Thread: Check out this Pig

Originally Posted by Jimbo

... a drop bear in a pig-suit. ...

James.

-whatever

-Lou

Huh???
Enormous huge pigs?
11-year old boys with .50caliber handguns??
Three hour chases of wild animals through australian wilderness???
Grown-up adults with even bigger guns for back-up, in case this hogzilla turns hostile for having been shot at with the small gun????

This poor boy will have to eat sausage for the rest of his life?!?!

But I guess in a place where monsters like that walk around .50caliber handguns are the least every kid should carry on the way to elementary school?

Originally Posted by Jimbo

it's actually a drop bear in a pig-suit.

James is more than 3/4 correct... I'm afraid there is a rat in our woodpile.

Every kid growing up in rural Australia has gone pig shooting at one time or another, and just like fisherman, they can't help tweaking the size of the pigs they've (we've) shot when re-telling the stories.

This is an old trick... you photograph the pig at ground level (knealing, sitting) and have the shooter kneal behind it (like that photo) but 10-15ft away from it. The further away the shooter is the bigger the pig looks.

If you look at the photo you can see that the kid has his elbows resting on one knee... if you look at you own leg from knee to foot you can see how big the pig is.

Aside from the gross exaggeration it's a nice pig and a good trophy for a young fella.

8 shots in three hours makes the crack of my bum itch though... that's cruel and unusual by anyones definition. It's true that you can kill these things with a .22 if you like, but it's better to use enough gun to ensure a humane kill with one shot.

Personally I used a 30-30 winchester for pig shooting and on most occasions they fell with one well placed shot. On two or three occasions a second shot was necessary and that's regrettable. Feral pig or not it's still a living creature and deserving of some respect

Greg Frazer

3 hours to me is unacceptable. If you can't make the fisrt shot leathal, you shouldn't take it.

Of coarse I'm a bit biased as I only hunt with single shot handguns or a muzzleloader rifle

Originally Posted by Greg Frazer

This is an old trick... you photograph the pig at ground level (knealing, sitting) and have the shooter kneal behind it (like that photo) but 10-15ft away from it. The further away the shooter is the bigger the pig looks.


Greg Frazer

Works with fish too ---well, works with anything actually ---very perceptive on the the kids leg length there Greg,

I don't think a pig that size would have any advantage in the wild ---he would probably be slow and easy prey to all them dingos and such ---- do you have enough food stuff in the bush to support a creature that big anyway?

Justin

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

very perceptive on the the kids leg length there Greg, Justin

Mate... you're way too kind. I know the trick because I've done it myself.

Good to show the photos to girls... Ooooh what a big pig, you must be the bravest in your tribe ... Response, "Yes I am, would you like to have sex now?"

Pigs do get a good size... 150-200kg and you're right, they get harder to feed then. It's not unusual to come accross large pigs that have simply died due to starvation.

They tend to use their snout to root up crops and love to eat grains and cerials, which is why farmers want them dead... you generally don't have too much trouble getting shooting permission from landowners if its pigs you're after.

One an off topic note Justin... love your signiature... I downloaded a video clip of John Foggerty singing Born on a Bayou with just him and a base guitar player in what looked like a small club or theatre... brilliant stuff

Greg Frazer

Originally Posted by Greg Frazer

One an off topic note Justin... love your signiature... I downloaded a video clip of John Foggerty singing Born on a Bayou with just him and a base guitar player in what looked like a small club or theatre... brilliant stuff

Greg Frazer

Thanks for info Greg ---- as far as my signature goes, well ol' John did a pretty good job of capturing the feel of Louisiana in that song --- not bad for a California boy ---and I'm always ready to roll with some cajun queen .

Justin

p.s. here's a cajun queen -- grew up about an hour from where I live.

I'm thinking photoshoped.

-Michael

Originally Posted by ohlookaneagle

I'm thinking photoshoped.

-Michael

Anything is possible with photoshop ---

Justin

Originally Posted by jaegerhund

p.s. here's a cajun queen -- grew up about an hour from where I live.

Bugger Me !!

I wonder if she'd like to see my pig photos

I am sure that's what Mr Foggerty had in mind.

Greg Frazer