Hey bloke, seen any like this...

Captain Sousie · Post by **Captain Sousie** » Sun May 27, 2007 2:27 pm

schlepporello wrote:Besides, if my .44 mag can't take it down, maybe I need to be running away from it.

Agreed. No need for a hand cannon that gives you dead-arm.

Sou

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Sun May 27, 2007 4:30 pm

A man has got to know his limitations.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Sun May 27, 2007 5:50 pm

iiipopes wrote:A man has got to know his limitations.

... or the limitations of his projectile!

Brassdad · Post by **Brassdad** » Mon May 28, 2007 9:11 pm

schlepporello wrote:It's better to hit them with a tractor/trailer than with a Chevette. At least you still may be able to drive the truck home.

I too once owned a chevette. Tough old car. I shot it (from the inside) with a 9mm pistol and the bullet never exited the metal.

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Mon May 28, 2007 11:32 pm

Brassdad wrote:I too once owned a chevette. Tough old car. I shot it (from the inside) with a 9mm pistol and the bullet never exited the metal.

I thought about this, but 9mm explains it ...

(emphasis on "ette"... !)

WakinAZ · Post by **WakinAZ** » Tue May 29, 2007 1:53 am

The 'vette or the piggy?

Eric "probably the same vintage" L., whose Chevette could not have withstood a BB, since the floorboards were rusted out

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:19 am

Atlanta's channel 2 news reported last night that the picture had been digitally enhanced "according to experts". The newscaster said he knew it had to be a fake because hogs don't get that big. Well, they are making a B rated horror movie in south Georgia as we speak based on a wild hog killed down there a couple of years ago and verified by the game and fish people that was 8 feet long and weighed in at 800 lbs. They really do get that big, and they look bigger when they are at the bottom of a tree you are in. They kind of shake the tree when they crash into it also. They shake it hard enough to knock the .22 rifle out of your hands, lot of good it would have done anyway. 2 or 3 hours in a tree puts a whole new perspective on the hog situation. This happened in South Arkansas 30 years ago, so they have had a chance to grow bigger yet.

WakinAZ · Post by **WakinAZ** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:49 am

I thought that photo looked odd. Also convenient that the animal was sent to slaughter/taxidermy before game officials were able to measure it.

lgb&dtuba · Post by **lgb&dtuba** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:01 am

http://www.monsterpig.com/ for additional pictures.

Jim 'reserving judgement' Wagner

lgb&dtuba · Post by **lgb&dtuba** » Tue May 29, 2007 10:17 am

tbn.al wrote:Atlanta's channel 2 news reported last night that the picture had been digitally enhanced "according to experts". The newscaster said he knew it had to be a fake because hogs don't get that big.

Guess he should have watched CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/0 ... index.html

Not a wild hog, but even bigger than what this kid shot.

djwesp · Post by **djwesp** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:34 pm

tbn.al wrote:This happened in South Arkansas 30 years ago, so they have had a chance to grow bigger yet.

You talking about the one down by Hope?

tbn.al · Post by **tbn.al** » Tue May 29, 2007 9:59 pm

[/quote]You talking about the one down by Hope?[/quote]

SE about 70 miles. South of Strong. On the West bank of the Ouchita River as it crosses into LA.