Wade Seago shot this 820 pound wild hog 5 yards from his front porch in Samson, Alabama. The family dog, a small schnauzer alerted Seago that something was up. (Courtesy Wade Seago).
Posted on 07/19/2017 6:26:19 PM PDT by BBell
Samson resident Wade Seago knew something was up outside of his home last week when the family's pet schnauzer, Cruiser, started barking constantly. The Seagos live on 100 acres in the rural south Alabama town. The property and surrounding area is teeming with wildlife so it's not unusual for their dog to bark at deer, raccoons or other wild visitors.
But this was different. As he was about to get up and check on his dog, his daughter began screaming. "I jumped up to see what was going on," Wade explained. "I looked out the back window and saw nothing, so I ran to the front of the house where my daughter was looking out the window. I couldn't believe what I was seeing."
The dog had a huge wild hog bayed in his front yard, about 5 yards off of the front porch. "Cruiser had this huge hog confused with all of the barking and movement," Wade continued. "It was not a good situation."
Seago is an avid deer hunter and runs a taxidermy business in Samson. He was also a prison guard for several years. He told me that hogs are abundant in the area and he has seen them on his property before, but none the size of this one.
Wade was afraid the huge hog would injure or kill the family pet so he grabbed a .38 caliber revolver that he keeps for home defense and went out on the front porch.
"By the time I got in a position to shoot, the hog was about 12 yards away," Wade said. "Cruiser was out of my line to the hog so I fired."
It took three shots to take him down. The giant hog hit the ground near the carport.
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Sorry, the date should be 7/19/17
Wow. That there’s a big animal. Is it edible?
Depends how hungry you are.
” The hog tipped the scales at 820 pounds and had six inch tushes.”
and the tusks were pretty big, too.
Wade Seago shot this 820 pound wild hog 5 yards from his front porch in Samson, Alabama. The family dog, a small schnauzer alerted Seago that something was up. (Courtesy Wade Seago).
Back in the 70s I used to drive through Samson (Snuff Town as the locals call it) a few times a year. It was basically a dying town.
Around a year ago I drove through it just to reminisce. I was surprised at how much it had recovered. Looks to be a clean well run town now.
My Uncle’s Father was the first Dr. in Samson.
I would not eat it but if you are starving it’s Lord of the Flies.
A measly .38? You need a bigger caliber my man.
HOGZILLA
That spelling (and probably pronunciation was prevalent in 16th and 17th century English. Maybe they still speak like that in rural Alabama - many 16th and 17th century words and phrases are preserved in some of those dialects.
thing looks like a baby rhino...
“That be a big’en!” A .38 pistol -— must have been all head shots.
It was probably Chris Christie.
Wow. We have wild hogs around our ranch in se okla. I’ve shot a couple, but none near that big. And I used an ar15. And I was sitting in a polaris ranger.
Well he’s is either a very good shot or part fisherman.
I come across a lot of these where I foray for mushrooms. Once one jumped out of a thicket and scared the hell out of me. It was nearly four feet tall and probably weighed over a thousand lbs. Luckily it ran off.
This may be the biggest animal ever taken with a .38 cal revolver.
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