big pig

[clint 45]

hello hunting men, I get this picture from friend, i ask where is this ? It a monster, i shoot pigs in europe ,but no like this !!

[bob.243 9,008]

Yeh yeh. :nea:

[sh 08 17]

the bloke behind is kneeling down and if this was true you would only just see his hat if that. unlcky mate should of used a different man lol

[clint 45]

He joke with me ,yes.he use computer he say. I kick his azz, when i see.

[waidmann 105]

that photo was in the german dog and gun a while back as a world record "boar" the "bloke" is actually a young lad who chased this feral hog around putting a lot of .357 magnum bullets(yes a handgun,it was in the usa) into it untill it died (his dad was with him) i think it weighed in at around 350kg or something.

i may be wrong but it looks like the same pic.

atb

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

Same pig mentioned...but the photo above was way more photoshopped than the original. No need really, as the actual pig was gigantic anyway . I also believe I had read that it was a barr pig as opposed to a boar; meaning it was caught when young and his balls were removed much like a steer, and then he was released.

 

And yes, a handgun was used but it was not a .357...it was a .454 or .460; very big caliber.

[waidmann 105]

Same pig mentioned...but the photo above was way more photoshopped than the original. No need really, as the actual pig was gigantic anyway . I also believe I had read that it was a barr pig as opposed to a boar; meaning it was caught when young and his balls were removed much like a steer, and then he was released.

 

And yes, a handgun was used but it was not a .357...it was a .454 or .460; very big caliber.

 

 

i stand corrected i read it a while back so excuse my old head getting a bit slow

the jist was there though.

no matter what a lot of pork

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

No worries...was just helping clarify a bit.

 

Masssive pig regardless...but the story was over sensationalized, and the Dr.ed photos didn't help .

 

Myself ,I'd hate to have to haul out and butcher a hog that big.

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

One more to add, their is still alot of controversy over this hog, as it has been implied that this was not a wild pig....but formally a pet.However, the boy pictured and his father have both offered to take polygraphs and and asked the couple claiming the pig was a pet do the same (purportedly).

[Effortless 0]

Hi all,

 

I seem to recall it was a 1,000Lb pig?? And shot by a young boy aged 12??

 

And Goooooooogle is your friend.... some of my facts are wrong... here.

 

Effortless

[Malt 379]

One more to add, their is still alot of controversy over this hog, as it has been implied that this was not a wild pig....but formally a pet.However, the boy pictured and his father have both offered to take polygraphs and and asked the couple claiming the pig was a pet do the same (purportedly).

 

I saw a program on discovery about it a while back, 'Hogzilla' they were calling it!

[Deker 3,478]

One more to add, their is still alot of controversy over this hog, as it has been implied that this was not a wild pig....but formally a pet.However, the boy pictured and his father have both offered to take polygraphs and and asked the couple claiming the pig was a pet do the same (purportedly).

 

I saw a program on discovery about it a while back, 'Hogzilla' they were calling it!

 

 

I thought that was the one a few years before......whatever, I remain skeptical!!

Edited February 21, 2010 by Deker

[Ned Makim 116]

Hogzilla was a different pig. The pig in this pic might have been in the bush but it wasn't wild. They can get big but a lot of the US pigs in the dramatic picture stories are domestics released. Biggest I have personally had my hands on dressed 175kgs and it was a giant, genuinely wild boar in Oz. They have been field caught in Oz over 200kgs. This pix is a joke.

Cheers.

[Aaron Proffitt 142]

Hogzilla was a different pig. The pig in this pic might have been in the bush but it wasn't wild. They can get big but a lot of the US pigs in the dramatic picture stories are domestics released. Biggest I have personally had my hands on dressed 175kgs and it was a giant, genuinely wild boar in Oz. They have been field caught in Oz over 200kgs. This pix is a joke.

Cheers.

 

 

What's your source, Ned, for the amount of large pigs we have here that are domestic ?

 

 

I can assure you the pigs in my neck of the woods are every bit as wild as yours.

Edited March 15, 2010 by Aaron Proffitt

[Ned Makim 116]

I'm sure there are lots of big wild ones. I said the ones in the dramatic big pig stories like the one mentioned. Are you saying they are wild and not the result of releases or cultured 'game ranch' boars? If they are bred for release for hunters they are domestics.

Cheers.