Giant Pig Killed

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Giant pig killed by small boyFrom correspondents in Alabama
May 27, 2007 01:00am
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AN 11-year-old boy used a pistol to kill a giant pig that his father says weighed a staggering 476kg and measured 2.74m, from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail.

Think of hams as big as car tyres.

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

Hogzilla was originally thought to weigh 453.6kg and measure 3.6m long.

National Geographic experts who unearthed its remains believe the animal actually weighed about 362.8kg and was 2.4m long.

Regardless of the comparison, Jamison is revelling in the attention over his pig.

"It feels really good," Jamison said. "It's a good accomplishment. I probably won't ever kill anything else that big."

Jamison, who killed his first deer at age five, was hunting with father Mike Stone and two guides in east Alabama on May 3.

He said he shot the huge animal eight times with a .50-calibre revolver and chased it for three hours through hilly woods before finishing it off.

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That'll do ... intrepid 11-year-old pig hunter Jamison Stone from Alabama, USA, chased this 476kg monster pig for three hours and shot it eight times with his pistol in the process for the bragging rights.
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[missy]

I saw that on the news.. ain't that sumpthin?

[lilqueenie]

A little info on Hogzilla...

HAWGZILLA:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Hogzilla is the name given to a wild hog that was shot and killed in Alapaha, Georgia, United States, on 17 June 2004 by Chris Griffin on Ken Holyoak's farm and hunting reserve. It was alleged to be 12 feet (3.6 meters) long and to weigh 1,000 pounds (450 kg). Originally it was considered a hoax.[1]

Its remains were exhumed in early 2005 and studied by scientists from the National Geographic Society for a documentary. In March 2005, these scientists confirmed that Hogzilla actually weighed 800 pounds (360 kg) and was between 7.5 and 8 feet (2.25 and 2.4 meters) long, diminishing the previous claim. Hogzilla was part domestic (Hampshire breed) and part wild boar. However, compared to most wild boars and domestics, Hogzilla is still quite a large and extraordinary specimen.

According to the examiners, Hogzilla's tusks measured nearly 18 inches (46 cm), and nearly 16 inches (41 cm), which was a new record for North America.


(Image of HAWGZILLA with Chris Griffin)

~Queenie~

[jody]

Dammit boy!! 18" cutters? That's the bull of them woods, even if it is a hog! If you could chew it, think of the hams on that baby!

[hooty]

for Unca Bobby to do the Barbequeing

poor Porky, he prolly wersen't bothering nobody just minding his own buisness listening to some Skynyrd

[missy]

Man.. If I'd seen him in the woods I'd been a runnin/tree climbin mf'r LOL. I'm nervous of normal sized hawgs.

True story (cross my heart)... my ex husbands Aunt Peggy got her leg bit off by a hog. They called her peg leg after that LMAO

[Susan]

It looks like the 11 yr old kid who killed the over 1000# hog was a pet. Here is the whole story.

FRUITHURST — 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.”

[jody]

I didn't really want to spoil the excitement of this story, but to tell you guys the truth I knew that hog couldn't have been a feral hog. for more than one reason. The main reason being wild hogs have to search for food like any other wild animal and they survive on grubs and acorns etc. For a wild hog to gain that much weight and to maintain that weight, the acorns in the area would have to be the size of apples!! ;D And really plentyfull! I've heard a dozen stories about giant hogs and it ALWAYS comes down to it being a domestic or half domestic well fed pet. We had a 1100 lb hog killed a few miles from here several yrs. back that they said was a wild russian boar. Turned out that it was a pet that had been over fed and escaped the farm. In East Texas where I live there are still some true piney woods rooters that run the bottoms and they can achieve weights of 7-800 lbs. but they are rare these days because of the breeding with the smaller feral hogs. AHHH so goes the way of most LEGENDS!

[Susan]

I'm sorry Jody, I spoiled it for everyone. I belong to a Hog Hunting Site and the truth was posted there. So I posted it here. I'm sorry ya all. Shame on me

[jody]

Don't you be sorry little girl! The fable had run it's course anyway! It would be freaky to run across ol Fred in the woods tho!