I saw this pic in the paper today and it blew my mind. The story is here.

yeah... what kind of idiot gives an 11 year old kid a .50 calibre revolver to kill an innocent animal for no reason.

Ask a farmer who's had his fields destroyed by feral hogs, maybe?

I like what the kid said ---it was so exciting killing something this big :rolleyes:

That photo is fake! hogs cant get that big.

Originally Posted by: leafThat photo is fake! hogs cant get that bug.

I've seen it on a few forums and nothing claiming foul play has come up. So it would appear they can.

Originally Posted by: schmangeyeah... what kind of idiot gives an 11 year old kid a .50 calibre revolver to kill an innocent animal for no reason.

Let me break this down into the half whose concern I agree with:

what kind of idiot gives an 11 year old kid a .50 calibre revolver

Does anyone else here understand how POWERFUL a .50 caliber revolver is!?

The child is eleven years old; oh yeah, that's mature enough to be allowed a pistol so powerful that most law enforcement officers aren't allowed to carry it [/sarcasm].

"Whao, thats one of the biggest hogs in the world! Hey...lets kill it!"

Seriously though, why kill it, study it. As far as the huge calibre, down south, they start babies off with .22's.

Originally Posted by: elklandercc"Whao, thats one of the biggest hogs in the world! Hey...lets kill it!"

Seriously though, why kill it, study it. As far as the huge calibre, down south, they start babies off with .22's.

I'm from Virginia, and I've traveled down south; I still don't think a child, since many children often blend fantasy with reality and possess an extremely black and white mentality, is mature enough to handle a freakin hand cannon.

I agree with you guys. Any parent who gives their young child a .50 calibre revolver needs to be psychoanalysed, IMHO.

And if you've got a hog the size of a caravan loose in your area and destroying your field, the logical and responsible thing to do would be to contact the authorities, wouldn't it? Not give your kid a hand-cannon and let him go and shoot it.

For the record, the kid was with 2 other guys who had high powered rifles to take it down in case it turned on them. Its not like they just gave the kid a gun, gave him a juice box, and told him to go play outside and he came back with a 1,000 pound hog.

There happens to be hunting regulations in place in the good ol' USA. The animal wasn't poached. Nothing illegal was done. Gonna be a lot of delicious hams to come out of that thing.

if they could have caught it live I would be impressed...and I would pay to go see it once caught.

Gee, I wonder how the story would have read if the outcome had been reversed? '1,000 pound monster-hog kills innocent boy'. According to the story, it was a shot at point blank range that brought it down. Okay, so it's safe to say that the young Stone has some serious 'stones' to stand face to face with that thing and shoot. Plus, it was on a commercial hunting preserve. So ... they stocked this thing? If so, that takes some of drama away from this for me. Now, if it was tearing up their fields and such, well, okay you do what you gotta do. But if it was on a perserve, then there was no point in killing it. Maybe I'm missing something in the story.

Still, a pretty amazing beast.

[FONT=Times New Roman](And I avoided the obvious joke by not comparing it to my ex-wife - although there is a certain familiarity around the eyes...) [/FONT]

Hunter, I've put quite a few hours of work in on a "preserve." Its quite the opposite of its name. Its privately owned fenced in land where you kill stuff. And you can do it outside the season and outside the regulations. The point IS to pay to go to kill stuff whenever you want.

Also for the record, the thing was shot 8 times, the final at point blank range. Supposively they tracked it for quite sometime.

Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonI'm from Virginia, and I've traveled down south; I still don't think a child, since many children often blend fantasy with reality and possess an extremely black and white mentality, is mature enough to handle a freakin hand cannon.

I couldn't agree more. You either get parents who let their kids sit in the house all day playing video games, or take it to extremes like as you said, give them a hand cannon. When I was younger, my dad didn't even let us get squirt guns. Wasn't till I was 9 or 10 when I was allowed such things (though I was propaby the youngest kid allowed to watch R movies, maily cause of a black cable box,) I think when I was 5 I had a burb gun or whatever they're called. I have a 12 guage now, don't shoot it too often, went hunting a few times, mostly just use the clay pidgeons and a launcher. Looking at the picture again, the gun is 1/3 the size of the kid, I'd probably whack my self in the head if I shot that thing.

Originally Posted by: grizzlymint Its privately owned fenced in land where you kill stuff. And you can do it outside the season and outside the regulations. The point IS to pay to go to kill stuff whenever you want.

Also for the record, the thing was shot 8 times, the final at point blank range. Supposively they tracked it for quite sometime.

Oh. See, learn something new every day. Yeah, I was a little fuzzy about the whole thing. And thanks for clearing that up about the 8 shots before plugging it point blank. I thought 'Man, that takes some serious guts to stand there and look that thing down before pulling the trigger'. I seriously doubt I could have done it. Or if I had, I would have had to immediately change my shorts. :D

Originally Posted by: grizzlymintHunter, I've put quite a few hours of work in on a "preserve." Its quite the opposite of its name. Its privately owned fenced in land where you kill stuff. And you can do it outside the season and outside the regulations. The point IS to pay to go to kill stuff whenever you want.

That sounds absolutely ridiculous. Why not go skeet shooting or something?

Originally Posted by: earthman buckThat sounds absolutely ridiculous. Why not go skeet shooting or something?

Because you can't eat skeet?

Also, hanging a massive clay shard over your mantle just isn't that impressive.

Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonBecause you can't eat skeet?

Also, hanging a massive clay shard over your mantle just isn't that impressive.

That's what she said.

Originally Posted by: Jolly McJollysonBecause you can't eat skeet?

Also, hanging a massive clay shard over your mantle just isn't that impressive.

Trust me...it wouldn't taste right.

BTW, if that's a real animal...it's gotta be more than 1000 pounds. My old man's had boars not even half the size that were 800-900 pounds.

...And take that kids f***in gun away!