Update:1,051-Pound Monster Pig Hogzilla II

[Sakobav]

An 11-year-old Alabama kid Jamison, who killed his first deer at age 5, was hunting with father Mike Stone and two guides in east Alabama on May 3 when he bagged Hogzilla II. He said he shot the huge animal eight times with a .50-caliber revolver and chased it for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off with a point-blank shot.
Jamison Stone's father says the hog his son killed weighed a 1,051 pounds and measured 9-feet-4 from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. Think hams as big as car tires.


If the claims are accurate, Jamison's trophy boar would be bigger than Hogzilla, the famed wild hog that grew to seemingly mythical proportions after being killed in south Georgia in 2004.

Any comments?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,275524,00.html

http://www.al.com/newsflash/regional/in ... labamanews



Cheers

[Grumpy]

So I wonder what this pig was fed with to get it up to such a size ? Hogzilla had unlimited access to high protein fish food if I remember correctly.
Eight shots to kill the boar and a prolonged hunt with the boys father and a guide watching on armed with rifles in case the boar decided to charge its tormentor - it`s a shame they didn`t use the rifles to put the animal out of its misery. The boy might have killed his first deer at five years of age but hasn`t learned to improve his accuracy in the intervening years.
Such behaviour makes me sick ...... and makes a mockery out of the term `sportsman`.

[Vikram]

"Eight shots to kill the boar and a prolonged hunt with the boys father and a guide watching on armed with rifles in case the boar decided to charge its tormentor - it`s a shame they didn`t use the rifles to put the animal out of its misery. The boy might have killed his first deer at five years of age but hasn`t learned to improve his accuracy in the intervening years.
Such behaviour makes me sick ...... and makes a mockery out of the term `sportsman`."

My sentiments.I have seen it in some hunters that because they are pigs and generally pests there is no need to accord them the respect of the rest of game animals.Every hunted animal deserves the same respect IMO and needs to be put down as humanely as possible.

Best-
Vikram

[Mack The Knife]

I wonder what it tasted like....

[Vikram]

Pig perhaps?

[snIPer]

I wonder what it tasted like....

ah, my thoughts exactly

[Mack The Knife]

Pig perhaps?

Aren't you the brilliant one!

I was wondering about the quality of the meat from such a big hog....assuming the weight isn't a fib.

Mack The Knife

[mehulkamdar]

Mack The Knife,

There have been big crossbred hogs reported in the South and filmed by the National Geographic channel. You might get the documentary enttled Hogzilla in India as well, or I could send it with Inder when he returns if you want me to. Many of these are local wild boar that have crossed with Russian hog breeds and, for some reason, after interbreeding, they grow to enormous sizes.

Vikram,

This is not a "pigs" vs other animals issue. The Southern rednecks are a weird bunch and they are not very well regarded for their sportsmanship by many Americans in the rest of this country. Yes, this disgraceful incident underlines how they bring a bad name to their own lot.

I must thank Grumpy for emphasizing this on this thread.

[Pran]

The 'Hogzilla' article's published in today's Times of India.

Pran

[Mack The Knife]

Mack The Knife,

There have been big crossbred hogs reported in the South and filmed by the National Geographic channel. You might get the documentary enttled Hogzilla in India as well, or I could send it with Inder when he returns if you want me to. Many of these are local wild boar that have crossed with Russian hog breeds and, for some reason, after interbreeding, they grow to enormous sizes.

Sure, please give Inder a copy.

What makes me doubt these reports, other than the weight, is the number of people who claimed to have shot the first Hogzilla.

BTW, has the parcel from the NRA arrived? If so, please give that to Inder as well.

Thanks.

Mack The Knife

[mehulkamdar]

Mack The Knife,

Haven't got your parcels yet but we are in holiday mode until Tuesday and mail does get delayed at this time of the year. I do have three packages for Abhijeet though, and the PBA pellets that I got for you a long time ago. Will give everything to Inder - he is nursing a bad stomach at the moment and I hope he is feeling better than he was yesterday.

Will order the NG CD rightaway.

Some info on monster hogs for you from Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/hogzilla.asp

Cheers!

[Mack The Knife]

Will order the NG CD rightaway.

Hang on! I thought you had a copy of a TV documentary. Don't want you ordering anything for me, though I will need your help regarding another matter. Will e-mail you when I get my comp back.

Thanks.

Mack The Knife

[eljefe]

Hi Guys, am back to the land of the living, had to give the last rites to the home comp though...Yup, life is life and deserves a fair chase and a quick clean kill. This sentiment overshadows the achievment of the 11 year old hunter, who might have garnered 'Fair hunter' accolades otherwise...

[Vikram]

Grumpy wrote

"So I wonder what this pig was fed with to get it up to such a size ?" How prophetic? Comes out that the porker was a former pet sold and hunted in a 150 acre fenced property.15 shots,three hour chase...disgraceful.

http://news.tradingcharts.com/futures/8/2/94044828.html

'Monster Pig's' origins revealed


FRUITHURST, Jun 01, 2007 (The Anniston Star - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Before he became known as "Monster Pig," the 1,051-pound hog shot in Delta was known by another name.
Fred.

Rhonda and Phil Blissitt told The Star on Thursday evening that, on April 29, four days before the hog was killed, Fred was one of many livestock on their farm.

Late Thursday evening, their claims were confirmed by Andy Howell, Game Warden for the Alabama Department of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries.

"I didn't want to stir up anything," Rhonda Blissitt said. "I just wanted the truth to be told. That wasn't a wild pig."

Added Phil Blissitt: "If it went down in the record book, it would be deceiving, and we'd know that for the rest of our lives."

The monster hog gained worldwide acclaim after he was harvested by 11-year-old Jamison Stone, a Pickensville native, with a .50-caliber pistol on May 3 at the Lost Creek Plantation, LLC, a hunting preserve in Delta. The big boar was hunted inside a large, low-fence enclosure and fired upon 16 times by Stone, who struck the animal nearly a half-dozen times during the three-hour hunt.

The Blissitts said they were unaware that the hog generating all the media attention was once theirs. It wasn't until Howell spoke with Phil Blissitt that the pieces of the puzzle came together.

Phil Blissitt recalled Howell asking him about the now-famous hog.

"Did you see that pig on TV?" Phil Blissitt recalled Howell asking him. "I said, 'Yeah, I had one about that size. He said, 'No, that one is yours.'

"That's when I knew."

Phil Blissitt purchased the pig for his wife as a Christmas gift in December of 2004. From 6 weeks old, they raised the pig as it grew to its enormous size.

Not long ago, they decided to sell off all of their pigs. Eddy Borden, owner of Lost Creek Plantation, purchased Fred.

Attempts by The Star to reach Borden were unsuccessful.

While Rhonda Blissitt was somewhat in the dark about the potential demise of her pet, Phil Blissitt said he was under the understanding that it would breed other female pigs and then "probably be hunted." Many other of their former pigs -- like their other farm animals -- had been raised for the purpose of agricultural harvest.

As the Blissitts recounted the events of the last two days, they told stories and made many references to the gentleness of their former "pet." From his treats of canned sweet potatoes to the how grandchildren would play with him, their stories painted the picture of a gentle giant. The even talked about how their small chihuahua would get in the pen with him and could come out unscathed.
"But if they hadn't fed him in a while," Rhonda Blissitt said, "he could have gotten irate."

Phil Blissitt said he became irritated when they learned about all the doubters who said photos of Fred were doctored.

"That was a big hog," he said.

The information of the pig's previous owner came out on the same day that officials from the Fish and Wildlife concluded their investigation of the hunt. They concluded that nothing illegal happened under the guidelines of Alabama law.

Allan Andress, enforcement chief for the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division, said they derived the hog's origin as the investigation unfolded.

"We were able to determine that he came from a domesticated environment," he said. "So, he was not feral to start with. Therefore, he would not violate our feral swine trapping and relocating rule."

Mike Stone, Jamison's father, contends that he was unaware of the origin of the pig. Before, during and after the hunt -- and up until late Thursday night, when contacted by The Star -- Mike Stone was under the impression that the hog was feral.

"We were told that it was a feral hog," Mike Stone said, "and we hunted it on the pretense that it was a feral hog."

[mehulkamdar]

The only appropriate term for these people is scum.

IIRC we even had one of their kind on our forum until he got banned - talked about shooting chickens at a farm.

These are little more than vermin on two feet.