Man shoots mammoth 820 pound wild hog in his front yard

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I’m kind of surprised a .38 did much more than make the hog mad. That’s a big freaking hog.
 
Yeah.

If you see the TV show, you see that these feral hogs are HUGE.

AND NASTY.

AND they cause tremendous damage to crops and other property.
 
ucfengr said:
I’m kind of surprised a .38 did much more than make the hog mad. That’s a big freaking hog.
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Since there were 3 shots, one must have been through the eye. I’ve seen what a feral hog can do to the land - not pretty.

At 800+lbs, that meat is gonna take a long time to cook. Gonna need a backhoe to dig the roasting pit!
 
Wendy1989 said:
Since there were 3 shots, one must have been through the eye. I’ve seen what a feral hog can do to the land - not pretty.

At 800+lbs, that meat is gonna take a long time to cook. Gonna need a backhoe to dig the roasting pit!
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There was a tv show in Hawaii in which they took down feral hogs with a bow and arrow.

Apart from the death wish aspect, the hogs must be easy to kill.
 
Allegra said:
Hmmm. I wonder if feral hogs taste as good as domesticated ones?
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Ive never heard anyone that has ever cooked one of those wild hogs, so probably do not taste so good, if they did, I would think lots of hunters would be hunting them and then their numbers would decrease.
 
Wendy1989 said:
Since there were 3 shots, one must have been through the eye. I’ve seen what a feral hog can do to the land - not pretty.

At 800+lbs, that meat is gonna take a long time to cook. Gonna need a backhoe to dig the roasting pit!
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Kind of disgusting if you ask me.
 
mikekle said:
Ive never heard anyone that has ever cooked one of those wild hogs, so probably do not taste so good, if they did, I would think lots of hunters would be hunting them and then their numbers would decrease.
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There are other hazards besides taste. Hogs can carry a number of human diseases and parasites. Among them is trichinosis, a deadly parasite. The pork one buys in the store is probably safe because domestic hogs are almost all raised in confinement now. Even so, one is advised to cook pork well. But a wild one would be very suspicious for trichinosis.

Feral hogs are proliferating in the U.S. That’s one reason, among others, why people in the countryside should NOT be firearm-restricted, including from owning “military appearing” semi-automatic weapons.
 
Ridgerunner said:
. The pork one buys in the store is probably safe
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…and absolutly tasteless. My brother raised some pigs which i helped butcher and got to keep a few cuts as a thank you. I was floored at how good it tasted. I will not buy the pork they sell in grocery stores any more.

As for this hog, im not sure i would want to eat it after it was (likely) left out overnight during an Alabama summer. I’ve not hunted ferel hogs myself but i am told by those who do the smaller one are “eating” pigs but the larger ones get to much of a strong flavor.
 
mikekle said:
Ive never heard anyone that has ever cooked one of those wild hogs, so probably do not taste so good, if they did, I would think lots of hunters would be hunting them and then their numbers would decrease.
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I understand they are hunted, but are pretty smart at hiding. And litters of piglets are quite large.
 
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