I received this via email and don't know the accuracy of the story, but the picture suggests it may be?

This hog was killed near Cederville, Arkansas on Taylor mountain after 3 shots from a 7MM magnum. The day before, the man saw the hog eating on the side of the road. He pulled over and after slamming his truck door, the hog spooked and charged him.

As he dove back into the truck, the hog rammed the driver side of the truck, leaving a huge dent and 2 holes from his tusks. The next morning he came back in camo clothing and found a spot to await the hog.

When the hog appeared, he shot him once and the hog turned and charged him. He shot again and the hog fell to his knees and got back up and continued to charge . After shooting the 3rd time, the hog died about two feet from his feet.



The rest of the story is in the picture - the hog was 8 ft long and weighed over 800 lb, tusks measured 7 1/2" and razor sharp

DOK...

I saw this picture on the internet sometime in the last year but I don't remember where I saw it and if there was any story attached. Looks like the meat locker and hanging pole in a commercial hunting operation to me. Big hog for sure.

Michael

Yeah that's floating around. But it was killed in Mason County, Texas, several years back by a bowhunter. I'll find the link.

Here it is:

http://steglich.net/red/redpubs/1-25/1251.htm

A couple hours west of Austin on 71.

It is a real story. I saw it in a newspaper. Best I can remember, (I suffer from sometimers disease. Sometimes I can remember and sometimes I don't.) it is not a commercial operation. In south Arkansas, they have open range. The old timers used to ear notch their hogs and let them rome. There were no fences. The land is primarily timber land. The hogs are ferral hogs. Sometimes they get pretty big. It is not unusual to find hog rubs that are waist high and you have to remember, hogs are rounded, not square edged at the top of their backs. I also remember a newpaper story on a 750 pounder killed in south Arkansas last year. It is not uncommon to kill 450 to 500 pounders, but I prefer 125 pounders for eating and rarely shoot at the larger hogs. Once a hog gets big, nothing in the woods will bother them. We don't really have a natural predator that can take down a 500 pounder. As a result, sometimes, they think that they own the woods. There is nothing like going to your deer stand in the dark and hearing two bores fighting close by.

Ive got a 416REM I would love to introduce to a hog that big!