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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Two words: Helicopter Chaingun

[–] [email protected] 79 points 3 days ago (8 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 74 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Those are ones in captivity, for food.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

If you've read Orwell, then you know we have.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 days ago

Some animals are more equal than others!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We're having a problem with deer in ireland.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Wait till the chronic wasting disease shows up. Until then enjoy the venison.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Funnily enough, I tried some venison the other day and it tasted awful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Not sure how you had it but it's not very good in steak form. Much better in a stew or made into jerky or sausage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 20 hours ago

It was a sausage.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 days 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?"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

You actually have to lure the hogs into a pen with multiple exits, drop the gates, and gun them down before they can manage an escape. You also should be very vigilant and listen well for any nearby hogs, the adult females tend to be smarter and more cautious but they're the targets you NEED to kill.

Failure to catch all of the hogs will allow the others to learn and adapt to the traps, and failure to kill the females will result in their population continuing to grow.

Other effective methods are clap traps and spike pits but those don't work well when you have children or other animals. There is also the M44 cyanide pill shooting trap made for Coyotes but idk if it works on Hogs.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

A 14yo was the first to fire at Marshalls at Ruby Ridge.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 days ago (9 children)
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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

They are the same picture

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 days ago (3 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.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

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.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 days ago

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

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably not the same animals that need to be controlled, but boar is delicious!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Only the babies. The testosterone makes them nasty af as they get older.

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