The REAL Hogzilla!....(link)

Smitty908 · May 17, 2007, 12:45 PM

WOW. This was killed just a little north of my hometown the other day!

http://www.monsterpig.com/

-Tim

VUPDblue · May 17, 2007, 12:58 PM

Looks a lot like a R.O.U.S to me...

Aint photography wonderful...

mikejonestkd · May 17, 2007, 01:04 PM

Rodents of unusual size?

I love the princess bride!!!

Just trying to get a post in this one before the lock...

KingofAttendance · May 17, 2007, 01:05 PM

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?

Trapp · May 17, 2007, 01:10 PM

Someone's going to get some food:

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More Pictures and Video Coming Soon - Hog is being mounted - Many witnesses - Sausage available!

kickshot85 · May 17, 2007, 03:21 PM

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Jamison is now looking for a big shotgun and hoping Dragons are real.

I'd love to join him on that one!

Also would like to add that anytime you kill an animal, be it for food or sport, the animal DIES. In this case, the hog is going to be processed so, it was for food.

VUPDblue · May 17, 2007, 04:09 PM

Might make for a heck of a story if it were true... I, for one, just don't buy it. They might have had me hooked if not for those pictures

Pappy John · May 17, 2007, 04:17 PM

Yeah....those camera angles look a little suspect. Like the people were sitting quite a few yards behind the beast.

I could do the same thing with my border collie and make it look like she goes 400 lbs.

FirstFreedom · May 17, 2007, 04:24 PM

So an 11 year old boy was chasing and shooting at this hog for 3 hours, over a mile distance, and landing 16 out of (??) shots from a .500 S&W revolver, before it keeled over?

How many of you trust your 11 year old kid with a .22, let alone handgun, let alone a .500 s&w?

That's just the first of several issues I have with this tall tale.

FirstFreedom · May 17, 2007, 04:29 PM

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I'm all for self defence and hunting FOR FOOD, but hunting for sport has always eluded me; isn't it just murder then?

Well, depends. First, some definitions: If I am hunting and I actually eat the meat that I kill, but ALSO enjoy it as a sport, then am I

-"hunting for food", or
-"hunting for sport", or
-both

the way you define things?

ConcealCarryNY · May 17, 2007, 04:52 PM

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I'm all for self defence and hunting FOR FOOD, but hunting for sport has always eluded me; isn't it just murder then?

Lets replace any reference of hunting to a referrence of an assault weapon.

"i'm all for self defense and shooting but the private ownership of assault weapons has always eluded me; isn't it just for murders then?

This is why the gun owning populace of america has to worry about losing its RKBA. It doesn't matter if you hunt, shoot skeet, collect milsurps, run IPDA, or own NFA firearms. If we let the anti gun crowd divide us then history shows we will be conquered.

Oh and on a totally off topic issue that has bothered me for a while; if you call a hunter a Fudd does that mean hunters can call you black rifle toting looney tunes? I own black rifles and I totally support the idea of the general populace being allowed to have NFA weapons with no registration so don't go calling me Jim F**king Zumbo

Jason_G · May 17, 2007, 05:30 PM

Looks like the angles were used to exaggerate a good bit to me.

Jason

Scorch · May 17, 2007, 05:46 PM

I thought the .500 S&W was supposed to be good for anything up to and including small armored personnel carriers!?!? 16 shots??? Is that how many he shot or how many it took to kill it? It doesn't sound all that impressive to me if it took that many rounds to put it down! I've shot a few big hogs with a 44 Mag and my 7X57. Never a 1,000 pounder, but I never had one run a mile before dropping, either. I sure wouldn't go on the Internet bragging that I couldn't shoot well enough to kill a pig with a cannon!

Maybe hogs are getting tougher, just like those Kevlar deer I keep reading about.

fisherman66 · May 17, 2007, 05:50 PM

I'm ashamed to admit it, but sometimes I hold my fish out toward the camera. It's a good thing I have T-Rex arms, 'cause they really are monster fish.

Jason_G · May 17, 2007, 06:02 PM

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It's a good thing I have T-Rex arms, 'cause they really are monster fish.

LOL

Jason

fisherman66 · May 17, 2007, 06:29 PM

Should be a picture from Deliverance. Squeal like a pig.

kingudaroad · May 17, 2007, 06:35 PM

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Should be a picture from Deliverance. Squeal like a pig

Ned Beatty had that same look on his face as that hog.

fisherman66 · May 17, 2007, 06:43 PM

http://squealpiggie.ytmnd.com/

MDman · May 17, 2007, 07:12 PM

actually this could be real, the proportion of the pig to the things around the pig on the ground look about right....I would like it to be real. Course if you told my you found a nest of dragons, I would be the first to grab the 10 gauge.

PTR 91 · May 17, 2007, 07:33 PM

Bacon for all

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Edward429451 · May 17, 2007, 08:20 PM

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

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How many of you trust your 11 year old kid with a .22, let alone handgun, let alone a .500 s&w?

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.

mrawesome22 · May 17, 2007, 09:10 PM

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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?

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.

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.

Mike U. · May 17, 2007, 11:33 PM

+1

dirty habit · May 18, 2007, 12:54 AM

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.

45reloader · May 18, 2007, 04:09 AM

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.

May 17, 2007, 12:45 PM	#1
Smitty908 Member Join Date: April 30, 2007 Location: Wetumpka, AL Posts: 15	The REAL Hogzilla!....(link) WOW. This was killed just a little north of my hometown the other day! http://www.monsterpig.com/ -Tim

May 17, 2007, 12:58 PM	#2
VUPDblue Senior Member Join Date: December 18, 2005 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 1,981	Looks a lot like a R.O.U.S to me... Aint photography wonderful... __________________ Silencers have NEVER been illegal !

May 17, 2007, 01:04 PM	#3
mikejonestkd Senior Member Join Date: January 3, 2006 Location: Brockport, NY Posts: 3,717	Rodents of unusual size? I love the princess bride!!! Just trying to get a post in this one before the lock... __________________ You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

May 17, 2007, 04:09 PM	#7
VUPDblue Senior Member Join Date: December 18, 2005 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 1,981	Might make for a heck of a story if it were true... I, for one, just don't buy it. They might have had me hooked if not for those pictures __________________ Silencers have NEVER been illegal !

May 17, 2007, 04:17 PM	#8
Pappy John Senior Member Join Date: March 29, 2001 Location: the lower Susquehanna Valley Posts: 848	Yeah....those camera angles look a little suspect. Like the people were sitting quite a few yards behind the beast. I could do the same thing with my border collie and make it look like she goes 400 lbs. __________________ Badgers???? We don't need no steenking badgers!!!!

May 17, 2007, 01:05 PM	#4
KingofAttendance Registration in progress Join Date: September 4, 2006 Posts: 100	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?

May 17, 2007, 04:24 PM	#9
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,451	So an 11 year old boy was chasing and shooting at this hog for 3 hours, over a mile distance, and landing 16 out of (??) shots from a .500 S&W revolver, before it keeled over? How many of you trust your 11 year old kid with a .22, let alone handgun, let alone a .500 s&w? That's just the first of several issues I have with this tall tale.

May 17, 2007, 05:30 PM	#12
Jason_G Senior Member Join Date: December 18, 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,902	Looks like the angles were used to exaggerate a good bit to me. Jason Last edited by Jason_G; May 18, 2007 at 09:12 PM.

May 17, 2007, 05:46 PM	#13
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	I thought the .500 S&W was supposed to be good for anything up to and including small armored personnel carriers!?!? 16 shots??? Is that how many he shot or how many it took to kill it? It doesn't sound all that impressive to me if it took that many rounds to put it down! I've shot a few big hogs with a 44 Mag and my 7X57. Never a 1,000 pounder, but I never had one run a mile before dropping, either. I sure wouldn't go on the Internet bragging that I couldn't shoot well enough to kill a pig with a cannon! Maybe hogs are getting tougher, just like those Kevlar deer I keep reading about. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

May 17, 2007, 05:50 PM	#14
fisherman66 Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2005 Location: The Woodlands TX Posts: 4,679	I'm ashamed to admit it, but sometimes I hold my fish out toward the camera. It's a good thing I have T-Rex arms, 'cause they really are monster fish. __________________ la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!

May 17, 2007, 06:29 PM	#16
fisherman66 Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2005 Location: The Woodlands TX Posts: 4,679	Should be a picture from Deliverance. Squeal like a pig. __________________ la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!

May 17, 2007, 06:43 PM	#18
fisherman66 Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2005 Location: The Woodlands TX Posts: 4,679	http://squealpiggie.ytmnd.com/ __________________ la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!

May 17, 2007, 07:12 PM	#19
MDman Senior Member Join Date: March 19, 2007 Location: maryland Posts: 535	actually this could be real, the proportion of the pig to the things around the pig on the ground look about right....I would like it to be real. Course if you told my you found a nest of dragons, I would be the first to grab the 10 gauge.

May 17, 2007, 07:33 PM	#20
PTR 91 Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2007 Posts: 264	Bacon for all .

May 17, 2007, 11:33 PM	#23
Mike U. Senior Member Join Date: April 2, 2007 Location: In Oz, next door to the Lollipop Guild's HQ Posts: 404	+1

May 18, 2007, 12:54 AM	#24
dirty habit Member Join Date: December 18, 2006 Location: New Zealand Posts: 57	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. __________________ Happiness.......is a warm gun

May 18, 2007, 04:09 AM	#25
45reloader Senior Member Join Date: May 20, 2006 Location: PA Posts: 669	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.