Wade Seago shot this 820 pound wild hog 5 yards from his front porch in Samson, Alabama. The family dog, a small schnauzer alerted Seago that something was up. (Courtesy Wade Seago).

Man shoots mammoth 820 pound wild hog in his front yard

By Joe Songer [email protected]

Samson resident Wade Seago knew something was up outside of his home last week when the family's pet schnauzer, Cruiser, started barking constantly. The Seagos live on 100 acres in the rural south Alabama town. The property and surrounding area is teeming with wildlife so it's not unusual for their dog to bark at deer, raccoons or other wild visitors.

But this was different. As he was about to get up and check on his dog, his daughter began screaming. "I jumped up to see what was going on," Wade explained. "I looked out the back window and saw nothing, so I ran to the front of the house where my daughter was looking out the window. I couldn't believe what I was seeing."

The dog had a huge wild hog bayed in his front yard, about 5 yards off of the front porch. "Cruiser had this huge hog confused with all of the barking and movement," Wade continued. "It was not a good situation."

Seago is an avid deer hunter and runs a taxidermy business in Samson. He was also a prison guard for several years. He told me that hogs are abundant in the area and he has seen them on his property before, but none the size of this one.

Wade was afraid the huge hog would injure or kill the family pet so he grabbed a .38 caliber revolver that he keeps for home defense and went out on the front porch

"By the time I got in a position to shoot, the hog was about 12 yards away," Wade said. "Cruiser was out of the my line to the hog so I fired."

It took three shots to take him down. The giant hog hit the ground near the carport. The next day, Wade took the wild hog to Brooks Peanut Company and weighed it on the drive-thru scales. The hog tipped the scales at 820 pounds and had six inch tusks.

According to the Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, feral hogs in Alabama pose a serious threat to native wildlife. High reproductive rates, a lack of natural predators, voracious omnivorous feeding habits, destructive rooting behavior and habitat destruction are just a few reasons why Alabama sportsmen and land managers are encouraged to help control this non-native species. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that feral hogs cause more than $800 million of agricultural damage in the United States annually.

Feral hogs are considered a game animal in Alabama and have no closed season and no bag limits. This means that on private land, hunters can legally hunt hogs every day of the year with no harvest restrictions.

"I didn't think twice about taking down this hog," Wade concluded. "I'd do it again tomorrow.".

IMO, 800 lb wild hogs aren't natural, there's simply not enough good food out there for them to get this big by themselves.

The biggest sow I ever had was 710 when I sold her, and she was on a constant diet of good food. I'd bet this one had help.

IMO, 800 lb wild hogs aren't natural, there's simply not enough good food out there for them to get this big by themselves.

The biggest sow I ever had was 710 when I sold her, and she was on a constant diet of good food. I'd bet this one had help.

IMO, 800 lb wild hogs aren't natural, there's simply not enough good food out there for them to get this big by themselves.

The biggest sow I ever had was 710 when I sold her, and she was on a constant diet of good food. I'd bet this one had help.

And all along we thought there was no need for the 375 H&H in North America!

Its still not something you expect your miniature schnauzer to be mixing it up with in the front yard.

12 yards and with a barking dog and a kid screaming in the house? I'm thinking this thing wasn't entirely wild. It should have been long gone with all that going on.

They always look big strung up. Look at the pic at it on its side lying in grass....

Measure from it's back to the front hoof and compare that to the man. It's about 3' high at the shoulder.

That's a big pig, but I don't see 820 in those pics...

John

Again, that pig is a 300-350 pound pig at most. I've shot pigs bigger than this one and it didn't go 350.

This pig is lean, like most feral hogs are. A pig this size that is feral is a 350 at most which is about as big as they'll get living in the woods...

.38?

I'm guessing at 810 pounds that Hog had limited mobility

Pigs are dense and that ole boy is a biscuit shy of 3 bills on his own.
So, experts... How much did this in weigh?

I used to work on a big hog farm when I was 15 and 16. We had a Duroc Boar that weighed 850. I was 6'4" at 16 and that hogs back was almost even with my shoulder. The one in this picture wouldn't come to my waist and he is lean looking. We also had an old Landrace boar that weighed around 800. He was really long and his back was middle of my chest.

They always look big strung up. Look at the pic at it on its side lying in grass....

Hey pig fuucker!



Every one looks up.....

I used to work on a big hog farm when I was 15 and 16. We had a Duroc Boar that weighed 850. I was 6'4" at 16 and that hogs back was almost even with my shoulder. The one in this picture wouldn't come to my waist and he is lean looking. We also had an old Landrace boar that weighed around 800. He was really long and his back was middle of my chest.

Up to your shoulder - while were you were kneeling?

That's a big pig, but I don't see 820 in those pics...

John

That 820lb pig would be a good match to my 16" COCK.





dave

Three shots from a .38 revolver. Pretty good shooting.

You guys comparing farmed pigs with feral pigs is like me comparing antler size of whitetail in a deer farm and a free ranging deer.....

The next day, Wade took the wild hog to Brooks Peanut Company and weighed it on the drive-thru scales. The hog tipped the scales at 820 pounds and had six inch tusks.

The article does say this. I'm not going to call the man a liar without evidence showing that he is.
.

Big hog but not a wild hog. Looks like someone's boar hog got loose. Really not that big for a domestic boar but I don't think it's a piney woods rooter..

Just took another glance.. Has his ear been notched?

I used to work on a big hog farm when I was 15 and 16. We had a Duroc Boar that weighed 850. I was 6'4" at 16 and that hogs back was almost even with my shoulder. The one in this picture wouldn't come to my waist and he is lean looking. We also had an old Landrace boar that weighed around 800. He was really long and his back was middle of my chest.

I've no idea how big a wild hog gets, never seen one. But, having raised hogs and cattle on the farm for many years, I can say that it can be very difficult to determine what they weigh, by guessing, unless you actually put them on scales. Their weights will often fool even the most experienced person. The man had the hog weighed on certified scales, and it's rare for a business to go along with a scam, so I doubt his story is fake. No one on here was there, and if you don't want to believe it happened, then don't. But, don't loudly and proudly say it didn't happen, because you don't know.

Ive raised thousands of hogs back in the day , and its entirely believable to me that pig weighed 800

hogs and especially boars are very dense and the weght can sometimes surprise you


heres a pic from the Iowa state fair big boar contest and that hog weighed 1270...it takes one well over 1000 to be competetive


http://www.agrinews.com/news/iowa_n...0537f51-1b9d-5b78-819b-60f7e478da9e.html


the fellas that saw 6 foot tall pigs were truly in the presence of HOGZILLA (grin)

Ive raised thousands of hogs back in the day , and its entirely believable to me that pig weighed 800

hogs and especially boars are very dense and the weght can sometimes surprise you


heres a pic from the Iowa state fair big boar contest and that hog weighed 1270...it takes one well over 1000 to be competetive


http://www.agrinews.com/news/iowa_n...0537f51-1b9d-5b78-819b-60f7e478da9e.html


the fellas that saw 6 foot tall pigs were truly in the presence of HOGZILLA (grin)

This one weighs 1270 and is about the same height at the shoulders as the dead one. That one appears to have better muscle but this one has a lot more belly. Take off a few hundred lb of lard and they probably aren't that far apart in size.

Hey pig fuucker!



Every one looks up.....

This has turned into a "Tall Tail" thread now, hasn't it?

My 2000lb bull doesn't come close to being shoulder height to me. I'm 6'05".

It escaped its pen while the family was on vacation. Was supposedly quite gentle.

Is now supposedly quite freezer packed.

As pointed out on another forum, the hog belonged to Trisha Garcia of Samson. It escaped its pen while the family was on vacation. Was supposedly quite gentle.

Anyway, the hog looks far too clean and soft to have been living in the wild. Also, I seriously doubt a truly wild hog would have stuck around for a dog's barking, a kid yelling in the house and a guy meandering around with a revolver. Things just didn't add up with this story from the very beginning.

People have pet lions...and if one in in my yard it's getting fkin shot.

Pet or no pet. That's a lot of tusk and weight and I'm not betting on it being gentle.

People have pet lions...and if one in in my yard it's getting fkin shot.

Pet or no pet. That's a lot of tusk and weight and I'm not betting on it being gentle.

I guess 2K and some horns would have you pissing on the front porch?

The threat of a pig is vastly overrated. Mostly by southern people. And of course Texans.




Dave

I don't know that the threat is over rated.

Once one has been flat on one's back with a 250 lb sow standing on one's chest, trying to bite one's face off, one might consider hogs slightly less dangerous than a black bear.

Just cause I had one of her pigs between my knees, nutting him, that bitch stuck her hooves through a 48 inch high woven wire fence and climbed it like a cat climbing a tree. She came over the fence and took my ass. I saw her coming and picked up a 40 inch long pine 1" x 4". I took a swing at her head as she hit the ground, like Babe Rith swinging for the cheap seats.

The sow caught that piece of lumber in her teeth, jerked it out of my hands, and spit it out on the ground. Then she came right up the front of me snapping at my face. When 250 lbs of pork hits you in the chest at full throttle, I guarantee, you do land flat on your back.

The only thing that saved my throat and my face from her teeth, is that I stuffed my right arm into her jaws. She was a small sow, and lacked the power to crush my arm or break bones. I was wearing a heavy down coat. The sow destroyed the coat. There were several slashes across my belly, and the right arm of the coat was shredded. The little pig came running past, and the momma turned me loose to chase after her baby. Feathers from my coat were floating around in a column about fifteen feet high.

Yes, I killed the sow, but not before she finished raising that litter and regained some of the weight she always lost while nursing babies. She made some decent steaks and chops.

Oh, yes, I put the rest of her litter inside the horse trailer to finish castrating them.

I know what a small hog can do to a person, I would certainly not want to tangle with a large hog. Shoot first, ask questions later.

Had pigs on grandma's farm.
I won't underestimate one, esp a sow w piglets.
Absolutely hate 'em. Love porkchops.

Big one like that in the yard.............obviously an escapee.
Would leave it alone (as it belongs to somebody).

If I was outside and it was a threat, sure..........blast it.
Wouldn't go out of my house to pop it.

Wild one? I'd drop the hammer, repeatedly.

n olden times folks with big families would raise a "lard hog" just to render out he lard. I've heard that some got so large they would eat laying down. About 1000 lbs was the highest weight I ever heard claimed.

Woman says 820-pound hog killed by Wade Seago may have escaped their pen
By Joe [email protected]

Trisha Garcia of Samson, Alabama has come forward saying the huge 820-pound hog shot by Wade Seago in his front yard on July 11 may have been the one that escaped from their pen earlier in the week.

Seago was alerted to a commotion in his front yard by his pet schnauzer, Cruiser, and was confronted by a huge hog 5 yards from his front porch. He shot the hog three times with a .38 pistol, not far from his carport.

No one disputes the deadly encounter occurred. The question remains: was it a feral hog, or was it a domestic hog that escaped its pen?

Garcia believes the hog was hers, but cannot prove for certain that the 820-pound hog shot by Seago was the one she owned. News of the killing of such a massive hog has drawn national interest, and requests from various news outlets including the Associated Press and Time, but Garcia's account raises reasonable doubt whether the hog was wild or domestic.

"He had every right to kill it," Garcia said. "If a hog that size was in my front yard, I'd have done the same thing."

Garcia's husband, Freddy Garcia, raises hogs on a farm across the highway from the Seago property. Freddy and a friend traded boar hogs for breeding purposes during the first week of July. The hog in question was delivered to the Garcia's on July 6. The Garcia's left for vacation on July 8 and were gone for a week.

Friends came by every day to feed the hogs while they were gone. On the morning of July 10, the caretakers noticed that the boar hog had dug out from under the fence and was gone.

"We were notified that our hog had escaped his pen on Monday," Trisha said. "Then we saw on Facebook that Wade had shot a huge hog in his front yard. We didn't know at the time it was ours."

The huge hog Seago shot had no markings, ear tags or branding of any kind and had not been castrated. The hog also had 6-inch tushes. Trisha told AL.com that the hog pen is about a half mile from the Seago home.

Feral hogs are a real problem in many parts of south Alabama.

Wild Hog Records from Weiser Weight & Tusk

According to the Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources, feral hogs in Alabama pose a serious threat to native wildlife. High reproductive rates, a lack of natural predators, voracious omnivorous feeding habits, destructive rooting behavior and habitat destruction are just a few reasons why Alabama sportsmen and land managers are encouraged to help control this non-native species.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that feral hogs cause more than $800 million of agricultural damage in the United States annually.

"He had every right to kill it," Trisha said. "I have no ill will toward Wade and don't want anything from him. I just feel it was our hog that was killed."

The Gracias do not have a photo of their hog but did share some photos of their hog pens and where their hog escaped.

That 820lb pig would be a good match to my 16" COCK.





dave