416-Pound ‘Nightmare' Hog Shot in East Texas

KSAT ^ | October 19, 2017 | Mary Claire Patton

[nickcarraway]

A huge hog weighing in at a reported 416-pounds was shot in East Texas.

“Mr. Joe Clowers shared pics of his food plot nightmare that ended late Saturday night,” Gregg County Game Warden posted to Facebook.

Texas Parks and Wildlife estimates that there are more than 1.5 million feral hogs in Texas.

There seem to be very few inhibiting factors to curtail this population growth, according to TPWD.gov.

Clowers told Chron.com the hog preyed on the fawns in the area and Clowers added that he always stayed armed when visiting his deer feeders in case the hog in question charged him.

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[nickcarraway]

[Paladin2]

I’m thinking that Mecca could use a million immigrants/ yr.

[bk1000]

I wonder if those are good eating.

[PLMerite]

Shit, boy...

No, it ain't me. Neither one of 'em.

[bagster]

Is Hillary okay?

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

No. 80-90 lbs. or less.

[ClearCase_guy]

[txnativegop]

bbq time!

[ichabod1]

meat quality in a big porker is all about how you butcher the boar. The best-eating wild pigs are younger, smaller boars, Clayton said, noting he prefers boars of 190 pounds or less.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I wonder if those are good eating.

It's kind of like deer, processing wise. If you don't process deer, or wild hogs properly, you can get sick and come down with something nasty. But once it's processed properly, wild hogs taste just as good as the hogs from the supermarket.

BTW just had some venison chili a co-worker brought. Absolutely delicious.

[crosdaddy]

Yea, and mighty delicious I might add. Wild boar and heritage pig is night a day different the pig farm pigs, although, a lot more expensive also.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

What was Michael Moore doing in East Texas?

[Dawgreg]

I wonder if those are good eating.

I dunno but our son-in-law uses wild boar in deer sausage and he makes some darn good deer sausage...........;)

[Dawgreg]

LOL

[867V309]

NOT this one.

[crosdaddy]

Man, those ham hocks want to be bursting out of her shoes.

[Terry Mross]

I fry deer sausage with potatoes and onions.

[dila813]

why don’t they let them certify these hogs as FDA meat so they can be sold at all stores for meat?

[Paladin2]

BACON!

[Squantos]

“Poor Boy” dangerous game Safari here in Texas ..... big sounders can hurt ya if you get complacent . I carry a LaRue 7.62 and a Glock 40 in 10mm when hunting em . Can get really exciting if your afoot in the dark.