varieties too, hamps, durocs, nothing close to a 1/2 ton. Some were timid, a few weren't, esp. the sows in the farrowing (birthing) shed... that's why there were put in "crates". They eat anything, even their own young sometimes... and a feral one wandering about would pose a pretty serious threat if it caught you or the wife/kids out in the yard.

So, here's the 2 cents from the farmboy who done good... those metrosexual hand-cream wearers who might be abhorred by the "murder" of this dear sweet animal might take time to reconsider over their bacon tomorrow morning. Or do you even eat meat? Or ever been to a farm?

2 Americas? John E. might not be so ignorant after all...
 
FirstFreedom, I really enjoy reading your posts and think you are a great asset to this forum, but I have to disagree with your age assumptions.

How many of you trust your 11 year old kid with a .22, let alone handgun, let alone a .500 s&w?
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I was enjoying firearms since the age of 6 years old. My father instilled in me the respect any firearm deserves. Whether it be a handgun, rifle, shotgun, my father taught me the importance of safe firearm handling.

By the time I was 10 I was allowed to get any gun I wanted and go into the field by myself. I usually grabbed the .22LR and popped chipmunks LOL.

I believe age has nothing to do with maturity. I believe the people who raised you has a lot to do with maturity.

When my boy is 11, I'll garantee you he'll be a great shot with a 500S&W:D Though I'm sure the 22LR will get used much more often:)
 
Yeah, I understand now...I did an about face in post #26 above on this page. :) Both your kid and mine (when we have) will be an ace on the .500 s&w at age 11!
 
Let's see.

The original hogzilla - the Alapaha one - was supposed to be 12 foot, and 1,000 lbs. It ended up being 7.5-8 feet, and 800 lbs. That's a 50% exaggeration of length, and a 25% exaggeration of weight.

This new one is supposed to be 1,051 lbs, and 10.6 feet long. Only time will tell whether or not that is an exaggeration.

Regardless, they are both BIG! (unless completely, elaborately hoaxed with a stuffed dummy animal)

Now, how do we know that they are not simply farmed-raised swine, shot, with a made-up hunting story added? I dunno; good question.

those metrosexual hand-cream wearers who might be abhorred by the "murder" of this dear sweet animal might take time to reconsider over their bacon tomorrow morning.
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Bwaaaahahaha! :D
 
I guess the part of the story that doesn't jibe for me is the idea of an 11-year-old kid shooting the .500. Hey, I had my own .22 rifle at that age, and wouldn't have been "afraid" of any normal-sized pistol. But several shots from a .500? Color me dubious. I'd readily believe that one of the "old folks" did the shooting and let the kid have the credit. That's common among deer hunters.

Feral hogs can get very big, so even some exaggeration about the size of this one isn't any big deal. It's just what folks do. Just like fish, if he'd gotten away, he'd have been even bigger. :D

Art
 
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