tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post7873729265996079658..comments2024-03-26T22:16:26.572-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Hogzilla II: Terrific Hunting Story or Sad Artifice?PBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-91197975407567802282007-06-01T06:18:00.000-04:002007-06-01T06:18:00.000-04:00See Washington Post story on Alabama Fish and Ganm...See Washington Post story on Alabama Fish and Ganme questions at >> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/30/AR2007053002033.html <BR/><BR/>If you go to the LA Times story at >> http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-pig31may31,1,4508497.story?coll=la-headlines-nation you find this wonderful quote: <BR/><BR/>"Eddy Borden, owner of the spread where the hunt occurred, declined to comment on how the hog got into the 150-acre area where it was killed by Jamison Stone of Pickensville, Ala. Borden said he was getting tired of questions about the hog, which Jamison's father said weighed 1,051 pounds and measured 9 feet, 4 inches from the tip of its snout to the base of its tail. The kill drew international attention. 'I didn't ask for the publicity. I just want it to all go away,' said Borden, whose Lost Creek Plantation is in eastern Alabama."<BR/><BR/>I bet.<BR/><BR/>These canned hunt establishments for pig and deer typically subdivide their farms into smaller fenced units so that they can have several clients at once and not risk them shooting each other (canned hunters are not the best hunters), and with pig sub pens are particularly important because pigs are so destructive to habitat. This pig would have wrecked a 150 acre enclosure in a few months, so he was not there too long.<BR/><BR/>PatrickPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-34783921401599231402007-06-01T05:49:00.000-04:002007-06-01T05:49:00.000-04:00Where does the 150 acres come from? I went to the...Where does the 150 acres come from? I went to their web site and it says 2500.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-50919087008846030502007-05-30T12:57:00.000-04:002007-05-30T12:57:00.000-04:00what's wrong with canned ham? many of us have eat...what's wrong with canned ham? many of us have eaten it at some point in our lives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-44001517492352214792007-05-30T07:46:00.000-04:002007-05-30T07:46:00.000-04:00so how much did this "hunt" cost? What was the pr...so how much did this "hunt" cost? What was the price of all that sausage that folks are patting the young lad on the back for? How much did the guides cost and where did the PIG ACTUALLY COME FROM? Did they import it for this hunt or did they "raise" it for the right price. This is not hunting. This is sadistic pursuit for PR. Did you notice the canned hunt operation has been open for just a year? WHAT AMOUNT of publicity have these guys just purchased? This story stinks and the news media should be ashamed of promoting this a young boy goes hunting to supply his family with sausage ....... folks, you been punked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-77444221287596578952007-05-30T00:14:00.000-04:002007-05-30T00:14:00.000-04:00but of course its real! CNN reported on it all da...but of course its real! CNN reported on it all day.<BR/><BR/>Hadn't seen your photo of the true perspective. The one that makes the hog look so big the kid appears to be posing well behind it. There is also another photo on their own website of the hog hanging from a tractor and it looks rather small. <BR/><BR/>The truth is this is the movie star, Babe the Pig. Fame and fortune to drugs and alcohol to the Lost Creek Plantation Porcine Rehab and Rest Facility in Alabama.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com