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[–] ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 79 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I say we cede the country to the pigs. They might do a better job.

[–] NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 74 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
[–] Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

I for one welcome our new hog overlords

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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 31 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Pig walking into a full congress, "these animals are disgusting"

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[–] AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Some animals are more equal than others!

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago
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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago (4 children)

“Legit question for rural Americans – How do I kill the 30-50 feral hogs that run into my yard within 3-5 mins while my small kids play?"

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Give the kids guns too.

That was intended to sound sarcastic, but most kids I knew in rural America have been around guns since they were big enough to carry them. I personally started shooting a .22 when I was in kindergarten and was just hardly big enough to shoot a 30-06 when I was about 10 or so. (I am very much the liberal gun owner type, btw.)

While I can't change the past, I do find myself questioning the logic of my experience at times. For yet another direction shift, my girls are both trained in gun safety, but that started years before I let them even touch a gun.

[–] theangryseal@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I’ve been shooting since I was about 5 too.

I haven’t in many years, but I think I was 10 or 11 when my dad got me a 20 gauge.

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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I miss that show. PJ is good on Search Engine, but I miss Alex. Both of them.

[–] QuantumEyetanglement@lemdro.id 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Alex has a new show as well! Hyperfixed

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[–] Lumberjacked@lemm.ee 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I went hog hunting a few times back in my redneck days. There’s virtually no regulations and we had no idea what to do. Me and my friends went out with a full arsenal. I had a 9mm, SKS, and a 30-06.

I used every gun. It was crazy.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A 9mm would just piss them off.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Possibly not even that. A mere irritation.

It’s still gonna fuck you up- they’re just ornery like that.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

Why the hell wasn't this an answer to my question a while back about RPG quests in real life? I can kill wild pigs. They're only level 1 so it should be easy to grind.

[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 39 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I can kill wild pigs. They're only level 1

These aren't. Most animals that you get to hunt in the US will run away if you take a shot and miss. Hogs just might decide to turn around and fucking disembowel you.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 22 points 1 week ago

Ever play as a level 1 adventurer in a tabletop game?

Getting gored by a pig is just how the game goes sometimes.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I'm not seeing anything said here that doesn't differ from how wild hogs in video games work.

It's not like they're big, or on fire, like in a Fromsoft game.

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[–] sulgoth@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Just make sure you pack a very good gun and are up a sturdy tree. Barring that get a spear with a pole as thick as your arm and a tip with a wide guard on it. The guard is important, because a boar will impale itself to get to you and there's a good chance it will succeed before expiring.

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[–] Gointhefridge@lemm.ee 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] starlinguk@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You think you've got a problem? Ours are stealing laptops!

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I've only have wild boar jerky before and it was pretty tasty, but you gotta get the meat tested first bc they can carry some serious diseases.

Sorta fun fact from my organizmal bio teacher: the reason you never hear about pork being cooking medium rare is that we are fairly closely related to pigs and so we are susceptible to many of the diseases that can infect pigs.

[–] supernicepojo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Meh, no, unless you trap them. Youve got to feed them a better diet than what they get in the wild. Also, this opinion resides heavily on the fact that industrially grown, bred and genetically manipulated pigs are damn delicious.

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I disagree, my grandpa used to hunt wild boars and I have eaten them a couple times. They're delicious, good meat.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Gotta cook them right. Sounds like your grandpa knew how to cook them.

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[–] libra00@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Hogs are big business here in Texas, where you can pay a couple thousand bucks to shoot them with a machine gun from a helicopter all day, so.. what's the problem? :P

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago (8 children)

The problem is that there are not nearly enough people that hunt to even keep the population stable through hunting. The fact that hog hunting has become a business is the reason that real solutions to wiping out feral populations aren't making headway.

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[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Bring back predators...the good kind. Wolves have a purpose.

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wild hogs would destroy a wolf. These creatures are no joke.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's probably why wolves prefer to live in packs. Just to be more evenly matched.

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[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wild boars are an invasive species, they don't have natural predators.

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[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago

They are the same picture

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But how will Americans justify their private arsenals if they don't have 30-50 feral hogs running into their yards while their small kids play?

"This is merica it's mah glawd given ripe!

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