Ummmmmm! I love bacon.
Posted on 01/06/2007 7:20:22 PM PST by pcottraux
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. - A giant wild hog boasted to be bigger than the near-mythical "Hogzilla" caught in southern Georgia a few years ago has been killed in a suburban Atlanta neighborhood.
The hog hung snout down from a tree Friday in William Coursey's front yard, not far from where the avid hunter said he shot the beast. He said he hauled it to a truck weight station, which recorded the hairy hog at 1,100 pounds.
The Department of Natural Resources did not know whether the hog was a record for the state. "We don't keep records on hogs," said Melissa Cummings of the DNR's public affairs department.
But Coursey believes his behemoth surpasses the famed super swine shot and killed in 2004 that weighed in at half a ton on the farm's scales. A team of National Geographic experts later confirmed "Hogzilla" didn't quite live up to the 1,000-pound, 12-foot hype, saying the beast was probably 7 1/2 to 8 feet long, and weighed about 800 pounds.
The news of Coursey's kill got people talking about the enormous beasts that roam the state.
"Nobody keeps official records," said Daryl Kirby, an editor with Georgia Outdoor News. "But it's one heck of a hog."
Thanks, LOL!! Please see my previous post.
Someday Freepers will all get together and we will laugh ourselves crazy. :) I hope to be there. :)
Those yahoos at yahoo need to know Fayetteville in NOT North GA.
They need to buy an apple at the piggly-wiggly to put in his mouth while they slow cook that baby..Mmmm
:-)
Gotta laugh!
sow's about that!
Georgia Hunter Bags 'Hogzilla'
WSBTV NEWS | 1-5-2007
Posted on 01/05/2007 1:21:08 PM EST by Cagey
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1762961/posts
Wow! A Swineo Helentinae Thomasizer.
Geez, I even looked for the story on FR to see if anyone had posted it.
Macon Bacon...
Ummmmmm! I love bacon.
Glad to see it. Wild hogs are a menace, and what every one of them needs is a bullet.
I was a bit sad to see my ex-girlfriend come to such an ignominous end...........
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