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Okay, I don't officially subscribe to the "Weekly World News," I'm just fascinated by stories like this. But don't go calling the Paxil police yet. I took a poll, I'm not alone on this one. Granted the people I surveyed are hunters and expert barbecue-ers, but no matter.

Seems there's a guy in Florida by the name of Larry Earley who owns a small cattle farm... And while there's a bit of internet adulteration on the specifics of the story, it is verifiable.

I shot the hog once with a .44 magnum... The hog charged towards me after he was shot but he only covered about 20 feet of ground. I was 10 yards away when I shot, and I was backing up while keeping the crosshairs on the hog as he was moving towards me. That is typical with wild hogs, that is what makes them fun to hunt. The hog was too big for scales that were available to me on a Friday evening (500 lb. scales), so we decided to let the processor estimate the weight for us. Smokin' Oak Sausage Co. in Branford, FL, did the processing for me and he put the weight between 1100 and 1200 lbs. The tusk on the right side was 8-1/4" above the gum line and the right tusk was broken and measured 5" above the gum. The hide with the head was weighed at 284 lbs. The taxidermist I am using measured the neck at 42" around and the length from his eye socket to the tip of his nose at 11-3/4". I just found out about the story on the internet yesterday. I think that it is hilarious that all of this has been going on. I'll be glad to talk to anyone about my hog.

The record weight for wild boar had been around the 650 lb. mark. Well, that's shot all to hell now, isn't it?