The (in)famous “Hogzilla” turned out not to be 1000 pounds, but was confirmed to be 800 pounds by National Geographic. I guess this fella dug up the yards in the wrong neighborhood and somebody is going to have a LOT of sausage and pork chops for a while – and beats the old “Hogzilla” record by 300 pounds!
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January 8th, 2007 at 10:38 am
I recall that original Hogzilla story. If I remember correctly, the guy who killed it manufactures a pelletized commercial fish feed for aquacultural farmers, and claimed that Hogzilla got so big because he would sneak in at night and eat the fish food.
One hell of an advertising tool I suppose, but I guess he never figured anyone would want to dig up old Hogzilla and give him a closer look. Anyway, he got busted.
This new hog though is the real deal. I have hunted hogs (and all kinds of other critters) all of my life, and know a lot of other people that do too, and I have never seen a wild pig over 700 lbs. To kill an 1100# pig is a probably a once in a lifetime opportunity for sure.
I wish it could have been me.
January 8th, 2007 at 11:32 am
MBT, this photo reminds me that it is time for my post-holiday diet.
Joe, why would a giant hog be tied up in a tree? Share some of that hunting experience with me.
January 8th, 2007 at 11:35 am
McCain – you tie ‘em up so you can gut ‘em!
January 8th, 2007 at 11:48 am
Oh I see. I suspected they were going to fill it with candy and give the kids a baseball bat. But gut it in the front yard and all? That wouldn’t go over very well in my neighborhood.
January 8th, 2007 at 11:50 am
McCain, MBT is right. Hang them by their rear legs while the kill is fresh (if you can get to them while they still have a little life-VERY LITTLE LIFE-left in them you can let the heart pump out most of their blood for you) and slit their throat so the blood can drain out and then you’re ready to gut, skin, and butcher them.
You have to work reasonably quick so the blood doesn’t coagulate though. If it does you will have a bunch of bloody meat to deal with, but that’s another topic.
Wow! It’s lunchtime.
January 8th, 2007 at 11:56 am
One more thing—you gut a 1100# hog at the first tree limb you can find that can handle that kind of load. No need to be picky about it. Besides, southern neighbors aren’t as uppity as those left coast folks you live around McCain.
January 8th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
I didn’t even think about commenting on this until now, but I’d rather live next to someone that skins large animals in their front yard, than one that who leaves their Christmas decorations on the lawn after the New Year.
January 8th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
McCain – it wouldn’t go over very well in my neighborhood either, but we used to dress deer in our yard in Ohio – and all we got from our neighbors was jealousy that it wasn’t theirs!
Joe, As for the Christmas decorations – I just took mine down, so I guess I qualify for a neighbor you wouldn’t want to live near. But we have enough Eastern Europeans around here, we can always claim Russian Christmas – gives us at least an extra week! Besides, the community hopsital just eneded thier public display yesterday too!
Did I just polish my conservative credentials, or what?
(Directed at you McCain, for calling me a ‘Hillary’ on Hedgehog last summer!)
January 8th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Sigh MBT, women just don’t ever forget!
Joe, I don’t believe you are describing a kosher butchering process.
You are both almost motivating me to make a PETA post – the Colorado governor just put those babies in the news.
January 8th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
McCain – PLEASE make the PETA post – I need to get my 2 cents worth in …
BTW – how do we get this all “de-centered?”
January 8th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
MBT—don’t take it personal. Besides, I said “rather live next to”, not “wouldn’t want to live next to”.
McCain—Kosher??? The only thing Kosher around here are the “Hebrew” brand hot dogs at the supermarket.
January 8th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Well well, given a choice between living next to someone in Arkansas or Maryland ….. I’ll take California!
MBT, the common centering tag thing gotcha. In the reciprical world of html, all beginning tags like “center” need to have a corresponding closing tag like “/center” so I just closed it for ya. It is a common little error that gets me all the time. Same thing applies if you see italics or bold everywhere!
January 8th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
McCain – toggles – I tried it – but i must have missed one – i’m still learning – thanks!
It wouldn’t have been so bad if it hadn’t re-centered the whole site!
Joe – I’m glad to see I’m not off your neighbor list completely
And McCain – KOSHER? IT’S A PIG!
January 8th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
MBT—What? Kosher folks don’t eat pork? What are they, Muslims or something?
ba-da-bing….thank you, thank you. Don’t forget to tip you waitresses before you leave.
January 8th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Joe – you are as nuts as McCain – that is a compliment, by the way!
January 8th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
ok, did someone forget to close the bold tag in her comment? haha, i will fix it if so…. testing testing…. 1 2 3
January 8th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
McCain – I was in the post to change it – and imagine my surprise when I got into the post and it was already fixed by the blogsite fairies (see week 2 or 3 caption contest?).
Of course, the whole process took about 15 minutes due to the sluggishness of the site – I am going to complain to the blog site administrator.
January 8th, 2007 at 5:27 pm
gulp. I remember that photo! FYI, speeding up the posting stuff is now high on my list. Site been functioning well for users these past couple days, yes, yes? good job mccain, good job.
January 9th, 2007 at 7:04 am
Good job McCain – don’t knock yourself out patting yourself on the head!
January 9th, 2007 at 7:53 am
That’s better. And actually, Joe just reduced all of the sidebar images to help things along.
January 10th, 2007 at 12:22 am
[...] This instructive video is offered as a public service, as a natural continuation of the contributions made this week by Mary Beth on the important topics of naked partying on college campuses, the new wave of urinal crime gripping western democracies, and a In fact, the following Google search finds that Mary Beth’s educational really big pig post is #4 in the world out of 480,000 posts, which is slightly higher than the New York Times article on this same topic: world record pig killed in georgia [...]
January 11th, 2007 at 1:39 pm
[...] Caption Contest – Hogzilla Edition By MCCAIN Just in case you didn’t get enough to eat for the holidays, feast your eyes on Hogzilla the 1100 pound pig. Or is it 800? Who is counting! Read about Hogzilla here. [...]
January 16th, 2007 at 1:50 am
Just a few links…
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May 26th, 2007 at 2:40 am
[...] from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Although this hog is just a tad bit smaller than THIS 1,100 pound porker killed near Atlanta, GA, back in January, it’s still [...]
November 17th, 2007 at 3:19 am
THE ORIGINAL HOGZILLA WASN’T A HOAX. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’S JEALOUSY CAME IN WHEN THEY WEREN’T NOTIFIED FIRSTLY.