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CNN Examines Using ARs for Hog Hunting
Petersons ^ | March 26, 2013 | Eric Conn

Posted on 04/04/2013 5:55:29 PM PDT by SJackson

If you had to pick the single most controversial issue in America the past few months, the AR would no doubt be at the top of that list. And if you had to characterize the media’s position on the subject, it would without hesitation be unfavorable.

Given those facts, it was surprising when CNN ran an exclusive online video on March 22 with a semi-positive focus on the use of ARs for hog hunting in agrarian Georgia. The segment ran on Anderson Cooper 360 and featured interviews with Jim Pritchard, a Georgia farmer, and Hal Shouse, owner operator of hogSWAT, a local hog hunting outfitter that utilizes ARs and night vision optics.

As the segment points out, feral hogs number around 5 million in the U.S. and do an estimated $1.5 billion in damage each year. Farmers encourage outfitters like Shouse to host hunters on their property to help alleviate crop damage done by the rapidly multiplying hordes of wild hogs. With nightly hog hunting excursions for paying customers, Shouse said the use of ARs and standard 30-round magazines are a practically useful tool.

Victor Blackwell, the host of the segment, asked Shouse why the AR is at the center of such a heated issue: “When you say AR and 30-round magazine, that’s a political hot button.”

“Sure it is, because people have decided to make it [an issue],” Shouse explained. “Tragedies happen, but the weapon didn’t create these tragedies. Sick individuals used this weapon, this tool, and they did something destructive with it, something ugly. That’s all you can say about it.”

Blackwell also asked, “Who needs this weapon outside of the military or someone who wants to kill someone else?”

“You know ‘need’ is a big word. You don’t need a lot of things that you choose to use because they make your job easier. I could do this with a single shot weapon, sure, I just wouldn’t be nearly as effective. But I don’t want to. I’m a legal, responsible gun owner, I’ve evaluated all the different weapons out there and I decided this weapon is what makes sense for me and my company,” Shouse said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: guncontrol; need; secondamendment
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1 posted on 04/04/2013 5:55:29 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: Iowa Granny; Ladysmith; Diana in Wisconsin; JLO; sergeantdave; damncat; phantomworker; joesnuffy; ..
If you’d like to be on or off this Outdoors/Rural/wildlife/hunting/hiking/backpacking/National Parks/animals list please FR mail me. And ping me is you see articles of interest.
2 posted on 04/04/2013 5:55:53 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: SJackson

Wouldn’t you want a beefier cartridge for hunting hog?


3 posted on 04/04/2013 5:58:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin
My brother does pretty darn well with the .223 and feral pigs.

He can keep me oversupplied.

/johnny

4 posted on 04/04/2013 6:00:33 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: BenLurkin
Yeah I was wondering how long it would take CNN to get around to this subject.
5 posted on 04/04/2013 6:00:51 PM PDT by Steely Tom (If the Constitution can be a living document, I guess a corporation can be a person.)
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To: BenLurkin

Lots of guys use the AR for hogs here in TX.

There are rounds that would work better and you can get AR uppers in all kinds of calibers, but for an open shot, 5.56x45 should be sufficient.


6 posted on 04/04/2013 6:03:39 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: BenLurkin

At today’s prices I would use 5.45x39.


7 posted on 04/04/2013 6:06:18 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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8 posted on 04/04/2013 6:09:03 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife

“Wouldn’t you want a beefier cartridge for hunting hog?”

I’ve killed plenty of hogs with the .223. If you do a half-way decent bit of shot placement you’ll drop ‘em in their tracks.

Recently watched some video of a guy doing some pig hunting from a helicopter with a .223. Eight shots. Eight dead pigs.


9 posted on 04/04/2013 6:10:04 PM PDT by FAA
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To: SJackson

MMMM...bacon!


10 posted on 04/04/2013 6:10:05 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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To: SJackson

Jager Pro thermal hog hunting.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EymHKsaOpRg


11 posted on 04/04/2013 6:10:11 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (IÂ’m not a Republican, IÂ’m a conservative! Pubbies haven't been conservative since before T.R.)
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To: SJackson

They were shooting at Candy Crowley?


12 posted on 04/04/2013 6:11:25 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
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To: SJackson
I thought you were Jewish...have you too been seduced by bacon?

BTW, my godparents were named Jackson and were Jewish.

In fact, they named me. I didn't know Rooster was an old Jewish name.;-)

13 posted on 04/04/2013 6:14:20 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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To: FAA

Yup, and that AR really lets you place them accurately.


14 posted on 04/04/2013 6:14:31 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Would curing feral hog meat make it safe to eat?


15 posted on 04/04/2013 6:15:47 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: mylife
What would make feral pig meat unsafe to eat besides leaving it raw at room temperature for more than 4 hours? (USDA rules)

I eat the heck out of it. I follow USDA rules for handling and processing. Including curing and cooking.

/johnny

16 posted on 04/04/2013 6:22:26 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

What do they taste like?


17 posted on 04/04/2013 6:30:07 PM PDT by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: andyk
Like pork.

What do you expect pigs to taste like? We've got a lot of acorns around here, so they've got a decent amount of fat, and in that way (by my book) they are better than the lean storebought crap.

/johnny

18 posted on 04/04/2013 6:33:24 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Ok.
I just only see people make sausage of it and was wondering, why not Ham? or Bacon?


19 posted on 04/04/2013 6:33:51 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: andyk

Chicken.


20 posted on 04/04/2013 6:34:37 PM PDT by TaMoDee ( Lassez les bons temps rouler dans les 2013! Geaux, Pack, Geaux!)
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