Folks you can't make this stuff up! Well you know what they say about living down South; if you can't shoot/kill it, marry it instead! *LOL*
Boy Shoots Giant Hog
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All right now, we'un's here in the South take exception to that Yankee crack! You really can't make that stuff up. What the hell is an 11 year old doing hunting with a pistol anyway? His Daddy shoulda given him a .22 rifle!
bigbubbacain
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Hey Launderess: He's hunting with a pistol because it IS
That doesn't surprise me though. What does surprise is that the kid isn't wearing a "Mullet" type haircut! But I digress: an 11 yr. old with a pistol...Well...if he belongs to a militia group, be afraid, be very afraid. As some folks in the South are known to say: "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!" If that happened in North Carolina, they'd be having what's referred to as a "pig pickin". This is where they literally split the whole hog down the middle and cook it on one of those big BB-Q spit thingies that usually have a trailer hitch and two wheels attached to them. When it's done, everyone lines up with a plate and they literally pull the meat off the carcass with their bare hands. It was always "good eatin", tho' it took getting accustomed to for one like me who grew up in Texas eating beef BB-Q with knife, fork and napkin. Ok, 'nuff said. This concludes our Southern Culture lesson for today.
Laundress: btw, are you aware of the origin of your screen name being derived from the Middle Ages? A "Laundress" was at that time referred to as a "Lavandress" because washing the clothes with fresh lavender would leave them refreshed. I assume this created the illusion of cleanliness, probably more so than the reality of clothes that were banged on a bunch of rocks. The Lavender plant became associated with Springtime, as well as with anything renewed, clean, or fresh.
That doesn't surprise me though. What does surprise is that the kid isn't wearing a "Mullet" type haircut! But I digress: an 11 yr. old with a pistol...Well...if he belongs to a militia group, be afraid, be very afraid. As some folks in the South are known to say: "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!" If that happened in North Carolina, they'd be having what's referred to as a "pig pickin". This is where they literally split the whole hog down the middle and cook it on one of those big BB-Q spit thingies that usually have a trailer hitch and two wheels attached to them. When it's done, everyone lines up with a plate and they literally pull the meat off the carcass with their bare hands. It was always "good eatin", tho' it took getting accustomed to for one like me who grew up in Texas eating beef BB-Q with knife, fork and napkin. Ok, 'nuff said. This concludes our Southern Culture lesson for today.
Laundress: btw, are you aware of the origin of your screen name being derived from the Middle Ages? A "Laundress" was at that time referred to as a "Lavandress" because washing the clothes with fresh lavender would leave them refreshed. I assume this created the illusion of cleanliness, probably more so than the reality of clothes that were banged on a bunch of rocks. The Lavender plant became associated with Springtime, as well as with anything renewed, clean, or fresh.
Can I buy a vowel? How much for an "E" 
Lavar = to wash (en espanol) and probably similar in French too. Je me lave.
Lavar = to wash (en espanol) and probably similar in French too. Je me lave.
New take on the hog story
Pig Was a Monster, but He Wasn't Wild
By Associated Press
4 hours ago
FRUITHURST, Ala. - The huge hog that became known as "Monster Pig" after being killed by an 11-year-old boy had another name: Fred.
Far from feral, the pig had been raised on an Alabama farm and was sold to the Lost Creek Plantation just four days before it was shot there in a 150-acre fenced area, the animal's former owner said.
Phil Blissitt told The Anniston Star in a story Friday that he bought the 6-week-old pig in December 2004 as a Christmas gift for his wife, Rhonda, and that they sold it after deciding to get rid of all the pigs at their farm.
"I just wanted the truth to be told. That wasn't a wild pig," Rhonda Blissitt said.
Jamison Stone shot the huge hog during what he and his father described as a three-hour chase. They said it was more than 1,000 pounds and 9 feet long; if anything, it looked even bigger in a now-famous photo of the hunter and the hunted.
"We were told that it was a feral hog," Mike Stone told the Star, "and we hunted it on the pretense that it was a feral hog."
Telephone messages left Friday with Eddy Borden, the owner of Lost Creek Plantation, were not immediately returned.
The Blissitts said they didn't know the hog was Fred until they were contacted by a game warden for the Alabama Department of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. The agency determined that no laws were violated in the hunt.
Phil Blissitt said he became irritated when he learned that some thought the photo of Fred was doctored.
"That was a big hog," he said.
Pig Was a Monster, but He Wasn't Wild
By Associated Press
4 hours ago
FRUITHURST, Ala. - The huge hog that became known as "Monster Pig" after being killed by an 11-year-old boy had another name: Fred.
Far from feral, the pig had been raised on an Alabama farm and was sold to the Lost Creek Plantation just four days before it was shot there in a 150-acre fenced area, the animal's former owner said.
Phil Blissitt told The Anniston Star in a story Friday that he bought the 6-week-old pig in December 2004 as a Christmas gift for his wife, Rhonda, and that they sold it after deciding to get rid of all the pigs at their farm.
"I just wanted the truth to be told. That wasn't a wild pig," Rhonda Blissitt said.
Jamison Stone shot the huge hog during what he and his father described as a three-hour chase. They said it was more than 1,000 pounds and 9 feet long; if anything, it looked even bigger in a now-famous photo of the hunter and the hunted.
"We were told that it was a feral hog," Mike Stone told the Star, "and we hunted it on the pretense that it was a feral hog."
Telephone messages left Friday with Eddy Borden, the owner of Lost Creek Plantation, were not immediately returned.
The Blissitts said they didn't know the hog was Fred until they were contacted by a game warden for the Alabama Department of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries. The agency determined that no laws were violated in the hunt.
Phil Blissitt said he became irritated when he learned that some thought the photo of Fred was doctored.
"That was a big hog," he said.
whirlcool
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Our local news station reporters this morning were discussing this and they hinted that someone must be very good with Adobe Photoshop and has too much time on their hands!
In addition to the hog having been raised by people, so it had no fear of humans,
1) The kid shot the hog eight times with a 50 calibre hand gun.
2) Hunters are supposed to kill their quarry with one shot.
3) The injured hog had to be tracked for three hours before it was finally killed.
1) The kid shot the hog eight times with a 50 calibre hand gun.
2) Hunters are supposed to kill their quarry with one shot.
3) The injured hog had to be tracked for three hours before it was finally killed.
Very interesting-they do have some feral and released hogs in this area-they were introduced long ago for hunting.The .500 S&W magnum pistol used would have the capability to kill the pig with one shot if it were hit squarely in the head or face-but the skull would have been destroyed.That revolver has the energy at muzzle range as a .30-06 rifle!-I have looked at such a gun at one of the gun shows here-I want one for my gun collection-and to shoot.At present I have a .454 Casull-the 3rd most powerful handgun round.It is exhilarating to shoot-and if the 11 yr old could shoot that big Smith!-I certainly could.Besides the bears wild pigs are a danger here-don't even want to know if some are still in our tower feilds-I hope not!I did find some history of the plant I work at-they used to keep a small herd of pigs out in the tower feild to see if the SW RF affected them.It didn't.But I will not work around one of those antennas if it is energized.
That ain't right. A 1000lb hog is half that size so either someone did some photoshop work or Ripley's has a new addition. Also, everybody in the south knows hog-'killin time is in the fall---when the first frost comes. Something just ain't kosher with this (so to speak).
You got that right, that is a lot of bacon and chitlins!
Apparently wild hogs/boars are becoming quite a problem all over the United States, and rumored to have caused the recent E Coli spinich outbreak. With few if any natural predators besides man,and being very intelligent it is hard to rid an area of them.
L.
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the problems with e coli and spinach were caused by human's treatment of animals: It was because of huge feedlots, where the sewage is only minimally treated (if at all) overflowing into the fields during heavy rains. There's no way that a group of animals, just doing their thing, could taint a spinach crop like that.
But I will wholeheartedly agree that any hog can be dangerous to be around. One of the worst things on the farm - in my opinion - was feeding the pigs. They're very smart, but can be very mean when they want to be.
I haven't followed this story much, but it sure doesn't seem very sporting. I totally support hunter's rights, but I also think they need to abide by their code of conduct. 99.9% of hunters do - it's behavior like this (and not to mention Dick Cheney's little drunken shooting spree) that give them a bad name.
But I will wholeheartedly agree that any hog can be dangerous to be around. One of the worst things on the farm - in my opinion - was feeding the pigs. They're very smart, but can be very mean when they want to be.
I haven't followed this story much, but it sure doesn't seem very sporting. I totally support hunter's rights, but I also think they need to abide by their code of conduct. 99.9% of hunters do - it's behavior like this (and not to mention Dick Cheney's little drunken shooting spree) that give them a bad name.
cleanfresh
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Launderess, bores are becoming a problem!!!
They're featured on "Entertainment Tonight" all the time! No, seriously though, that animal is huge. And, I don't like the idea of kids using guns. I don't care what anybody says!!!
They're featured on "Entertainment Tonight" all the time! No, seriously though, that animal is huge. And, I don't like the idea of kids using guns. I don't care what anybody says!!!
