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Wild hogs plague Florida neighborhood
upi ^ | Feb. 26, 2010

Posted on 02/26/2010 7:44:53 AM PST by JoeProBono

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To: advertising guy
nice bike....extended ?

Yes, polished extended swing arm, to keep the front end down under hard acceleration. Zoom, zoom...
41 posted on 02/26/2010 8:30:25 AM PST by ZX12R
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To: ZX12R

oh it’s polished.....I recognize the brains all over it...beautiful motorcycle !!!

.. presently, I don’t own a bike but have owned 24 so far.

.. not one Harley


42 posted on 02/26/2010 9:03:20 AM PST by advertising guy (Consumer Of Confiscated Liquers Czar)
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To: bitterohiogunclinger
And the only use a 9mm is going to be when your facing an angry boar is to shoot yourself with.

....if you want to seriously wound yourself.

43 posted on 02/26/2010 9:18:04 AM PST by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists".)
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To: JoeProBono

Someone should tell these folks about “guns”.


44 posted on 02/26/2010 9:21:23 AM PST by tumblindice (Obama's as crazy as a bedbug)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
A .22 long rifle just under the ear will usually drop them like a rock.

Yep. The city folks are outing themselves.

45 posted on 02/26/2010 9:22:05 AM PST by Vigilantcitizen
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To: Disambiguator

You forgot to include a brace of Catahoula’s for flushing & beying at the critters. These hogs can hide in thickets like you wouldn’t believe.


46 posted on 02/26/2010 10:02:34 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: marktwain

Yep, night vision and/or laser sights are the way to get feral hogs.


47 posted on 02/26/2010 10:25:47 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: DCBryan1

You can buy a chamber adapter for a .308 rifle that allows you to shoot .32 caliber pistol ammo (which is actually .30 caliber). No suppressor is needed when shooting this pistol ammo out of a long rifle barrel.


48 posted on 02/26/2010 10:28:00 AM PST by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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To: Tallguy

I was just thinking of a homeowner sniping at hogs from his or her back porch - no dogs required.


49 posted on 02/26/2010 10:43:28 AM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Grunthor

Feral hogs are becoming an issue in a bunch of places. They cause real, lasting damage to wildlife habitat and they are mean. Some states have an open season on them year round, in order to try and prevent them from making a permanent deal out of this, they are that bad. They should form a neighborhood organization, and hold a semi-permanent BBQ with these critters. If they handle it right, not the worst problem to have.


50 posted on 02/26/2010 11:01:20 AM PST by Freedom4US
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To: manc

I have to disagree on the hogs. They are a nasty invasive species that is not native to the area. They should be shot on sight. They damage the local environment and ruin it for native species. They also breed far beyond the capacity of the land to sustain them.

...and saying that, I live in a neighborhood with deer, coyotes, foxes and other large wild animals that are not considered a problem. There is a huge difference between native species and invasive species.


51 posted on 02/26/2010 11:08:54 AM PST by MediaMole
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To: Freedom4US

“Feral hogs are becoming an issue in a bunch of places. They cause real, lasting damage to wildlife habitat and they are mean.”

Live capture. Transport to Dearborn Michigan.


52 posted on 02/26/2010 11:20:32 AM PST by Grunthor (The more people I meet, the more I love my dogs.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

“A .22 long rifle just under the ear will usually drop them like a rock.

Yep. The city folks are outing themselves.”

I have read stories about hunters being treed by wounded hogs. I would not provoke one unless I had a lot of gun. I would not count on hitting the “sweet spot”.


53 posted on 02/26/2010 11:41:34 AM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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“I don’t own a bike but have owned 24 so far.

.. not one Harley”

That’s the saddest story I’ve heard all day.


54 posted on 02/26/2010 12:19:46 PM PST by jjones9853
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To: Disambiguator

Friends of mine keep Catahoula’s. Really cool hounds. Fearless against a boars tusks.

Problem with these hogs is that they tend to layup during daylight hours in the thickest woods or swamps. Only thing you can do is poach them at night (like you suggested) or push them out. That usually equals dogs.

Incidentally, the dogs usually wear kevlar vests. At the end of the day it’s the pig that should be gutted.


55 posted on 02/26/2010 12:22:35 PM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: MediaMole

not sure how you come to that decision as hogs in this part of FL have been here for hundreds of years and have been hunted for that time for food.
This has been reported back in the books by the spanish because they rbought them here and hundreds of years after
I live in the oldest town in America and the Spanish was back here in 1575 and just before that.


56 posted on 02/26/2010 2:12:58 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: Tallguy

yankees who moved won here and move into their big no character elitist gated communities should be the ones who are rounded up and taken back or hunted,

they’re the ones who are ruining this state, knocking down acres of trees, building crap strip malls, killings animals so they can keep their grass neat and tidy


57 posted on 02/26/2010 2:15:35 PM PST by manc (WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
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To: TexasRepublic
I recommend a Mosin Nagant M44 carbine for the job.

If you miss with all 5 rounds of 7.62 x 54R, you still have a bayonet.

58 posted on 02/26/2010 2:25:25 PM PST by SIDENET ("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
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To: SIDENET

“If you miss with all 5 rounds of 7.62 x 54R, you still have a bayonet. “

Better not miss - that little pig sticker would only make them mad. Seriously. My favorite story is about a fellow named Snooky that dropped his inadequate gun and scampered up a thorn tree. It was a hot day. While waiting a few hours for the pig to leave, he discovered the tree was infested with tree sap and ants! We have some huge hogs in East Texas, a lot bigger than 150 lbs. A trip to the local taxidermy shop was a real eye-opener. I have an 1886 .45-70 Winchester that would make good hog medicine.


59 posted on 02/26/2010 2:46:40 PM PST by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: manc

Maybe you dumb rednecks shouldn’t sell the land for those gated communities and strip malls. Did you ever think of that?

Maybe if you dumb rednecks went to a town meet once in a while you could check to see the zoning laws stay the same.


60 posted on 02/26/2010 2:47:00 PM PST by Shooter 2.5 (NRA /Patron - TSRA- IDPA)
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