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http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2012/10/24/fastest-road-in-america-opens-to-motorists-in-texas/

Remember this link..85mph in texas


Now there's a problem. Thousands of Feral Hogs in that area of Texas, so many that Texas has put a bounty on the hogs. Youtube and news stations are showing dozens of these hogs standing on the side of this new 85mph highway. OOOUCH

Steve are you accusing those pigs of "HOGGING" the road????ED

A Harley rider cruising at 85mph and hits a 200 lb.Feral Hog is going to be a true "hog rider". It even gets worse...Feral Hogs stay in groups of 8 or more according to the youtube video.


"On the other hand" If you hit a piglet @ 85mph on a Harley ,you're gonna have a really bad day..grin

Fortunately or unfortunately the feral hogs don't often forage during the day. They feed and roam at night. Being that most have reverted to their Russian Boar ancestral color, BLACK, makes night time travel particularly hazardous in Texas. Also the drunks tend to come out near closing time. So only travel during daylight hours when in Texas is the solution.

Our neighbor drove that road this past weekend. Said some still traveling at 65 mph and nobody passed them. He didn't say how fast they were driving. Loves that highway.

85 is for wusses...

Black hogs and drunk drivers at night. May be a help in reducing the size of those particular gene pools!

You MIGHT get rid of the drunks but you'll never get rid of the hogs.

" There is currently an estimated population in excess of 1.5 million feral hogs in Texas."

" Gestation is around 115 days with an average litter size of four to six"

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/nuisance/feral_hogs/


Believe it or not ..you need a license to hunt feral hogs in Texas.


Texas population 26 million. In five years the hogs will out number the people.

My..My Steve.....You sure know your Hog's....That makes me wonder how you spent your youth in those Tennessee hill's
You don't happen to have a personal relationship with Miss Piggy...Do you????ED

As a matter of fact I married one back in the day,I finally got rid of her. It was like trying to get rid of a plymouth.

Actually you do not need any license to hunt feral hogs in Texas unless you are a commercial hunter. There is no limit nor season. The have attacked my property near Burton Texas on several occasions. A farm disc does not move ground as well as a hog nose or hooves.

The are now hunting them from helicopters. Pilot and two shooters with automatic weapons. Killed 600 on a local wildlife refuge recently and didn't make much difference. We have the fattest Buzzards in the world.

We have a similar problem with kangaroos (furry grashoppers as we call them) and a licence is required to hunt but only if you get caught. A friend had the misfortune of collecting 3 in 1 week causing a $7000.00 panel repair bill for the 3 cars, 2 of them had to be trailered home.
Another increasing road problem here is wombats, they are about 1/2 to 2/3 the size of a hog but more like a 3ft thick brick wall in most other aspects. I have seen 1 incident where the wombat walked away but the car was a total wreck.
Tony

Texas Parks and Wildlife website is wrong?

Technically they are correct. However, don't know of a game warden that would care if you have a license or not. They encourage people to eliminate as many feral hogs as possible. Landowners do to.

Those old feral hogs are real smart and also really fast. They send one of the less smart big ones out to run point in their new sport called "Busting Petes"...and when they tear up a couple of Peterbilts they run back into the watermelon patch and have a party. Game Wardens usually pentalize the Petes for unsportsman conduct.

MrMack,

Now that was a goodern. I needed that chuckle. That was good humor and well said.

Thanks,
Charlie

Mack
Your hogs must have taught our grasshoppers, but they didnt count on my daily driver of the 13 grasshopper and 1 deer hits only 2 hoppers got to the party and another 2 left any damage but the deer was too badly bruised to put into the freezer. At this stage I have been able to avoid the wobbly brick wall (wombat).
Tony

Have a look at this one: This is for Chevy lovers, Texas lovers, speed lovers, and you occasional feral hog lovers :



All the Best, Chip

I like the sound as it's backing off the trailer. The cam is a bit "warm" for a daily driver street machine.

Why did the two feral hogs try to cross the road in kentucky?
They didn't make it.

They did not see my uncle in his duce and half truck!
Bye-Bye piggy!
All my uncle got was a small dent on his bumper.

Chip,,

Wow! That video was amazing! Thanks for posting it.

I did not know about all those feral pigs in other states. Ain't that something?

I haven't seen or heard of any here in North Carolina. (No free range, critters here.) I suppose that Texas may brag that they have the biggest and the tastiest ones.

Just think, you can drive down the road right out there in Texas and pick your lunch. On any given day, you may find fresh roadkill all along the roadside. Why, you can turn to the missus and ask, "Sue Ellen, darlin, you reckon you be a-feelin in a mood for some pork or some chicken." Yes, that's right "chicken." MrMack says roasted armadillos and rattlers taste just like chicken. Imagine, free lunch for merely a-mozzin down the road. Load up the trunk. Sorta like free take-out. Fix it to you liking when you get home. Is Texas a great state or what?

Back to the video. I just know that Steve is salivating to get his old emerald 38 (with that terribly powerful 56 engine with split exhausties in it) and set some records on that there Texas super road. He may get it up to about half of what the Camaro did. If he can keep the head gasket from a-seeping off too much horsepower, that is. Wonder how it will sound as it zips along. (Note: "Zip" may be a generous term here) he, he!

Charlie

BTW: Sounds like our friends down under have some nice roadkill, also. Wonder what Wallaby and Wombat tastes like?