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What is this 30-50 Feral Hogs stuff and why won’t the Internet shut up about it?

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30-50 feral hogs

Feral hogs are in your neighbourhood right now. They’re grunting around, oinking for blood and may the most kosher of deities have mercy on your soul if they find your children playing in the yard. If you’ve logged on to the Internet today, you’ve probably been met with memes and tweets detailing feral hogs of an approximate 30-50 in number, running rampant and causing a mess that only guns can solve.

So what’s the origin of this particular species? Where did the Feral Hogs meme originate from? It all started on Twitter when Jason Isbell made an exceptionally salient point regarding the recent back to back mass murders committed by domestic terrorists in the US of A over the weekend, as America is once again caught between two opposing schools of thought:

People who believe that common-sense gun legislation could help save lives and those people who think that those gosh-darn pansy liberals want muh gunz so that the Government can take over or some other baloney excuse that allows them to purchase assault rifles without any real oversight whatsoever:

The tweet blew up, and eventually this response was lobbed at Isbell:

The more you read it, the weirder it gets and naturally the Internet hopped on this with gusto and started dishing out memes quicker than you could even read the original tweet:

The weird thing is, is that McNabb had a valid point. Speaking to GQ,  Keith Stephens from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission explained that herds (or sounders) of the wild swine do exist and while a gang of around 30-50 feral hogs is rare it’s not unusual:

I guess it’s possible, but that’s very large. The typical size we see is usually less than 20. Mostly they destroy residential yards, agricultural crops, native habitat and ecosystems. hey’ve also been known to destroy cultural and historical sites such as cemeteries. They can carry diseases such as swine brucellosis and pseudorabies.

An actual threat then, but one that you shouldn’t handle on your own with an automatic rifle as that’s a job which should be left to the professionals. If they can rock up within three to five minutes of the original feral hog outbreak that is. Seen any good 30-50 Feral Hogs memes? Drop ‘em below as we all try to get through life by having a silly laugh.

Last Updated: August 6, 2019

34 Comments

  1. Thanks I hate it.

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  2. Weanerdog

    August 6, 2019 at 11:30

    Kids : Can we come in and play Fortnite now.
    Me: Give it another 3-5 minutes, Daddy needs some bacon.

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  3. Dresden

    August 6, 2019 at 11:50

  4. Raptor Rants

    August 6, 2019 at 12:01

    • Craig "Crios" Boonzaier

      August 6, 2019 at 13:23

      This reminds me; Commander 2019 is coming soon.

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      • Raptor Rants

        August 6, 2019 at 14:51

        Those commanders. HGGGGNNNNNN

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        • Craig "Crios" Boonzaier

          August 6, 2019 at 16:13

          I like the angle they are taking the 4 different keyword abilities, really trying to break the mold a bit.
          However, i also kinda wished that these 4 decks would be the last 4 missing colour combos of commander decks. We got Rakdos, not we still need Azorious, Dimir and Gruul.
          With emphasis on Dimir, would love to see a Szadek card reborn from his lore in the books where he is now a spirit/ghost instead.

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          • Raptor Rants

            August 6, 2019 at 18:10

            Szadek can get rekt. Man the original Dimir was such a pain to play against

  5. For the Emperor!

    August 6, 2019 at 12:20

    “common-sense gun legislation” – THIS. I am regularly in contact with sports shooters and hunters (I do the occasional shooting as well), and while they all like to complain about our laws here sometimes being a hindrance to them enjoying their chosen sport/hobby when they see a new “toy”, most would agree they are needed and that they don’t want unstable people to have access to guns.

    However, the big problem in the USA, is the whole darn “common-sense” part!

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    • The D

      August 6, 2019 at 14:03

      I’ve had it up to here with your common sense!

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    • Anon A Mouse

      August 6, 2019 at 14:03

      Have you ever asked your gun biddies I they think the law as it stands here is SA is what is needed? Having to wait more than a year from start to finish just to buy a weapon to participate in said hobby? Having to purchase the weapon before you can start the process of getting a licence for the weapon. If it’s declined then you sit with something you may not use and have to sell it somehow, usually back to the dealer at a huge loss.
      Unfortunatly what might be “common sense” to you might not be to me. Who will be the gate keepers of this “common sense”? What happens when the goal posts gets shifted after everyone agrees to these “common sense” laws?

      The USA gun laws are far from perfect but I haven’t heard of any mass shooting in a gun store or at a gun show or sport shooting event. That should be an indication that legal gun owners are law abiding. I haven’t heard or read of any solution that will take the weapons away from the terrorists or local criminal.

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      • The D

        August 6, 2019 at 14:04

        Well the 260 mass shootings this year in the US more than highlights how a gun store is the safest place to run to when a maniac lets loose in a heavily crowded area, isn’t it?

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        • HvR

          August 6, 2019 at 16:43

          Using the definition of they use to get to 260 mass shootings (any shooting where 4 or more people are injured regardless who is doing the shooting and for what reason) South Africa probably had more than 2600 mass shootings to date this year with our FCA.

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          • Anon A Mouse

            August 7, 2019 at 10:02

            Don’t come here with your facts and reasoning 😉

            They’ve also arrested a 14 year old in the Cape Flats yesterday with a rollie. I can’t remember where in our FCA it states that 14 y/o’s may have rollies.

            As a side note: Since the SANDF is in the Cape Flats the murder rate went from 46 people to 41 people. Only difference now is that they are stabbed to death rather than shot. I does seem to me that a person that intends to kill someone will do so no matter how much laws prevent them from doing so. Who knew…

          • HvR

            August 7, 2019 at 10:12

            Jip, also saw they robbed a couple of SANDF soldiers of their R4 at knifepoint.

            *facepalm*

            Bet that the SANDF have orders to carry condition 3 or 4

        • Anon A Mouse

          August 6, 2019 at 14:51

          Yes that’s exactly the response I knew I would get. No reply on what was posted, just emotional typing.

          You do know murder is already illigal right? That didn’t stop the terrorist. Heck the El Paso kid was more concerned about his hearing, by wearing ear protection, than to shoot innocent people. Tell me how do you legislate evil away?

          Even Niel deGrasse Tyson put the shootings into perspective and all he got was hate as well.

          “In the past 48hrs, the USA horrifically lost 34 people to mass shootings.

          On average, across any 48hrs, we also lose…

          500 to Medical errors
          300 to the Flu
          250 to Suicide
          200 to Car Accidents
          40 to Homicide via Handgun

          Often our emotions respond more to spectacle than to data”

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          • HvR

            August 6, 2019 at 17:23

            Got to love how posting facts makes you “tone deaf, insensitive and an idiot”

            And this from the “common-sense” crowd

      • For the Emperor!

        August 6, 2019 at 15:59

        Well, since we are all shooters and know the system, it does not take us that long from start to finish. Dedicated Sportsmen/Hunters get it quickly. Occasional shooters can wait a bit longer. The issue comes with “self defense” licensing.

        I don’t think anyone thinks our laws are “perfect” or even “good”, but we suck it up because we agree nut-jobs have to be stopped from having guns. If that part is not common-sense to us both, then there would never be middle ground found. As for other common-sense stuff: sure, that can become muddled up really fast.

        Mass shootings do not occur IN a gun stores. But nut-jobs can easily get the guns there (in the USA) to go to their preferred location to do their evil deeds. Also, inside the gun store people are armed and are not soft targets, and most “sensible” nut jobs would not dare go their shooting there. If you come in there locked and loaded, someone is going to let loose on you.

        PS: I have not read any details about the latest shootings, so I do not know if the guns were legally bought or illegally obtained. Many in the past have been legal weapons, but many have also been from illegal weapons, so more laws would not stop the illegally obtained weapons…

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        • Anon A Mouse

          August 6, 2019 at 16:43

          Guns was purchased legally AFTER background checks where done. None had any criminal record. It came known after the fact that the one terrorist had been suspended from school because he made a rape list.

          Again I don’t see how further laws would have changed the facts. Nor how further laws would stop terrorists from killing people.

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          • For the Emperor!

            August 6, 2019 at 17:38

            “had been suspended from school because he made a rape list” – that is something that should be picked up during background checks really. The fact that the person still got legal firearms shows that their checks are not in-depth enough or someone messed up completely.

        • HvR

          August 6, 2019 at 16:56

          Uhm when was the last time you licensed a firearm?

          Last 2 years it has become a shit-show of bureaucracy.

          Your waiting period from app to card is a rollercoaster regardless of S13, S15 or S16 can be 2 months of over a 1 year.
          More than 50% of S16 licences being turned down on motivation.
          Dealers stock being reversed for no reason
          SAPS unwilling to capture 560 forms to sort out the dealer stock

          Just on legal fees alone SAPS are spending BILLIONS each year just on the FCA cases alone.

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          • For the Emperor!

            August 6, 2019 at 17:38

            Myself, not recently. Brother-in-law and sister last year and it was fast. When I did mine the first time, the person on duty clearly did not want to help and used “false bureaucracy” to stall me. Then I put it on my brother-in-laws name as we shoot together. Later on, when someone else was on duty, I went in and got it done fast. Yes, I have heard about issues in the last couple of years. But those close to me and around me at the shooting club themselves have not really suffered because they know which people to go to who don’t stall the process.

            *And I don’t mean “backdoor channels”*

          • HvR

            August 6, 2019 at 18:10

            Must have very early last year before they switched to government printers for the cards.

            Problem isn’t so much station level (I’m very lucky we have good bunch of people in Bellville except for one low ranking verbally abusive idiot DFO) but at CFR level since Brigadier Mabula is issuing outright illegal orders and openly pursuing a public disarmament agenda. Hopefully his days are numbered since he openly defied the Minister of Police request that the dealer case be settled outside court. Luckily (no pun intended) jokes on him since after governments teams of advocates of different departments stopped arguing between each other the judge gave an order precisely what the dealers asked for before the case started.

            Especially with SLRs there as been a huge rise in declines despite owners complying with the law. As soon as you are declined, you are almost guaranteed to be turned down on appeal which means either trying your luck on new app of getting a lawyer both of which are guaranteed to take months.

          • Anon A Mouse

            August 7, 2019 at 10:02

            One of my collegues are in year 3 for an SLR for his farm. Went with new apps, appeals board, letter from attorneys. He is now thinking of getting the court involved. S13 and S16 SLRs are a nightmare at the moment. The S15s seem to be hit and miss but far more expedient than the rest.

          • HvR

            August 7, 2019 at 10:12

            He will definitely be successful in court case and probably with cost since the FCA does not require motivation for S16 just competency and endorsement. MJ Hood recently had a couple of these cases and posted the court findings on his page.

            But it time consuming and a big capital outlay.

            EDIT:
            After Mondays SAADA case court ruling and if he can get to the appeals boards he can start the process over again since they are now ordered by the courts to listen to applicant for more info and reasoning when on appeal. But he will probably still need to consult a lawyer and it means another 5+ months wait.

    • HvR

      August 6, 2019 at 17:23

      Problem is “common-sense legislation” = eventual ban.

      Happened in pretty much every place in the US and everywhere else where getting that first legislation in place leaving it open to interpretation or freedom to change the law without any oversight leading to outright or effective bans.

      Jason Isbell post/attack is a perfect example of this….. people SAY they want a debate but they do not want it they want their will and preferences forced upon others.

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      • For the Emperor!

        August 6, 2019 at 17:38

        For me the common-sense part is expanded background checks to include mental illness history, suspect behaviour etc. That is all I would advocate. Any restrictions further than that is open to the stuff you refer to.

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        • HvR

          August 6, 2019 at 17:38

          And that is all part of the background checks NRA, Republican party, GOA agreed to and supported and more than once that legislation on various state level and federal level was almost finalised.

          Then the common-sense people pitched up and said (and I’m heavily paraphrasing) that if you ever in your life seen a psychologist you must be red flagged.

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          • For the Emperor!

            August 6, 2019 at 17:38

            Yeah, like I originally said: However, the big problem in the USA, is the whole darn “common-sense” part! Most of their politicians have NO common-sense what so ever

  6. Caveshen Rajman

    August 6, 2019 at 11:20

    Thanks I hate it.

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  7. konfab

    August 6, 2019 at 11:40

    Automatic rifles are not legal to own in the USA.

    Here is a real question: If the military issued 30-50 feral hogs to its personal, would they be military style feral hogs?

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    • Kromas

      August 6, 2019 at 12:01

      They won’t be feral anymore.

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  8. BradeLunner

    August 6, 2019 at 11:40

    Thanks Darryn, always keeping me relevant

    Reply

  9. Craig "Crios" Boonzaier

    August 6, 2019 at 16:14

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