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October Is Hog Extermination Month In Texas

Jeff Neumann · 10/07/10 05:43AM

Feral hogs in Texas are screwed. The heavily armed state within a state has declared October "Hog Out Month," and is encouraging people to kill the beasts for destroying farmland, as well as "yards, public parks and golf courses."

Woman Shoots and Severs Spinal Cord of 1,025 Pound Gator

Jeff Neumann · 09/18/10 09:32AM

A Massachusetts woman, Maryellen Mara-Christian was on an alligator hunting trip in South Carolina this week "hoping for a 10-footer," when she saw a 1,025 pound gator swimming. She shot it and severed its spinal cord with a knife.

Hunters, You May Continue to Pump Animals Full of Lead

Adrian Chen · 08/28/10 04:35PM

Bet none of you Liberals had any idea about the most pressing threat to our nation's freedom since Obamacare, did you? The EPA was considering banning lead bullets because it poisoned animals. The ban has been rejected. Freedom, saved!

Hikers Gang Up on Kentucky Black Bear

Jeff Neumann · 06/29/10 04:29AM

Tim Scott was snapping cellphone pictures of a wild black bear in Kentucky when it attacked him: "The bear had a really good chunk of my leg in his mouth and was shaking me." The animal is now being hunted.

Texas Governor Kills While Jogging

Max Read · 04/28/10 02:38AM

Texas Governor Rick Perry, who is totally a nice guy who we definitely don't want to insult, at all, carries a .380 Ruger with him when he jogs, because he is afraid of snakes. On Tuesday, he killed a coyote.

16 and Pregnant: Dad's Gone Fishin'

Mike Byhoff · 03/10/10 01:19PM

If a teen ever wants to go on 16 and Pregnant, there are three things MTV demands: Be 16, be pregnant, and have an emotionally abusive boyfriend. The only difference is the boy's hobby. Last night: hunting!

Steven Seagal Goes Rat Huntin' on Lawman

Mike Byhoff · 02/04/10 11:20AM

One of the biggest problems in Jefferson Parish is drinking and driving. So one would think the main responsibility of the police department would be to stop those DUIs. Not if there are rats in the canal that need shootin'!

Grenade Ping-Pong Pussifies Us All

Mike Byhoff · 12/11/09 03:01PM

If one were to rank the most hardcore, insane sports in the world: Hunting humans would finish second, followed by extreme curling in a close third. Number one? Number one, with a bullet, is grenade ping-pong.

Sarah Palin Inspiring More Women To Kill

Hamilton Nolan · 10/01/08 10:53AM

Is Sarah Palin merely a pawn for the powerful hunting industry, being used to lure in women to become the newest consumers in the sport's thrill kill cult? Well that would probably be an overstatement. But it is true that hunting interests have been recruiting women hardcore lately, and they're stepping up their big marketing push to ladies now that a fellow bloodthirsty vagina possessor has a shot at the White House. Turns out there's lots of money to be made on female hunters. And also lots of bad poetry! The number of men hunting has declined over the last decade, as humans move out of caves and into urban areas and find ways to distinguish themselves from Dick Cheney. So weapons manufacturers and their ilk are targeting women to pick up the slack. By offering them some dumb things like pink guns, which, savvy female hunters noted, was not very good camouflage. But Palin has been a hit: