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Georgia Hunter Bags 'Hogzilla'
WSBTV NEWS ^ | 1-5-2007

Posted on 01/05/2007 10:21:08 AM PST by Cagey

FAYETTE COUNTY -- An urban legend comes to life, and meets its death in northeast Georgia.

A boar weighing 1,100 pounds was shot and killed in a Fayette County neighborhood.

Residents say the wild hog had been tearing up their yards for years.

These so-called "hogzillas" have been spotted and killed in south Georgia in recent years, but the Department of Natural Resources is trying to determine if the pig shot in Fayette County this week is a state record.

People passing by the Coursey house are amazed by the boar hanging from a tree in the front yard. William Coursey, an avid hunter, shot the pig in a neighbor's yard.

Coursey says the boar is one of four that had been roaming the neighborhood, uprooting yards for seven years. He says the other three animals may have been killed previously.

He says he thought it was myth until now. Coursey and his son took the hog to a local weigh station, where it weighed in at 1,100 pounds. It's an estimated 9 feet long.

The Courseys believe the hefty hog may be the biggest ever, based on statistics they say they found in a local hunting magazine.

Experts say the large pigs are "feral," meaning they were once domesticated but now run wild. They can be dangerous, and the DNR urges that you call wildlife experts to remove the animals.


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To: MarineBrat

Save it for Osama.


21 posted on 01/05/2007 11:16:15 AM PST by BenLurkin (O beautiful for patriot dream, that sees beyond the years)
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To: Cagey

You're so silly ;)


22 posted on 01/05/2007 11:18:01 AM PST by MotleyGirl70
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To: Doohickey

Just yer standard pig gone wild. A friend of mine raises Louisiana Catahoulas which is a type of hound used in hog hunting. Farmers will pay big money to have a dog & hunter clear their land of these wild hogs. Imagine having a Tiger Tank tearing up you fields every day...


23 posted on 01/05/2007 12:48:20 PM PST by Tallguy
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To: Cagey

I think they need a bigger tree... and perhaps we might try stringing Saddam up next to it for good measure.


24 posted on 01/05/2007 12:49:30 PM PST by Tallguy
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To: Cagey
If the guy with Hogzilla #1 was not standing in a hole, the perception would be different. They seem close to me?


25 posted on 01/05/2007 2:01:39 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: TexasCajun
You know, if I were that girl, I wouldn't have had my picture taken near that hog.

"But, fair or not fair, there are unbecoming conjunctions, which reason will patronize in vain-- which taste cannot tolerate--which ridicule will seize."

- Jane Austen

26 posted on 01/07/2007 3:30:45 PM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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To: Cagey

If you have an 1,100 pound hog, hanging from a tree in your front yard, you might be a redneck.


27 posted on 04/29/2007 7:15:42 AM PDT by magellan
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