1100lb. Hog From Florida???
02-15-2006, 08:19 AM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Burleson Texas
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RE: 1100lb. Hog From Florida???
ORIGINAL: BerwindaleBoy
My dad told me that he had heard about an 1100lb hog being killed in Florida. Has anyone heard anything about this lil' piggie
My dad told me that he had heard about an 1100lb hog being killed in Florida. Has anyone heard anything about this lil' piggie
This is the only one that big I've seen on the net...There was abig one posted here several weeks ago, butI believe it was 600.. This one here was killed in Ga. and was 1,100.
02-15-2006, 11:08 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: North Louisiana
Posts: 3,050
RE: 1100lb. Hog From Florida???
Rev, that is the famous hog called Hogzilla. There was a show on the national geograpic channel on him a few months ago. Many people thought the story and the photo were fake. They ended up digging up the corpse to prove he was real.
02-15-2006, 02:19 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Leesburg Fl
Posts: 3,245
RE: 1100lb. Hog From Florida???
ORIGINAL: Rebel Hog
The 1100pd Hog was killed in Waco,Texas by a hunter called Larry Early.
The 1100pd Hog was killed in Waco,Texas by a hunter called Larry Early.
02-15-2006, 03:18 PM
#6
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: WC FL
Posts: 26,323
RE: 1100lb. Hog From Florida???
OOOps my bad!
True.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004]
BIG HOG!
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 though 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 mamoth size. When Larry took it to the processor it weighed in at over 1100 pounds!
The meat has no wild taste, as it was grain feed and the Larry is quite the hero. He has fed may fireman and provided the homeless shelter in downtown Orlando with a couple of meals.
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Variations: This item also circulates with the name Bob Lancaster in place of Larry Earley, and the geographical references changed to Houston and Texas in place of Florida and Orlando.
Origins: The photographs displayed above are genuine, and they do show a Florida man who and the very large hog he shot, even if some of the details in the accompanying text were exaggerated or made up by someone else.
We verified the details with Larry Earley himself, who told us:
I shot a log boar hog on August 27, 2004. The pictures you have were taken on my property close to where the hog was shot. I have many more photos. I do not know the origin of the story on the Internet. It did not come from me. Half of the details are accurate. I shot the hog once with a .44 magnum (the one in the photo). The hog charged towards me after he was shot but he only covered about 20 feet of ground. I was 10 yards away when I shot, and I was backing up while keeping the crosshairs on the hog as he was moving towards me. That is typical with wild hogs, that is what makes them fun to hunt.
The hog was too big for scales that were available to me on a Friday evening (500 lb. scales), so we decided to let the processor estimate the weight for us. Smokin' Oak Sausage Co. in Branford, F,L did the processing for me and he put the weight between 1100 and 1200 lbs. The tusk on the right side was 8-1/4" above the gum line and the right tusk was broken and measured 5" above the gum. The hide with the head was weighed at 284 lbs. The taxidermist I am using measured the neck at 42" around and the length from his eye socket to the tip of his nose at 11-3/4".
I just found out about the story on the internet yesterday. I think that it is hilarious that all of this has been going on. I'll be glad to talk to anyone about my hog. [/align]
True.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2004]
BIG HOG!
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 though 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 mamoth size. When Larry took it to the processor it weighed in at over 1100 pounds!
The meat has no wild taste, as it was grain feed and the Larry is quite the hero. He has fed may fireman and provided the homeless shelter in downtown Orlando with a couple of meals.
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Variations: This item also circulates with the name Bob Lancaster in place of Larry Earley, and the geographical references changed to Houston and Texas in place of Florida and Orlando.
Origins: The photographs displayed above are genuine, and they do show a Florida man who and the very large hog he shot, even if some of the details in the accompanying text were exaggerated or made up by someone else.
We verified the details with Larry Earley himself, who told us:
I shot a log boar hog on August 27, 2004. The pictures you have were taken on my property close to where the hog was shot. I have many more photos. I do not know the origin of the story on the Internet. It did not come from me. Half of the details are accurate. I shot the hog once with a .44 magnum (the one in the photo). The hog charged towards me after he was shot but he only covered about 20 feet of ground. I was 10 yards away when I shot, and I was backing up while keeping the crosshairs on the hog as he was moving towards me. That is typical with wild hogs, that is what makes them fun to hunt.
The hog was too big for scales that were available to me on a Friday evening (500 lb. scales), so we decided to let the processor estimate the weight for us. Smokin' Oak Sausage Co. in Branford, F,L did the processing for me and he put the weight between 1100 and 1200 lbs. The tusk on the right side was 8-1/4" above the gum line and the right tusk was broken and measured 5" above the gum. The hide with the head was weighed at 284 lbs. The taxidermist I am using measured the neck at 42" around and the length from his eye socket to the tip of his nose at 11-3/4".
I just found out about the story on the internet yesterday. I think that it is hilarious that all of this has been going on. I'll be glad to talk to anyone about my hog. [/align]
02-15-2006, 07:55 PM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Fairbanks, Alaska
Posts: 419
RE: 1100lb. Hog From Florida???
ORIGINAL: superstrutter
Rev, that is the famous hog called Hogzilla. There was a show on the national geograpic channel on him a few months ago. Many people thought the story and the photo were fake. They ended up digging up the corpse to prove he was real.
Rev, that is the famous hog called Hogzilla. There was a show on the national geograpic channel on him a few months ago. Many people thought the story and the photo were fake. They ended up digging up the corpse to prove he was real.
02-16-2006, 08:49 PM
#10
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Posts: 698
RE: 1100lb. Hog From Florida???
Was this a hunt or poaching or what?
Hunting is about an adventure with buddies a chase something.
Sounds to me like, If i saw a realy big cow in someones pasture and i decided just to stop the truck and shoot. is this what happened????
Hunting is about an adventure with buddies a chase something.
Sounds to me like, If i saw a realy big cow in someones pasture and i decided just to stop the truck and shoot. is this what happened????