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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: SquatsRule on July 05, 2013, 02:18:14 PM
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http://www.today.com/news/feral-pigs-going-hog-wild-across-growing-area-us-6C10548867 (http://www.today.com/news/feral-pigs-going-hog-wild-across-growing-area-us-6C10548867)
Digging up fields and lawns, killing livestock and spreading disease, wild pigs have gone from a regional nuisance to one rapidly spreading across the nation.
The animals have razor-sharp tusks, a bottomless appetite and no natural predators, and experts say the invasion of the feral pigs has become a major problem that is moving north.
“This truly is becoming a national crisis,’’ John Mayer, the manager of environmental science at the Savannah River (S.C.) National Laboratory, told TODAY on Friday.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that wild hogs, which can weigh more than 200 pounds, are responsible for more than $1.5 billion in agriculture damage and destruction every year. TODAY’s Kerry Sanders took a ride in a helicopter to see them firsthand, watching dozens on the run across the 2,000-acre South Fork Ranch in Okeechobee, Fla.
“It’s like having a rat in your house,’’ Southfork Land and Cattle Company’s Bill Wallace told Sanders. “They’re just not a good thing.”
In 1987, there were an estimated two million wild pigs in about 20 states, primarily in the South and concentrated in Texas and Florida. Now there are an estimated six to eight million wild pigs roaming 47 states.
“This increase that we’ve seen in wild pigs is unquestionably dramatic,’’ Mayer said. “We don’t have another species here in the U.S. that has increased at this same rate.”
Experts say the explosion in the wild pig population is partially due to hunters transporting them across state lines, plus some escaping from hunting preserves. The animals also produce two litters a year, rapidly swelling their numbers.
All of it could add up to a higher grocery bill for Americans. “The reason people should care is because eventually it could result in increased costs at the marketplace,’’ Wallace said.
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John Mayer will save us from feral pigs?
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I just have to laugh at the title of thread when I think about all the Juruth Stories.
Branch, Save us! ;D
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Suddenly the "hunting pigs with a mini gun" thread comes to mind. Kill them all and feed them to the poor. I'm sure they're not too bad.
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I just have to laugh at the title of thread when I think about all the Juruth Stories.
Branch, Save us! ;D
;D
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He has to have his Monster truck with the 12 step ladder he needs to get in it.
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Yes...yes he will.
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branch is not taller than a feral pig
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branch is not taller than a feral pig
;D ;D ;D
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Branch, saving the country from feral pigs.
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Branch, saving the country from feral pigs.
Why is Branch on a leash? :'(
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Branch is a midget and a coward
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Branch is a midget and a coward
EVen using phil heath's stage strategy of standing 2 feet in front of the judges line didnt help branch
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wild boar sausage is quite tasty...real gamey taste
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TASTY MEAT, TASTY MEAT.
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Branch isn't the only one. We had 20+ medium-sized hogs that almost ran out in front of the car this afternoon. Florida is overrun with them.
This is a smallish (120 lb) boar that took 3 22 mag bullets to the head at point blank range after he broke away from 4 dogs dragging him down. Tough animals.
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Can I turn these feral pigs into bacon :P
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Do they make good baby back ribs???
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Sounds like a cheap and nice source of protein for bodybuilders on a budget.
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Branch Warren will start a supplement company that features dehydrated swine protein. Wild boar hardcore.
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Branch isn't the only one. We had 20+ medium-sized hogs that almost ran out in front of the car this afternoon. Florida is overrun with them.
This is a smallish (120 lb) boar that took 3 22 mag bullets to the head at point blank range after he broke away from 4 dogs dragging him down. Tough animals.
(http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc2/bryant1981/5EA68C4A-99D0-4AA4-B27B-CEB05309039C-25955-000017A8C9168BE8.jpg)
Ya. I had one 120-ish boar take an extra round from my .454 Casull to drop.
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Never thought I'd see my fellow Getbiggers ashamed of bacon. Strange days.