Saturday evening, I was sitting on a tall hill that overlooks the river and a couple river bottom fields on my ranch. I had my .375 with me. Not sure why as the closest shot you can make from here is about 200 yards.

I had not seen a pig on my ranch since April or May, so I was shocked to see a pig run across the bottom field. I thought, "Well, I have a gun, I might as well take a poke at it."

Not sure of the yardage, I will measure it next week with a rangefinder. I would guess between 250 and 300 yards ?? The pig was at a trot, going across the field. I held about 16" high and about 2 feet in front of his nose and squeezed one off.

I thought I saw him fall, but was not sure. He ran across the field, full speed. I threw another one at him for fun.

I thought, "Well, that was a waste of two bullets." So I sat enjoying the last bit of the sunset.

It was dead calm and a beautiful evening. I heard a growl/gurgle/grunting noise and thought ... maybe I did hit him? I think I will go look at the road to see if there is a blood trail across it. I had no intention of following a blood trail into a very thick canyon at sunset. I just wanted confirmation that I had killed one more pig. Sure, seems like a waste, but I have to shoot every pig on the property or they become a real problem.

I drove down to the bottom field and start to walk the road looking for blood. Didn't have to look far, he was laying in the middle of the road, quite dead.

It was obvious immediately that this is the largest pig I have ever shot or caught. (I killed/trapped over 40 last March). I do not even want to venture a guess at the weight. I just know he was thick and solid.

I knew I could not lift this pig, no way. So, I went back to the house, emptied the bed of the Mule, and got two chains, a rope, flashlight, come-along, and camera.

I drove back to the pig and I wrapped a chain around his waist and I could not lift his butt off the ground with the chain ... I am not exaggerating. I backed the Mule up to him, released the bed so it would tilt down, like a dump truck, and hooked the come-along to the top bar of the Mule and cranked him in.

I still do not know what he weighs ...

Hogzilla 1

Hogzilla 2

Hogzilla 3

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Didn't have to look far, he was laying in the middle of the road, quite dead.

I love it when a plan comes together.

Well done. He has quite the snout on him, and some decent choppers.

That is sooooommmmmeeee pig, as Charolette would say. Wow!!!

Hope your Razorback buds don't hear that their mascot is now pork tamales.

That thing is a monster! nice hog

Wendel,

Looks like you need to get busy making sausages!!!!

Great pig.

Incidentally do you guys skin these like deer?

Rgds,
FB

Wendell - Now thats the sort of quarry that really gets me going! Congrats - Don't you just love the .375?

FB - Unlike deer, the skin of a pig is attached to a fat layer covering the body. Means that you either scald the hair off the skin (leaving crackling once cooked) or, taking some time, remove the skin with a knife.

rgds Ian

Thanks for shooting my mother in law.

what a hog - just the thing to keep your blood circulating. AND I"m glad that you're well back in circulation after your ordeal

Crowrifle - are we related? I thought that was my mother in law!!!

Man, Wendell, that is soooome hog!!

Congrats!!!

Bob

crowrifle & dogcat,

It is rare that I read anything here that really makes me laugh out loud.

Thanks!

Congrats Wendell, that thing is a monster !!
L

500!

That's a good one Wendell. He looks like a genuine #300 to me.

I bet that's over 400..

here is a 300+... I know, Neal shot this one last november, and it bottomed out a 315#scale with the snout on the ground.

this is in the bed of a long wheel base truck, not a mule

This one weighs 324. Looks to me a little bigger than Wendells. Hogs are very difficult to estimate from pictures

Looks around 300-375 hard to guess with just a pic. Its a nice one though.

around 330lb....

L

Walker,

That's not fair! That kid weighs about 75 lbs.

Ok, let me do the math, if he is 75 and I am 225 and the pig is so long ... let's see ... carry the 8 ... add the square of the hypotenuse between the balistic coefficient and my birthday and ... plus the temperature , oops, first subtract 32 then divide by ... ok ....

My pig comes out to 4,578 lbs. Yep that is about right.

Seriously, I don't know what my pig weighed, but I do know If I shot a 324 lb pig when I weighed 75 lbs, I would have thought I shot an Elephant. I bet that kid will remember the monster Pig he killed for years, he will probably tell his grandchildren about it.

If that is your kid, tell him I am impressed with his pig.

He is a puney little dude isn't he. He's not my kid, in fact, his Dad is the one kicking the javelina in the butt on that video that's floating around the web.

I don't care what it weighs - that is a hell of a hog!!

Holy crap Wendell!! Nice go'in!!

Mike

Why did you shoot such a small pig? LMAO. Good job!

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Originally posted by TomFromTheShade:
Why did you shoot such a small pig?

Cause it was the only one I could find!

You know, I am a pretty good judge of trophy quality on most things. Pigs and Bears somehow escape me.

It was a snap decision to shoot this pig. It was seen and shot and over in a matter of about 5 seconds.

I actually thought after I shot this, "Uh oh, I hope I didn't just shoot a Javelina."

I had no idea it was as big as it was.

If he was mine I'd mount him for sure. Hogs like like aren't behind every bush.

Having him stuffed is a better idea than mounting him. Someone might see you.

Indeed it´s a nice BIG pig !!

Congrats !

Congrats!!. I´ll guess about 140 kilo, what a trophy for a boy, way to go!

Dammit Boy! Nice porker!

I dunno squat about pigs. But I damned sure like that one, if it was a black bear you'd have a nice one for sure. I'd love to try piggy hunting, we just don't have many wild ones around here.

the chef

According to my calculations the pig weighs in at 476 lbs.

WOW! My that's a big'n!

That kids grin says it all. Good pig Webdell. Looks like you are going to be eating a lot of pork roasts and chops for a while.

I'm almost 100% sure that pig will definitely go well over 400 lb. maybe even 500. Wendell's right about needing to shoot every hog you see on a place your trying to intensively manage for deer and/or exotics. Most people don't believe that a big hog will kill and eat Whitetail fawns and just about any other small, weak animal it can find. I saw a video on TV one time of some hogs in California tearing a baby goat to shreds. They can be viscious animals. They also breed like flippin' rats!!

Wendell
Baised on pigs I have actually weighed I would estimate the weight to be 300 to 350 lbs. It is hard to tell from a picture. Nice pig.
By the way two of the best eating pigs I have ever shot were two boars that went @ 300 lbs estimated and @ 325 lbs, weighed, he bottomed out my 300 lb scale. Both were very tasty.
Both were killed with my 9,3x74 R double.

That is a real nice hog!!! I want one with a pistol, real bad.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Walker:
If he was mine I'd mount him for sure. QUOTE]

Deliverance revisited, eh? You must be from the south.

Looks like you were in Hog Heaven.What I want to know is how you got that Hogzilla in the back of the truck! Hopefully a tractor with an FEL.

damn Wendell!! that's one HUGE squealer!! congrats buddy!!
I love the H&H!!!! YEAH!!!

zubin

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Originally posted by dogcat:
Crowrifle - are we related? I thought that was my mother in law!!!

..God guys what do your wives look like....

That is one great pig...my dream is to take one like that with a handgun.

Bob