Take a look at this gigantic wild hog, shot in a small town backyard in Texas.
When this sort of thing comes across a game warden's Facebook page, you stop and pay attention.
Joe Clowers in Union Grove, Texas had what was described as a "food plot nightmare," and ended up killing a 416-pound wild hog that had been causing major problems on his property.
https://www.facebook.com/greggcountygamewarden/photos/pcb.2058950747668306/2058943927668988/?type=3&theater
The hog was killed in the darkness late Saturday night (Oct. 14, 2017), with a 20-yard shot close to his Union Grove home, according to the Gregg County Game Wardens Facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/greggcountygamewarden/photos/pcb.2058950747668306/2058943937668987/?type=3&theater
In an interview with the Houston Chronicle, he said he shot the hog with an AR-15, and that the meat was unfortunately not salvageable. The hog will, however, be mounted European style.
The estimated 4 million wild hogs in Texas, by far the highest of any state, are known by property owners to be a nuisance, and it sounded like this hog in particular took a liking to the food plot Clowers had planted, presumably for deer, turkey, or other, more coveted wild game.
"My property lays between some populated areas and I try to maintain an environment like a sanctuary or nursery for the deer to raise fawns," Clowers said. "He was the big daddy. I called him the bush beast."
Hunting, in the traditional sense, hasn't proven to be that effective of a tool for the higher scaled eradication that many feel is necessary. All the same, when one or a few wild pigs are causing some trouble, it isn't above a Texan land owner to take matters into his own hands.
That's proven by Clowers, and here's hoping the food plots stay undisturbed from now on.
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