Am I the only one who really doesn't care about what direction my thread takes?

[mikegideon]

Ummmmm Bacon

Wish I could afford some bacon to go with my white bean diet. Spent all my money on parts and ammo.

[Rightwinger]

Go shoot you some bacon!

[mikegideon]

Go shoot you some bacon!

All in good time

[Rightwinger]

They keep showing those shows on Discovery about the pig invasion like its a bad thing!!!

( I am not a farmer and understand they are a huge pestilance but I'm hoping a few wander onto the farm in Wayne Co.)

[mikegideon]

They keep showing those shows on Discovery about the pig invasion like its a bad thing!!!

( I am not a farmer and understand they are a huge pestilance but I'm hoping a few wander onto the farm in Wayne Co.)

Funny you should mention it, as I'm on the RRA website looking at the LAR458's

[vontar]

I sure would like to see some of that Free range roaming bacon while I am out deer hunting. I told dad next year I want to plan a deer hunt some place were we have a chance to see a wild hog as I would be just as happy to get wild hog as a deer.

I know most people use Dogs to hunt wild hogs, but I don't have a place to keep hunting dogs nor do I have time to train them and risk them getting injured hunting wild hogs. So I Need to just be out and hope to see one. I actually don't think I know anyone personally that has killed a wild hog.

[Rightwinger]

Funny you should mention it, as I'm on the RRA website looking at the LAR458's

So should I just set one of the two that are inbound to D&T back for you and just call ya? I can set back a couple of boxes of ammo as well. Then we can talk on reloading it as you will definitely want to...just saying.

[mikegideon]

So should I just set one of the two that are inbound to D&T back for you and just call ya? I can set back a couple of boxes of ammo as well. Then we can talk on reloading it as you will definitely want to...just saying.

Not yet, but you know you're gonna get the call one day.

[Guest Bronker]

[1morethan8]

Bacon!?

Looks like fun...

[Rightwinger]

Fresh bacon....still in the wrapper there. Yep

Okay, Bronker, what the heck was the picture?

[JAB]

I actually don't think I know anyone personally that has killed a wild hog.

That is because wild pigs/feral hogs/boar do not exist in Tennessee.

Seriously, as you say, I don't know anyone who has killed one in this state. I have also never seen a single wild pig nor have I ever seen a single track, wallow or anything else to suggest that these things are real. I fish and use the campsites both along the Tellico River and Citico Creek and have walked some of the trails in the woods there. Wild hogs are supposedly plentiful there but I have not even heard so much as a squeal. I have also been in places in the Smokies where bear and elk are roaming but have never seen a hog there, either. I have seen footage on television of sites that were supposedly torn up by wild pigs but that could just as easily have been done by a prankster with a tractor. I have also never seen a picture of a Tennessee wild hog that can be verified as authentic.

Wild hogs are supposed to be numerous in TN and even the TWRA has fallen for the hoax yet have you ever seen one that has been hit by a car? You'd think that, if they have been around for years and there are as many as some claim, you would see at least one dead on the highway. I haven't so they must not exist.

"What about all the people who claim to have seen them or even killed them," you ask? Well, obviously they are either pulling a hoax, are mistaken or are downright delusional. What they really saw/shot was probably either a large raccoon (after all, male 'coons are called 'boars' and females are often called 'sows' - the mistake is understandable) or a small black bear. They see these things and their mind plays tricks on them, showing them what they want to see (free-range bacon) rather that what is really there.

So, based on the available evidence and the criteria used to rule out the existence of other types of animals in this state, you should give up on the idea of killing a wild hog because they obviously do not exist. Sorry to ruin your plan.

Edited May 3, 2011 by JAB

[G27]

Still need to make me some of that banana puddin'...

[vontar]

That is because wild pigs/feral hogs/boar do not exist in Tennessee.

Seriously, as you say, I don't know anyone who has killed one in this state. I have also never seen a single wild pig nor have I ever seen a single track, wallow or anything else to suggest that these things are real. I fish and use the campsites both along the Tellico River and Citico Creek and have walked some of the trails in the woods there. Wild hogs are supposedly plentiful there but I have not even heard so much as a squeal. I have also been in places in the Smokies where bear and elk are roaming but have never seen a hog there, either. I have seen footage on television of sites that were supposedly torn up by wild pigs but that could just as easily have been done by a prankster with a tractor. I have also never seen a picture of a Tennessee wild hog that can be verified as authentic.

Wild hogs are supposed to be numerous in TN and even the TWRA has fallen for the hoax yet have you ever seen one that has been hit by a car? You'd think that, if they have been around for years and there are as many as some claim, you would see at least one dead on the highway. I haven't so they must not exist.

"What about all the people who claim to have seen them or even killed them," you ask? Well, obviously they are either pulling a hoax, are mistaken or are downright delusional. What they really saw/shot was probably either a large raccoon (after all, male 'coons are called 'boars' and females are often called 'sows' - the mistake is understandable) or a small black bear. They see these things and their mind plays tricks on them, showing them what they want to see (free-range bacon) rather that what is really there.

So, based on the available evidence and the criteria used to rule out the existence of other types of animals in this state, you should give up on the idea of killing a wild hog because they obviously do not exist. Sorry to ruin your plan.

I am pretty sure there are some in TN. We all know they are for a lack of better word, the wild pigs are escaped or turned lose domestic pigs some of which may have survived a few generations or more.

My dad told me about a person killing 2 pigs years back they still had rings in their snout and he said they were so poor because of the rings in the snout (preventing them from rooting).

I believe he told me of some of his Friends that may have got or seen some in Scott Co. a few years back. Black panthers, not wild hogs, wait, I reversed that

http://www.tn.gov/twra/feralhog.html

Feral hog season is open year-round on private lands with no bag limits whatsoever. In other words, we want you to kill as many hogs as possible to slow their spread. So please help us take aim at controlling wild hog populations.

I just found this. Talk about strange wording. Public Hunting areas are considerered private land? Who wrote this stuff?

Private Lands (Public Hunting Areas are considered private land)

Edited May 4, 2011 by vontar

[Mike.357]

banana pudding is good, grits not so much.

and I don't care what direction any thread I start takes as long as the original topic was addressed and resolved. After that it does not much matter.

I do get a kick out of threads where a question is asked and correctly answered in the next post, then 15 more posts come in saying the same thing.

[Guest db99wj]

banana pudding is good, grits not so much.

and I don't care what direction any thread I start takes as long as the original topic was addressed and resolved. After that it does not much matter.

I do get a kick out of threads where a question is asked and correctly answered in the next post, then 15 more posts come in saying the same thing.

Only if made with eagle brand condensed milk and real whipping cream.

I agree with Mike

[JAB]

I, myself, am not crazy about grits when prepared the way most folks eat them. Now, throw a little butter and sugar in them and eat them like cream of wheat and that is a different story. I also like them jazzed up with cheese and some kind of chile pepper. They are pretty good served that way and even better if you refrigerate the leftovers in a container that helps them form sort of a 'loaf' (they will take a form when cooled) then slice them and brown the slices on both sides in butter in an iron skillet the next day.

[vontar]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaGWKx5K7IM

A team

However, I end up talking to the B team allot.

[Caster]

I like to start with a 220 grit and then work my way down to a 400 grit. If I'm really trying to impress, I'll even go 600 grit and then Semi-Chrome and a muslin buffing wheel. Semichrome works good, but I don't mind using some jewelers rouge if I have to.

[Guest HvyMtl]

Muslin?

[Garufa]

Muslin?

It's a type of fabric.

[mikegideon]

It's a type of fabric.

In parts of alabama and mississippi, it's a black president.

[Garufa]

Do muslims wear muslin?

[mikegideon]

On their heads