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Post by Woody Williams on Jan 5, 2007 10:15:24 GMT -5
The "BIG game" doesn't get much bigger than this one..Georgia Hunter Bags Another 'Hogzilla' FAYETTE COUNTY -- An urban legend comes to life, and meets its death in northeast Georgia. A boar weighing 1,100 pounds was shot and killed in a Fayette County neighborhood. Residents say the wild hog had been tearing up their yards for years. These so-called "hogzillas" have been spotted and killed in south Georgia in recent years, but the Department of Natural Resources is trying to determine if the pig shot in Fayette County this week is a state record. People passing by the Coursey house are amazed by the boar hanging from a tree in the front yard. William Coursey, an avid hunter, shot the pig in a neighbor's yard. Coursey says the boar is one of four that had been roaming the neighborhood, uprooting yards for seven years. He says the other three animals may have been killed previously. He says he thought it was myth until now. Coursey and his son took the hog to a local weigh station, where it weighed in at 1,100 pounds. It's an estimated 9 feet long. The Courseys believe the hefty hog may be the biggest ever, based on statistics they say they found in a local hunting magazine. Experts say the large pigs are "feral," meaning they were once domesticated but now run wild. They can be dangerous, and the DNR urges that you call wildlife experts to remove the animals. Story: www.wsbtv.com/news/10677789/detail.html
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Post by dbd870 on Jan 5, 2007 10:31:33 GMT -5
I believe I could handle that without their help. ;D
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Post by Decatur on Jan 5, 2007 10:34:38 GMT -5
That's a lot of sausage!!
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Jan 5, 2007 12:08:18 GMT -5
That rug would cover a small room.
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 5, 2007 14:37:28 GMT -5
Let's hope these people don't bury the remains before some tissue samples can be taken! The last "Hogzilla" mystery was strange enough!
Man.........I'd love to have that thing hanging in my front yard! My neighbors would REALLY freak out then!
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Post by danf on Jan 5, 2007 16:16:46 GMT -5
Man.........I'd love to have that thing hanging in my front yard! My neighbors would REALLY freak out then! Wouldn't hardly have an eye batted at it around here. The only semi-strange thing would be that it was a hog.
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Post by bsutravis on Jan 6, 2007 2:32:41 GMT -5
The only hogs folks around here see are the ones at the State Fair once a year.
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Post by racktracker on Jan 6, 2007 9:57:23 GMT -5
That is a lot of porkchops.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Jan 10, 2007 11:30:53 GMT -5
Makes for a long string of chitlins!!!!!!!!!!
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