Think we're worried about just gators in Florida?

[Lee Borgersen]

 
 



Think we're  worried about just gators in Florida?






The fellow in the pictures is Larry Earley.   He lives about 30 miles from Orlando, in the very rural community of  Okahumpka, just off the Florida turnpike in Lake County, Florida.   He  has 20 acres of land and on  it, a few cows and horses.   Mostly  it's pasture land that is fenced with  woods surrounding him.

He  is neighbored by a larger cattle ranch. His neighbor has complained for  several years that wild hogs had been raiding his cattle feeders and salt  licks.

Last month he saw what he thought was a cow in his pond and  went  to see if it was stuck in the mud and would have to be pulled out.    When he  got close enough to realize it was a hog, the thing made  a charge at him.   He had driven his truck down to the pond and carries a  pistol in it (as any Florida redneck would, and I say that with genuine  aff ection).  He got his handgun and when it came at him again, he shot it  twice and killed it.

Wild hogs in Florida usually run from 100-400  pounds with a 400 pounder being a monster.   Because this one had been  feasting on grain for several years it had grown to mammoth size.   


When Larry took it to the  processor it weighed in at over 1100 pounds!  The meat has no wild taste,  as it was grain fed; and Larry  is quite the hero.   He has fed many  fireman and provided the homeless shelter in downtown Orlando with a couple of  meals.


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[jigglestick]

makes this one here seem very beleivable

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/hogzilla.asp

[Fishahollik]

funny how that "pistol" has a scope on it...would suggest to me that its actually set up JUST for hunting...not "carried in the pick up"

I smell fish.