Posted on 12/16/2014 6:42:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is filming the next season of the show Amazing America with the most recent episode taking place in Texas. It involved a hunt for feral hogs, with Palin bagging a rather large one. Of course, this was pretty much the end of civilization as we know it.
While taping her reality show in Texas, Sarah Palin proudly announced her killing of a feral hog and happily posed with the dead animal.
She ended up posting the picture online, and it was ultimately met with both praise and criticism…
Upon killing the animal, Palin took to Facebook to do some boasting about the creature she just slaughtered.
“Everything’s bigger in Texas!” the reality star and former politician wrote alongside a photo of her and the dead hog.
Speaking as someone who has slaughtered more than a few of God’s creatures in his time and discovered a variety of techniques for making them delicious, I understand that there are people who are opposed to hunting. I’ve heard the complaints. Why do you have to shoot Bambi? Well, it’s because Bambi is pretty delicious, but that’s a story for another day.
Palin was hunting feral hogs. So for the critics out there who largely consider themselves to be the party of science, might you consider taking the word of the Smithsonian?
Wild hogs are among the most destructive invasive species in the United States today. Two million to six million of the animals are wreaking havoc in at least 39 states and four Canadian provinces; half are in Texas, where they do some $400 million in damages annually. They tear up recreational areas, occasionally even terrorizing tourists in state and national parks, and squeeze out other wildlife.
Texas allows hunters to kill wild hogs year-round without limits or capture them alive to take to slaughterhouses to be processed and sold to restaurants as exotic meat. Thousands more are shot from helicopters. The goal is not eradication, which few believe possible, but control.
While I’ve not done it personally, I’ve heard plenty of accounts which say that feral hogs are difficult to cook in a way that produces the bacon, chops and BBQ that you’re used to, but it can be done. Some programs allow hunters to donate them to feed the homeless. That’s really not the point here, though. Even if you are opposed to hunting in general, feral hogs are a menace. Once they got out into the wild and bred with native boar, they quickly became one of the most successful species in North America. They breed prodigiously and have few natural predators. They tear up the landscape and can be incredibly aggressive.
Sarah Palin will unfortunately not be able to make a dent in the hog population in Texas even if she stayed for the entire year with an unlimited supply of ammo. Spare us the sanctimonious sighs and comments about the cruelty of slaughtering God’s creatures. She’s doing everyone a very small favor and somebody will probably get a meal out of the deal.
I'm thinking it looks like a Remington 700. Most likely chambered in .308 or 30.06. Athough, I bet Sarah could handle a .300 Win Mag.
Can I ask a stupid question?
If Sarah Palin is so irrelevant, so much of a joke, so absurd as a commentator or political candidate, then why do liberals spend so much time and energy reporting everything she is doing?? Why do liberals care so much about what she is doing and where she is going?? Why do they report trivia such as this hunting event???
If Sarah Palin is truly someone who is irrelevant, then she should be ignored by the liberals. Right?? What am I missing???
Not sure.
It looks to me like it might be a Savage of some kind.
I’m a bit disappointed that this hunt didn’t involve either Ted or a helicopter.
Don’t see oaks or pines so it’s probably in a river bottom, Trinity would be my guess.
I’m not paying a lick of attention to whiney little pussies out there giving Miss Sarah a hard time nor will I even acknowledge them with a reply.
I will simply say,
Good job Miss Sarah, thats a fine animal that will feed alot of people. I hope to have one one my CHRISTMAS table this year. Well done!
“I’m a bit disappointed that this didn’t involve either Ted or a helicopter.”
Or, Sarah firing a machine gun at a hapless hog.
You can tell from the picture she is using an automatic AR type assault rifle with 30 shells in the clip.
“Hooves up! Don’t shoot!”
Mt. Pleasant, Texas
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-Sports/2014/12/12/Sarah-Palin-Scores-Big-Time-in-Texas
Northeast Texas
Sarah eradicating feral hogs....I love the smell of symbolism in the morning!
Go, Sarah!!
Probably along the Sulphur River on the north end of county or Big Cypress Creek in the south.
Because they're scared of her because she, like Reagan, is one of the few that really gets who the Left is and is not afraid to spell it out in plain English so that the average American can understand and agree. She's dangerous in the eyes of the Left.
Feral hog is seriously tasty...
Nice shooting Sarah!
Now... BBQ that stuff and use it as fuel for your run for President!
I dunno but it looks like a Huskemaw on top with a turret. Guess she's into long range hunting.
“Why do liberals care so much about what she is doing and where she is going?? Why do they report trivia such as this hunting event???”
Because when Cruz makes her secretary of the interior and she opens up America to oil leases and hunting land, the left are going to curl up in the fetal position.
I’m droolin. :-)
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