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Submitted: Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 18:23

Rob from Cairns Offroad Training & Tours

I often tell people how big some of the feral pigs are that we see up North and I know the stories are pretty hard to believe. I don't know what this one weighed but one was shot at Innisfail last year that went 280 kgs.
Cheers Rob

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AnswerID: 208373   Submitted: Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 18:29

Footloose replied:

Rob, you've done it again, no pix here.
I've seen the size of some of your feral cats. Big as small horses !
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FollowupID: 468313   Submitted: Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 18:49

ZukScooterX90 (QLD)Member posted:

It is that same pig caught by the bloke with the same truck that has been through this forum like a bottle of Epsom Salts over the 6mths.Cheezes,:o)))
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FollowupID: 468357   Submitted: Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 20:29

Nick R posted:

Yeah but last time it was in the Kimberly wasn't it???
where will it turn up next? who can guess???
maybe it can be the new "pick that place" competition......
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AnswerID: 208424   Submitted: Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 21:18

kimprado replied:

Rob

I could'nt open the picture either.

A 280kg feral pig wouldn't survive in the bush mate.

A 95kg pig is the biggest I've ever come across (big animal). Somebody is pulling your leg!

However, if what your saying is true I may have to trade in my .243 Sako for something bigger.

Regards

Kim
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FollowupID: 468454   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:32

handy posted:

what do you mean a 280kg pig would survive in the the bush.
get up in the remote cane country and you will get a big shock.
plenty of big pigs in the top end reach over 150 kg dressed.
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FollowupID: 468455   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 10:33

handy posted:

make that wouldnt survive.
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FollowupID: 468572   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 20:40

kimprado posted:

Handy,

Just talking from my experience mate.

If you say there are pigs up North at 150kg I accept that (have'nt done any shooting in the top end). Have to say though, thats one big pig!

However, in a digital World, I'd have to see a 280kg feral pig (not domestic) to beleive it.

What caliper are you shooting with up there?

Regards

Kim
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FollowupID: 468630   Submitted: Tuesday, Dec 05, 2006 at 06:14

handy posted:

kim never used a gun, i used to dog them for the chiller trade cheers
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AnswerID: 208425   Submitted: Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 21:19

Truckster (Vic) replied:

you should see some of the feral pigs down here.


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FollowupID: 468383   Submitted: Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 21:22

Gramps (NSW) posted:


Now, how much would Christine weigh again :))))))))))))))))))))))))
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FollowupID: 468486   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 13:12

Member - Jeff M (WA) posted:

Yep I've seen a few of those on the side of the road that must have been AT LEAST 250kg! Must be the free McDonalds! LOL

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AnswerID: 208430   Submitted: Sunday, Dec 03, 2006 at 21:57

666toy replied:

a pig weighing 126 kg was brought in to augathella chiller box a fair while ago.
Just for the record it was shot with a .223.............666toy
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FollowupID: 468420   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 06:47

Sam from Weipa Auto Electrics posted:

Sure the lead didnt equal the extra 23kg lol
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AnswerID: 208480   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 11:28

snow replied:

Some feral pigs getting around Rocky too but you aint allowed to shoot them worse luck (and I aint talking about our uniformed branch).
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FollowupID: 468481   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 12:53

666toy posted:

How come your not allowed to shoot them snow ?...666toy
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FollowupID: 468484   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 13:00

Gramps (NSW) posted:


Because they trot on two legs 666toy :))))))
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FollowupID: 468487   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 13:14

snow posted:

Spot on Gramps.
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FollowupID: 468489   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 13:19

666toy posted:

lmao gramps. Those pigs get real narky when you miss hey .Sometimes they even shoot back but your pretty safe they usually cant hit the side of the brick dunny!!lol:))
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FollowupID: 468505   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 14:50

Gramps (NSW) posted:


LOL 666toy, I'll restrict mine to the four legged variety. They get narky when you don't quite hit them right or because they've had a bad hair day :))) Even worse when you have'nt shot them and they're trussed up on the back of a flatbed LOL
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AnswerID: 208498   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 13:00

Member - Rotord replied:


Before it burnt down at about 1973 , in the bar of the Oxley pub , there was the skull of a feral pig called the Oxley Terror . According to the plaque , it had killed 2 horses , a dozen dogs , and at least 40 sheep . It weighed in at 460lb . Shot by the publican in 1897 . Oxley is near the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers and the reed beds in the local marshs have always been good pig areas .
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FollowupID: 468503   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 14:37

bruce posted:

Oxley is on the Lachlan river and a very long way from the junction of the Murray and Darling rivers.....
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FollowupID: 468507   Submitted: Monday, Dec 04, 2006 at 15:03

Member - Rotord posted:


Your right , of course . I last passed through in about 1972 . We used to find it flying Griffith to Mildura and it was handy to park a helicopter behind the pub while we pumped fuel out of bladders .
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