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1.) Swamp Fox - 03/13/2014
in the comments section. 2000+ comments in two hours...
This is great....:wink
:pop:
[url]http://news.yahoo.com/giant-hog-boar-hunter-caught-500-pounds-133815315.html[/url]
This is great....:wink
:pop:
[url]http://news.yahoo.com/giant-hog-boar-hunter-caught-500-pounds-133815315.html[/url]
2.) NEBigAl - 03/13/2014
If only I could use the same photo affect for something else I'd like to make bigger
3.) Swamp Fox - 03/13/2014
Ooops.....Actually read the story for comprehension on the second go round....
.308 was used so I guess technically it's an AR-10. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
Antlers, horns....same difference....:wink
Apologies.
.308 was used so I guess technically it's an AR-10. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
Antlers, horns....same difference....:wink
Apologies.
4.) Deerminator - 03/13/2014
Looks photo shoped
5.) Swamp Fox - 03/13/2014
Yeah, the water should be higher, LOL...
Trail cam:
News video, report and pictures:
[url]http://wtvr.com/2014/03/13/hunter-kills-500-lb-wild-hog/[/url]
Trail cam:
News video, report and pictures:
[url]http://wtvr.com/2014/03/13/hunter-kills-500-lb-wild-hog/[/url]
6.) DParker - 03/13/2014
[QUOTE=NEBigAl;17828]If only I could use the same photo affect for something else I'd like to make bigger[/QUOTE]
Yeah...if you could stand 10' behind your own willy to make it look bigger, you wouldn't need to make it look bigger.....unless you cut it off, which would pretty much eliminate that need as well.
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;17831]Ooops.....Actually read the story for comprehension on the second go round....
.308 was used so I guess technically it's an AR-10. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.[/QUOTE]
You are not wrong.
I like the caption on the photo:
[quote]Jett Webb with the 500-pound boar [B]he caught[/B] last month.[/quote]
Did he wrestle it to the ground before shooting it? And the final quote is money:
[quote]In 2012, he caught "a similar-sized" pig that's mounted on a wall of the White Oak Ranch Hunting Club. But this one won't be.
"We’re not going to waste anything,” Webb said. “That pig will provide food for me and my family for a good year."[/quote]
Right. Because the head is where the meat is. I can't think of any other reason why he wouldn't want such an enormous trophy hanging around as evidence, can you?
Yeah...if you could stand 10' behind your own willy to make it look bigger, you wouldn't need to make it look bigger.....unless you cut it off, which would pretty much eliminate that need as well.
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;17831]Ooops.....Actually read the story for comprehension on the second go round....
.308 was used so I guess technically it's an AR-10. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.[/QUOTE]
You are not wrong.
I like the caption on the photo:
[quote]Jett Webb with the 500-pound boar [B]he caught[/B] last month.[/quote]
Did he wrestle it to the ground before shooting it? And the final quote is money:
[quote]In 2012, he caught "a similar-sized" pig that's mounted on a wall of the White Oak Ranch Hunting Club. But this one won't be.
"We’re not going to waste anything,” Webb said. “That pig will provide food for me and my family for a good year."[/quote]
Right. Because the head is where the meat is. I can't think of any other reason why he wouldn't want such an enormous trophy hanging around as evidence, can you?
7.) Jon - 03/13/2014
I've never visited this part of Eastern North Carolina that I remember. Is this part of the state especially handicapped mentally or do we just have a dumb reporter and he/she is making this look 100x worse than it actually is?
8.) Swamp Fox - 03/13/2014
LOL...
I thought the same thing, but I'm going to put it down to sloppy construction of the story/concepts by the writer.
My guess is he's not willing to pay to do a shoulder mount or spend the time on anything else. If it had had bigger cutters, maybe it would be different. Or maybe the son-of-a-gun's head is so big it just makes the cutters look average, LOL.
The other thing that crosses my mind is that if it had more wild features, it might be a different story as far as mounting or taxidermy goes. Wild hog mounts almost always look better than recently feral, but maybe that's just me.
I thought the same thing, but I'm going to put it down to sloppy construction of the story/concepts by the writer.
My guess is he's not willing to pay to do a shoulder mount or spend the time on anything else. If it had had bigger cutters, maybe it would be different. Or maybe the son-of-a-gun's head is so big it just makes the cutters look average, LOL.
The other thing that crosses my mind is that if it had more wild features, it might be a different story as far as mounting or taxidermy goes. Wild hog mounts almost always look better than recently feral, but maybe that's just me.
9.) Swamp Fox - 03/13/2014
LOL, Jon...Yahoo reporter...From who knows where...
Bertie County is basically the next closest thing to a big bombing range, LOL, but the people are good folks. +Big+ bear country.
Bertie County is basically the next closest thing to a big bombing range, LOL, but the people are good folks. +Big+ bear country.
10.) DParker - 03/13/2014
[QUOTE=Jon;17838]I've never visited this part of Eastern North Carolina that I remember. Is this part of the state especially handicapped mentally or do we just have [B][COLOR="#0000FF"]a dumb reporter[/COLOR][/B] and he/she is making this look 100x worse than it actually is?[/QUOTE]
Based on my assessment of the state of contemporary journalism I'm going to have to call that a redundant term.
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;17840]The other thing that crosses my mind is that if it had more wild features, it might be a different story as far as mounting or taxidermy goes. Wild hog mounts almost always look better than recently feral, but maybe that's just me.[/QUOTE]
I don't know. The tusks and straight line from the top of the head to the end of the snout look every bit as wild as those on any hog I've ever seen.
Based on my assessment of the state of contemporary journalism I'm going to have to call that a redundant term.
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;17840]The other thing that crosses my mind is that if it had more wild features, it might be a different story as far as mounting or taxidermy goes. Wild hog mounts almost always look better than recently feral, but maybe that's just me.[/QUOTE]
I don't know. The tusks and straight line from the top of the head to the end of the snout look every bit as wild as those on any hog I've ever seen.
11.) Swamp Fox - 03/13/2014
[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;17840]
The other thing that crosses my mind is that if it had more wild features, it might be a different story as far as mounting or taxidermy goes. Wild hog mounts almost always look better than recently feral, but maybe that's just me.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=DParker;17842]
I don't know. The tusks and straight line from the top of the head to the end of the snout look every bit as wild as those on any hog I've ever seen.[/QUOTE]
I should have explained my guess better. Putting myself in the shoes of the hunter, who has a little experience under his belt and is presumably somewhat knowledgeable about feral hogs, I might say (upon walking up on the beast) that this is not the most wild-looking boar that's ever roamed the woods.
I'm talking body build, primarily, if not head, tail and "mohawk" characteristics, and all the other little things that people say they can use to distinguish between various types of hogs. I'll especially give you the head, though it is not the sharpest "wild" head I've ever seen.
So, if I've killed a few boars or hogs in the past, especially some big ones, as this guy apparently has, I might not be overly enthusiastic to spend taxidermy bucks on my next non-razorback.
Reconsidering how I wrote what you quoted, I might have added that a sharper head looks better to me than a blockier head in a hog mount, but it's all good.
Delving deeper, I think a lot of people who say they can tell the difference between wild (pure Russian or Eurasian), feral and hybrid (wild-feral mix) hogs or their lineage with absolute certainty are absolutely full of pig droppings, and it's essentially a lot of hype.
Usually, it's hyped toward the wild side so you can recruit paying hunters. You wouldn't believe the number of Spanish boars directly descended from the Conquistadors that there are running around on the SC coast and Lowcountry, or the number of pure Russians in the NC mountains, LOL. It's fun to try to play the identity game and there are some indicators that are better than others, but I don't think you'll find a biologist that will tell you there's a way to do it that's much better than an educated estimation.
Finally---maybe--there's the fact that if a hog got to be 500 pounds, he didn't get there eating acorns back in the swamp. He either got a head start in a pen, or he's been eating garbage. Like the world-record black bear killed in NC some time ago. 800-plus pounds if I recall, much of it courtesy of a windfall of tons domestic pork drowned during one of our hurricanes.
None of this takes away from the grandeur of the beast (LOL) or from the hunter's accomplishment. I'm just saying that if I came across such a critter, I wouldn't get all romantic about how wild he was, and that might affect my decision to spend money on taxidermy.
The other thing that crosses my mind is that if it had more wild features, it might be a different story as far as mounting or taxidermy goes. Wild hog mounts almost always look better than recently feral, but maybe that's just me.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=DParker;17842]
I don't know. The tusks and straight line from the top of the head to the end of the snout look every bit as wild as those on any hog I've ever seen.[/QUOTE]
I should have explained my guess better. Putting myself in the shoes of the hunter, who has a little experience under his belt and is presumably somewhat knowledgeable about feral hogs, I might say (upon walking up on the beast) that this is not the most wild-looking boar that's ever roamed the woods.
I'm talking body build, primarily, if not head, tail and "mohawk" characteristics, and all the other little things that people say they can use to distinguish between various types of hogs. I'll especially give you the head, though it is not the sharpest "wild" head I've ever seen.
So, if I've killed a few boars or hogs in the past, especially some big ones, as this guy apparently has, I might not be overly enthusiastic to spend taxidermy bucks on my next non-razorback.
Reconsidering how I wrote what you quoted, I might have added that a sharper head looks better to me than a blockier head in a hog mount, but it's all good.
Delving deeper, I think a lot of people who say they can tell the difference between wild (pure Russian or Eurasian), feral and hybrid (wild-feral mix) hogs or their lineage with absolute certainty are absolutely full of pig droppings, and it's essentially a lot of hype.
Usually, it's hyped toward the wild side so you can recruit paying hunters. You wouldn't believe the number of Spanish boars directly descended from the Conquistadors that there are running around on the SC coast and Lowcountry, or the number of pure Russians in the NC mountains, LOL. It's fun to try to play the identity game and there are some indicators that are better than others, but I don't think you'll find a biologist that will tell you there's a way to do it that's much better than an educated estimation.
Finally---maybe--there's the fact that if a hog got to be 500 pounds, he didn't get there eating acorns back in the swamp. He either got a head start in a pen, or he's been eating garbage. Like the world-record black bear killed in NC some time ago. 800-plus pounds if I recall, much of it courtesy of a windfall of tons domestic pork drowned during one of our hurricanes.
None of this takes away from the grandeur of the beast (LOL) or from the hunter's accomplishment. I'm just saying that if I came across such a critter, I wouldn't get all romantic about how wild he was, and that might affect my decision to spend money on taxidermy.