... I read that a few days ago. The main pic for that article is taken with the boar in the foreground, so as to make it look HUGE!! It is, though, really big anyway - set a new record.
... The thing that got my attention in this story (different versions of the story can be found all over the place) was the fact that the kid killed this boar on a game preserve in Alabama. That is to say, it wasn't truly, 100% a "natural and in the wilds" kind of place. The game preserve is operated by the 2 adults who chaperoned this kid during his hunt, and they backed him up with high-powered rifles, just in case the monster would've charged at the kid (as wild boars like to do).
... This preserve... and the size of that boar, makes me wonder if maybe the operators aren't planting baits out for their animals, loaded with beef hormones and the like. Seems possible.
... or, maybe, the kid just got lucky and bagged the biggest pig ever.
Sydney Morning Herald wrote:Mike Stone is having sausage made from the rest of the animal. "We'll probably get 500 to 700 pounds (317.5 kilograms)," he said.
Sydney Morning Herald wrote:An 11-year-old boy used a pistol to kill a wild pig...
Sydney Morning Herald wrote:"It feels really good," Jamison said...
Sydney Morning Herald wrote:Jamison, who killed his first deer at age five...
And some folks have the audacity to blame video games...
its just redneck bloodlust down there
and they defend themselves by saying their kids need to have defensive skills...in the middle of nowhere
good point. but then again if there's animals like that in the middle of now where you either learn to defend yourself, die, OR GET THE f*ck OUTTA THERE!
Bertros Bertros wrote:And some folks have the audacity to blame video games...
And if there's a video game like that.........That, would be AWESOME.
AlgyTaylor wrote:Hmmmm. They find a new, scientifically interesting thing such as a giant pig/wild boar crossover ..... so it gets shot by an 11 year old.
I despair at the state of the world at times, I really do.
Well I despair at the state of Alabama at times........
AlgyTaylor wrote:Hmmmm. They find a new, scientifically interesting thing such as a giant pig/wild boar crossover ..... so it gets shot by an 11 year old.
I despair at the state of the world at times, I really do.
an 11 year old kid with access to guns and actually knows how to use them and has killed something before........I'd be a little worried about him once he reaches his moody stages...................