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Hunter bags enormous 500-lb wild hog in North Carolina
upi ^ | March. 13, 2014 | Kate Stanton

Posted on 03/14/2014 6:30:10 AM PDT by JoeProBono

It's not everyday that you shoot a 500-pound beast.

Hunters in Bertie County, N.C., knew about the massive wild hog roaming around their woods when it was captured on trail cameras several years ago.

But Jett Webb finally managed to capture the animal near land leased by the White Oak Ranch Hunting Club.

"It was very surreal,” Webb recently told WNCN. “It was a shock. It was very humbling to say the least, when you walk up on a beast that big and you say, 'Oh my gosh. I had no idea that there could be something that big running around the woods of Eastern North Carolina.'"

Webb said his catch will feed his family for a whole year.

"We’re not going to waste anything,” he added.

Webb said he was "taken aback" when news of his catch made national headlines.

"I'm just kind of taken back by it just being a country boy from ENC trying to put a little meat in his freezer."


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: banglist; northcarolina; wildhog; yesterday
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To: mountn man

41 posted on 03/14/2014 7:59:12 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: JoeProBono

Check out the swamp in the back of the pic. That is one the first places a big pig will go when the dogs come. Then you get to see how bad you want that hog.

And yes, they can swim quite well. Slow but steady. At one place I hunt there is a big, slow, river that the older (smarter) hogs go straight to when being chased, and the dogs go in right behind. Then everybody gets taken downstream a half mile and there goes half a day finding the dogs.


42 posted on 03/14/2014 8:01:12 AM PDT by freedomlover
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To: JoeProBono

What I want to know is how many guys did it take to get that monster into that pose? He probably didn’t drop it that way. Just wondering.


43 posted on 03/14/2014 8:02:00 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: saleman

So you think this is on the up and up??? Have a hard time with depth perception, do ya?


44 posted on 03/14/2014 8:04:43 AM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: saleman

So you think this is on the up and up??? Have a hard time with depth perception, do ya?


45 posted on 03/14/2014 8:04:44 AM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: JoeProBono

In New Zealand they breed pig dogs that take down wild boars like that. A while back they even made a movie about a wild boar in Australia the size of a VW that was terrorizing local villages and cattle/sheep stations. It was titled “Razorback” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razorback_%28film%29


46 posted on 03/14/2014 8:06:20 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Believe In The Law Until It Intereferes With Justice.)
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To: grobdriver
Seems like something that big would weight more than 500 lbs. Looks as big as a steer that weighs twice as much.

Yeah, it's an old hunter's (and fisherman's) trick to make an animal look bigger. You just position the hunter at least several feet behind the carcass instead of right behind it. The lens does the rest.

47 posted on 03/14/2014 8:09:51 AM PDT by Kenton
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To: BenLurkin

That’s not a feral hawg BenLurkin, that’s just a domesticated pig, no real value but there may be a bounty for its hide...


48 posted on 03/14/2014 8:17:01 AM PDT by Exeter (A government that doesn't trust its people is a government that shouldn't be trusted.)
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To: JoeProBono
Some very large black bears come from the Eastern part of NC. Large even compared to other states, like Minn, Wis, etc.

Thank you soybeans and such. Plenty to eat for a hog over there.

49 posted on 03/14/2014 8:23:30 AM PDT by Theoria (End Socialism : No more GOP and Dem candidates)
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To: grobdriver
***Seems like something that big would weight more than 500 lbs.***

It's all in the photo position. Place the hunter about ten feet behind the pig and it makes the pig look much bigger, like around 850 lb.

If the hunter were next to the pig, the pig would shrink to the size of a 55 gallon drum, around 480 lb.

To understand, think of the fisherman who holds a fish out in front of him at an arm's length, and has a photo snapped. It makes the small fish look huge.

50 posted on 03/14/2014 8:26:27 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: SkyDancer

http://www.monteriaboarhunts.co.nz/


51 posted on 03/14/2014 8:28:54 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: X-spurt

“So you think this is on the up and up??? Have a hard time with depth perception, do ya?”

Yea, I think it’s on the “up and up”. The pic makes it look like more than 500 lbs. I’d say the weight is about right.


52 posted on 03/14/2014 10:05:51 AM PDT by saleman
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To: JoeProBono

Catahoula and some kinda Pit mix? Beautiful dogs. Looks like they would like nothing better than chasing....something.


53 posted on 03/14/2014 10:10:11 AM PDT by saleman
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To: saleman

A fawn Catahoula Bulldog

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catahoula_Bulldog


54 posted on 03/14/2014 10:25:15 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono
Done a lot of hunting with dogs over the years. Deer, rabbit, squirrel, couple of hog hunts....Always liked watching and fooling with the dogs as much as the hunt. Learn their different personalities, how they like to hunt, recognizing their voices when they strike or pick up a lost scent...

Some idiots think it is cruel to the dogs to “make” them hunt. I think it's cruel to a dog not to take him hunting.

55 posted on 03/14/2014 10:42:15 AM PDT by saleman
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56 posted on 03/14/2014 11:05:34 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

Let’s see now...2 slabs of bacon and 2 enormous hams to smoke. After smoking cut each ham in half and then take 3-4 slice of each half. Cut all chops out of each loin and bone out the shoulder’s (butts) and tie them up for fresh pork roast. Grind the rest for sweet,hot,and breakfast sausage.


57 posted on 03/14/2014 11:51:54 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (Some people say that experts agree!!)
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58 posted on 03/14/2014 12:36:00 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: mabarker1
Hogzilla... but i don't think i'd want to eat it, jerkey maybe
59 posted on 03/14/2014 3:34:56 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: mabarker1

I’d love to bust a big pig...don’t think I’d set a dog loose on one that big, though....maybe a pack. Damn, I don’t have a pack of dogs...


60 posted on 03/14/2014 3:40:06 PM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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