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Man bags 500+ pound Wild Hog.
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Nah, it's an invasive species that has found it's way into North Carolina. If you have these things breeding like crazy without natural predators, they will get pretty damn big. I read the article, and it says he got another one of similar size a couple years ago.
Actually it kind of is. There are a lot of laws in place (at least in most states) that try to give the hunter a 50/50 chance of getting the animal. I know it's hard to understand but once you learn more about those laws it starts to make more sense. For example in duck hunting you can't have the engine of your boat running while you shoot. In upland game bird hunting you can only have a maximum of three shotgun shells in your gun at once. All of these are to prevent hunting from being too easy. There have been cases where I could have shot a grouse if I had one more shell in my shotgun but because of those laws (and my poor aim at the time lol) the grouse got away.
Hunting is a form of conservation regulated by the state. Breaking the laws that the state imposes is considered poaching and can get you in pretty damn big trouble. I'm not sure what the laws are like in the state where the dude shot the boar but here in Oregon I'm pretty sure you can't hunt with an assault rifle unless you only have one bullet loaded at a time.
It's an invasive species though so I don't think it matters what you shoot it with. Still more humane than a slaughterhouse and the guy said none of it will be wasted.
Hopefully.
joseph1594
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It amazes me how big those things can get. It almost looks like some prehistoric thing you would find in the Ice Ages. If I say that thing walking around, I would be terrified, so I can understand hunting these hogs. I would imagine that since they can be aggressive that they would be pretty dangerous just running about. Though I do wonder how many pork chops you can make from this thing.
Winterfang
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Goddamn that thing is huge.
Mammoth Jones
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Exactly. People hunt wild hogs with AR's and AK's all the time. I really wanna try it one day.
Allforce
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Does the law state that you must clean and process any animal you kill? Always curious about that. I have a buddy who hunts and he told me it's an amazing thrill but actually bagging a huge deer or a hog like this will end up costing you hundreds and hundreds of dollars.
I can see how it would be the law but I can also see how it's conservation and nature would take care of the body on it's own if you weren't required to clean and process the animal for meat.
DUFFMCWALIN
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Its not supposed to be a fair fight. This is such a stupid argument every time its brought up.
This is a much better and more sensible way of talking about what your trying to say Dennis.
Freaky Fred
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You're right, but I was really just referring to the poster saying that using a fancy gun makes it less of a fair fight. It certainly gives an advantage, but presuming he did everything legally, there's nothing wrong or unfair about it. The regulations you listed are to prevent actually unfair advantages, like how spotlighting and firing from a vehicle are also unfair advantages in hunting because people could easily wipe out a herd or local population with these methods. I took the post I quoted as a "he should've killed it with a knife/spear/bare hands" kind of post(if I'm wrong I apologize Dennis), implying that hunting should be some sort of fight between the man and the animal rather than just killing the animal as quickly and humanely as possible
And these hogs are invasive and extremely destructive and dangerous, so fuck them. Shoot them with a bazooka for all I care.
GhettoGamer
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I want to see you take down a 500 pound beast without a gun. Look at that pig, its looks a furry hippo, imagine if it came across a small child
Freeza Under The Shower
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isn't this the exact same picture as that father and son that claimed to have killed a similar giant pig a few years ago, but it was all a perspective thing?
That second picture looks fake as shit btw.
That second picture looks fake as shit btw.
Hog was killed with a single shot.
.308
That's the standard chambering, but they can be set up for a variety of calibers. In this case, .308
http://news.yahoo.com/giant-hog-boar-hunter-caught-500-pounds-133815315.html
me too. you have to get to it quickly before the meat is soured by...I dunno if it's the bile or the bladder.
but bad boar meat is horribly gamey. it will smell bad and taste like piss.
See You Next Wednesday
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Why has there never been any capture filmed footage of these big ass pigs?
demosthenes
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First thing I thought of.
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