Hunter bags enormous 500-lb wild hog in North Carolina

upi ^ | March. 13, 2014 | Kate Stanton

[BenLurkin]

[freedomlover]

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.

[Carriage Hill]

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.

[X-spurt]

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

[X-spurt]

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

[SkyDancer]

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

[Kenton]

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.

[Exeter]

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...

[Theoria]

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.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***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.

[JoeProBono]

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

[saleman]

“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.

[saleman]

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

[JoeProBono]

A fawn Catahoula Bulldog

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

[saleman]

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.

[JoeProBono]

[4yearlurker]

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.

[JoeProBono]

[Chode]

Hogzilla... but i don't think i'd want to eat it, jerkey maybe

[SgtBob]

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...