MarkA
I got an e-mail from a friend of mine that lives in HOG country. To me that is any place that is below a certain line on the map because we just simply don't have these critters in Montana.
Heres the story:
The fellow in the pictures is Larry Earley, He lives about 30 miles from Orlando, in the very rural community of Okahumpka, just off the Florida
turnpike in Lake County, Florida. He has 20 acres of land and on it, a
few cows and horses. Mostly it's pasture land that is fenced with woods
surrounding him.
He is neighbored by a larger cattle ranch. His neighbor has complained for several years that wild hogs had been raiding his cattle feeders and salt licks.
Last month he saw what he thought was a cow in his pond and went to see if It was stuck in the mud and would have to be pulled out. When he got close enough to realize it was hog, the thing made a charge at him. He had driven his truck down to the pond and carries a pistol in it (as any Florida redneck would, and I say that with genuine affection). He got his
handgun and when it came at him again, he shot it twice and killed it.
Wild hogs in Florida usually run from 100-400 pounds with a 400 pounder
being a monster. Because this one had been feasting on grain for several
years it had grown to mammoth size. When Larry took it to the processor
it weighed in at over
1100 pounds! :eek:
